Many more colleges and universities will be going test optional for the 2020-2021 application season because the pandemic has required suspension of SAT and ACT testing.

See https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/04/10/sat-act-2021-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1

(For a comprehensive list of schools which are already test optional, see www.fairtest.org.)

What does this mean for students? The essay will become critical to admissions.

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