Ivy Leagues Face Reality: No-Test Admissions Led To Fewer High-Achieving Applicants

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Ivy Leagues Face Reality: No-Test Admissions Led To Fewer High-Achieving Applicants

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

After dropping test score requirements for applicants over the last several years, some so-called elite institutions are now waking up to the fact that those scores were actually pretty crucial for figuring out if an…

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