Wake Forest Makes Test Scores Optional for Applicants
Wake Forest University announced today that it will make standardized tests optional for applicants of its 2009 class—making it one of the most selective schools (30th in U.S. News's ranking of national universities) to reject the prominence of test scores in admissions.
The move comes at a time when more institutions nationwide are becoming concerned about the legitimacy of using test performance as an indicator of potential student success. A number of schools have already dropped the test-score requirement, but most of those institutions are small liberal arts colleges, like Smith College, which announced its new admissions policy two weeks ago.
Wake Forest's policy change was prompted by the school's initiative to diversify its student population, and admissions officials say they will now place more emphasis on personal interviews, academics, and extracurricular activities.
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WAKE FOREST TEST SCORES
Hurray for WF!!! Finally, it is being recognized that standardized testing is nothing but a scam that is designed to do nothing except rip off students and enrich testing companies. All the standardized test does is measure how well you take that standardized test. It is high time to drop standardized testing all together.
Very good idea
This is one school brave enough to take such a step, I tottally agree with Wake Forest and beleive more shools sould concider this idea. These tests are nothing more than a bullsh*t way to place kids on a scale. The scale is completely irrelvant to anything that resembles any sort of importance. I know many kids that scored in the 95th percentile and are now nothing more than college drop outs and dont do a damn thing. How can one test measure potential student success? Goodjob Wake Forest
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