The council comprises six different public four-year colleges and universities, including WSU. Paul Francis, council executive director, said admission directors at the council discussed challenges students faced with SAT and ACT testing early into the pandemic. “We realized the pandemic was going to be a longer-term event,” Francis said. The Washington Student Achievement Council set minimum admission requirements, like a 2.0 GPA, while individual universities set their own specifications, he said. About 2.2 million high school seniors graduating in 2020 took the College Board SAT, which is similar to 2019 statistics, according to the College Board 2020 assessment results. However, the majority took the exam before the pandemic caused closures.