Examinations and exemptions: the SAT problem

by Mia Lubrani| staff columnist Feb. 10, 2022 By 2024, the College Board will be administering the Scholastic Aptitude Test  (SAT) completely online, as an attempt to modernize the SAT and ensure the safety of test-takers. The new process may have come too late for high school students due to recent claims that the test has become irrelevant to college admission. The SAT is an … Continue reading Examinations and exemptions: the SAT problem

Higher Education Discards the SATs

By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor The SATs and ACTs are nothing short of a cringe-worthy experience. While The College Board states that the No. 1 reason why students take standardized tests is for applying to colleges, those scores are finally not all that important in the newest movement for higher education. Last October, Duquesne’s McAnulty College of Liberal Arts became the first school to … Continue reading Higher Education Discards the SATs

Liberal arts makes SAT optional in positive move

Duke Staff The McAnulty College of Liberal Arts is lifting its requirement to submit SAT scores as part of their application for applying to Duquesne. But is making the countless nights of studying, preparing and nervously anticipating a test score, optional a good move for the University? The argument against SATs, has been in debate for decades according to The American magazine. Created in the … Continue reading Liberal arts makes SAT optional in positive move