Posted on 02/22/2024 5:39:28 AM PST by JSM_Liberty
Yale University will once again require standardized testing for students applying for admission in the fall of 2025. The decision, announced today, ends the test-optional undergraduate admissions process that had been in place at Yale since the pandemic.
According to the announcement, the past four years of test-optional admissions had given Yale what it described as “an invaluable opportunity to think deeply about testing policy and to generate new data and analyses. With testing availability now fully restored for prospective applicants around the world, we have reevaluated our policy with the benefit of fresh insights.”
Yale is describing its new requirement as “test-flexible policy,” in which applicants can choose to submit scores from any of four testing options:
ACT Advanced Placement (AP) International Baccalaureate (IB) SAT Yale explained its decision this way:
“Our experience with both test-optional and test-required policies has persuaded us of three things. First, when used thoughtfully as part of a whole-person review process, tests can help increase rather than decrease diversity in our class. Second, a narrow focus on only the ACT and SAT can discourage promising students from considering colleges like Yale. Finally, inviting students to apply without any test scores can, inadvertently, disadvantage students from low-income, first-generation, and rural backgrounds.”
Citing its own internal research, Yale concluded that with a test-optional process “when admissions officers reviewed applications with no scores, they placed greater weight on other parts of the application. But this shift frequently worked to the disadvantage of applicants from lower socio-economic backgrounds.”...
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These days all they turn out are over-educated idiots anyway.
Sample questions:
1. How many states in the U.S.?
2. How many wheels on a car?
3. Was Obama the greatest President?
4. What color is an orange?
5. What year did the American Revolution start?
6. Who was the American Revolution against?
7. How many hours in a day?
8. What ocean is next to the U.S. west coast?
9. In which state is New York City located?
10. How many stars in the U.S. flag?
This is a very racist decision.
Yale doesn’t do the DIE thang?
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