Will Harvard Be Looking at the S a T?

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Some colleges will not look at an s a t score, period. Some say it helps them to pick a class. But if the students admitted for this fall do well and don't drop out more than previous classes had drop outs then that argument will go away.

Why are colleges ditching the test? A) The SAT is biased B) Colleges want to admit more diverse students C) The pandemic D) All of the above

This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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