{"id":5608,"date":"2022-08-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collzy.com\/blogs\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:04:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:34:11","slug":"sat-or-act-scores-not-reviewed-by-caltech-till-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admissions.collzy.com\/blogs\/sat-or-act-scores-not-reviewed-by-caltech-till-fall-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SAT or ACT scores \u2013 Not reviewed by CalTech till Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Several other parameters seem to be important and are more reliable predictors of<br>the likelihood of a potential applicant\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The California Institute of Technology (CalTech), which is counted as the most renowned US<br>university that has adopted test-free admissions, has decided to not review the SAT\/ACT scores<br>for admission purposes until 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-year public institutions in California, the University of California and California State<br>University are likely to permanently delete the need for standardized exam scores. CalTech made<br>a switch to test-free admissions in 2020 due to the Covid-19 outbreak and closed down the<br>standard testing sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standardized test scores are suggested to have little to no power to evaluate academic<br>performance in subjects such as physics and mathematics which the first-year students must take<br>as a part of the core curriculum of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to keep the testing restriction intact was made after a rigorous internal analysis of<br>the academic performance of the seven cohorts of the preceding first-year undergraduate students<br>which include individuals who have matriculated both before and after the commencement of<br>test-free admissions at CalTech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other parameters seem to be important and are more reliable predictors of the likelihood<br>of a potential applicant\u2019s success. However, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came<br>with the decision to reinstate the mandatory requirement of test scores for admission<br>consideration as, according to MIT, it has been a good indicator of an applicant\u2019s academic<br>performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics of the SAT and ACT exam contend that these tests favour wealthy students who can<br>afford to boost their test results through intensive test preparation services, thus eliminating less<br>fortunate competitors. However, the College Board and ACT say that the exams are not biased<br>and can help the students find SAT and ACT scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Test-optional and test-free policies continue even when limitations relating to the pandemic<br>loosen. More than 1,700 universities will not require test scores for admission in the fall of 2023<br>as per FairTest, a group that promotes the sparing use of standardized tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To know about\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/collzy.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">counselling for Abroad studies\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and more Information like this make sure to visit our site\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/collzy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collzy\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>now !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several other parameters seem to be important and are more reliable predictors ofthe likelihood of a potential applicant\u2019s success. 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