Over 1600 US Colleges Drop SAT 2021 Scores Requirement for UG Admissions; Check Alternative Admission Process Details Here

Nearly 1,600 US Colleges (Undergraduate) have officially announced that they will be test blind, just as the Fall 2022 Admission Cycle commences. US schools have notified that the candidate's admission will be done based on their secondary and high school performance. 

Hence, nearly two-third US Colleges will not consider Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) 2021 or ACT scores for undergraduate admission. These 1,600 Undergraduate schools are the two-thirds of the 2,330 bachelor- degree institutions in the US. 

Usually, the SAT score is used by the universities across the United States to evaluate the students for their undergraduate admission. However, this is the second consecutive year that the candidate's admissions to US undergraduate bachelor’s programmes will be test blind. 

Since the SAT schedules are getting cancelled in various countries, the top US universities have decided to keep their gates open for the students who are unable or unwilling to take the exam.

Also Check: Big Changes in SAT Exam 2021 

International education counselor Karan Gupta stated that most prominent US Universities, including Ivy Leagues such as Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell have waived the SAT and ACT (American College Testing) scores for the students who are applying for the admission for the fall 2022 intake. 

Further, the waiver was initially applicable for students who applied for fall 2021, but now it has been extended to fall 2020. The universities abroad recognised that test centers are closed due to the pandemic. Moreover, the students don't have access to transportation. Thus, the universities extended the waivers, he added. 

He also notified that the experts in the US are expecting a surge in the number of applications and so he urged the candidates to focus more on improving their academics and extracurricular activities so that they have a strong application. 

In addition, if students manage to take up the SAT/ACT exams and score well, then they should submit their respective scores to stand out amongst others and it will also impact the student's applications, he concluded.