GMU Drops SAT Requirement for Certain Applicants
Beginning this year, George Mason University will no longer require SAT or ACT scores from high school students with a 3.5 or higher GPA.
Dean of Admissions Andrew Flagel told AP that the change was adopted on the basis of a three-year study of GMU students that found little connection between standardized test scores and academic performance.
GMU will ask applicants who choose not to submit SAT or ACT scores to submit two additional letters of recommendation.
One exception to the new admissions policy concerns applicants who want to play basketball or another intercollegiate sport at GMU. They still have to provide SAT or ACT scores regardless of their high school GPA because test scores are used to determine NCAA eligibility.
This policy change makes GMU the first public Virginia university to make standardized test scores optional for any applicants.
Source: "No SAT Test Required for Some Applicants at George Mason University." AP (McLean, VA), August 25, 2006, as posted to the CNN website.
Dean of Admissions Andrew Flagel told AP that the change was adopted on the basis of a three-year study of GMU students that found little connection between standardized test scores and academic performance.
GMU will ask applicants who choose not to submit SAT or ACT scores to submit two additional letters of recommendation.
One exception to the new admissions policy concerns applicants who want to play basketball or another intercollegiate sport at GMU. They still have to provide SAT or ACT scores regardless of their high school GPA because test scores are used to determine NCAA eligibility.
This policy change makes GMU the first public Virginia university to make standardized test scores optional for any applicants.
Source: "No SAT Test Required for Some Applicants at George Mason University." AP (McLean, VA), August 25, 2006, as posted to the CNN website.
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