Snubbing the SAT

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

FairTest, a nonprofit group that opposes overemphasis on testing, reports that 23 of the top 101 liberal arts schools ranked by U.S. News & World Report do not use SAT or ACT scores for admitting substantial numbers of students. Here they are, with their ranks. All but Bowdoin are tied with other schools:

6. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

8. Middlebury College, Vermont

15. Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.

21. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine

23. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

32. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.

36. Connecticut College, New London

36. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.

39. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

39. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.


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