University of California System Will No Longer Consider SAT and ACT Scores for Admissions
The nine campuses of the University of California system will no longer consider standardized testing scores as part of the admission process beginning in the fall of 2021.
The change is the result of a legal settlement (pdf) of a lawsuit brought by groups that claimed that the traditional SAT and ACT tests are racist.
Under the settlement, the university, which enrolls some 225,000 undergraduate students, said it won’t consider SAT or ACT scores sent along with admissions applications until 2025. The university further stated that it had no current plan to consider the scores after 2025.
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The University of California system said Friday in a legal settlement that it will be putting an end to SAT and ACT score admission requirements.
In the settlement with students and advocacy groups, the university said that SAT and ACT scores sent as part of admissions applications between fall 2021 and spring 2025 will not be considered in admission decisions.
In May 2020, the institution agreed to get rid of SAT and ACT score considerations for admission by fall 2025.
The settlement puts an end to a legal dispute over the consideration of standardized test scores for admission to the UC system.
University of California Will No Longer Consider SAT and ACT Scores
The university system has reached a settlement with students to scrap even optional testing from admissions and scholarship decisions.
The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the U.C. campuses across the state that will no longer consider SAT and ACT scores for admissions or scholarships.Credit.Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
May 15, 2021Updated 3:57 p.m. ET
The University of California will not take SAT and ACT scores into account in admissions or scholarship decisions for its system of 10 schools, which include some of the nation’s most sought-after campuses, in accordance with a settlement in a lawsuit brought by students.