Harvard again requiring standardized test scores for applicants
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Other schools like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown and MIT are also going back to requiring standardized tests for students seeking admission.
Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstating standardized tests as a requirement for admission beginning with students applying for fall 2025 admission. Harvard joins other colleges that are again mandating tests for those hoping to enter the schools.
In June 2020, Harvard began a temporary test-optional policy under which students could apply to the college without submitting scores. The change was adopted as access to standardized testing during the pandemic became limited.
Other schools like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown and MIT are also again requiring standardized tests for those seeking admission.
Harvard had initially said it was going to maintain its test-optional policy through the entering class of fall 2026.
Under the change announced Thursday, students applying to Harvard for fall 2025 admission will be required to submit standardized test scores from the SAT or ACT exams to satisfy the testing component of the application.
