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A drawing of a hand holding a wooden marionette cross. On the ends of the cross, instead of puppets, are paper cranes made of folded SAT score sheets. One score is 1010, the other is 1500.

By Daniel Han Tae Choi 4090 Views 1600, 1600 sat, ACT, admissions committee, admissions process, CMC, College, College Admissions, college application, college appplication, Education, Equity, ivy league, LAC, Pomona College, SAT, SAT score, selective schools, standardized test, Test Optional, test required

After the faculty recommended a return to mandatory testing, Claremont McKenna College sits on the precipice of making an important decision: moving the admissions process to mandatory test submission after lifting the requirement due to national trends and worries of inequity sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this important moment, Daniel Choi PO ’28 asks the institution to continue making efforts for equity by remaining committed to holistic admissions.

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Opinions

September 26, 2024 8:54 pm

OPINION: Eliminating test scores is not the answer to educational equity

By Eric Lu 8147 Views ACT, Admission, affrimative action, Claremont Colleges, DEI, DEI intitavies, Dropping Black Enrollment, Equity, FASFA, Holistic student profiles, Ivy Leagues, NAACP, Pomona College, rising asian enrollment, SAT

As the nation’s leading educational institutions start to reinstitute testing, the Claremont Colleges have remained stalwart, extending test optional policies until the 2027 admission cycle. Eric Lu, PO ’28 argues that testing now arises as an opportunity for equity through standardization.