Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-optional push grows
It’s perhaps to address lower scores amongst legacy and athlete students who are accepted? It can’t be controversial if the comparison metric is removed.<p>I’m guessing it also helps eliminate the “blue collar asian” applicants more easily. It removes one of their shining accomplishments.<p>From a 2018 article from politico:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;story&#x2F;2018&#x2F;10&#x2F;21&#x2F;harvard-admissions-affirmative-action-221669&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;story&#x2F;2018&#x2F;10&#x2F;21&#x2F;harvard-a...</a><p>“But the data collected by the Education Department contained some explosive information. It showed the athletes and so-called legacies who were actually accepted had lower SAT scores than the rest of the class and were also deemed less attractive candidates by the admissions officers conducting Harvard’s process.<p>Some of the comments those officers wrote on the application folders of admitted legacies strongly suggested something more than a tiebreaker was at work. “Lineage is main thing,” one reader wrote. “Double lineage, but lots of problems … no balance,” the notes on another successful application said. “Lots of lineage here … Hard to explain a NO,” yet another said. “Classical case that would be hard to explain to DAD.”