NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Columbia University will not require SAT or ACT test scores for its undergraduate application process.
The Manhattan school first eschewed testing requirements at the start of the pandemic when testing sites shut down. It is the first Ivy League school to make the change permanent.
In 2022, two years after it stopped requiring test scores, the school admitted 4% more students of color and 3% more first-generation college students.
Columbia said the change is “rooted in the belief that students are dynamic, multi-faceted individuals who cannot be defined by any single factor.”
Students will still be allowed to submit their test scores, but it won’t give them an advantage over those who don’t, according to the school.
“The submission of test results will be viewed only as one additional piece of information among the many factors that we will consider in our continued practice of a holistic and contextual review process,” said administrators.
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