Colleges consider the unthinkable: dropping SAT and ACT requirements for next year's applicants

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High school juniors, it may be time to kiss your prep books goodbye. An increasing number of universities are dropping the SAT and ACT requirements in response to the coronavirus pandemic

This year's high school juniors may finally do what they've often dreamed: kiss their college prep books goodbye.

An increasing number of universities are dropping the SAT and ACT requirement for fall 2021 admissions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. With high schools across the nation shut down or in limited operation, ACT Inc. and the College Board, the companies behind the ACT and SAT, canceled administrations of the exams until June, prompting a record number of colleges and universities to suspend the standardized test requirement or make it optional.

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