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University of Chicago Drops SAT/ACT Requirements for U.S. Students

posted by chromas on Friday June 15 2018, @11:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the Woohoo!-I'm-a-college-man!-I-am-so-smart!-I-am-so-smart!-S.M.R.T.!-I-mean-S.M.A.R.T.! dept.

takyon writes:

University of Chicago eliminates SAT/ACT requirement

The University of Chicago will no longer require ACT or SAT scores from U.S. students, sending a jolt through elite institutions of higher education as it becomes the first top-10 research university to join the test-optional movement.

Numerous schools, including well-known liberal arts colleges, have dropped or pared back testing mandates in recent years to bolster recruiting in a crowded market. But the announcement Thursday by the university was a watershed, cracking what had been a solid and enduring wall of support for the primary admission tests among the two dozen most prestigious research universities.

[...] U-Chicago is also expanding financial aid and scrapping in-person admission interviews, which had been optional. Instead, it will allow applicants to send in two-minute video pitches, in an effort to connect with a generation skilled at communicating via cellphone clips.

Also at USA Today and Inside Higher Ed.

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday June 15 2018, @01:23PM (4 children)

    by looorg (578) on Friday June 15 2018, @01:23PM (#693466)

    In addition, the university announced a new program in which it will invite students to submit a two-minute video introduction of themselves. And the university will allow self-submission of transcripts to minimize the need for students to pay fees.

    So sending in test-scores is optional and can be replaced by a 2 minute long video pitch? I guess that is one way of trying to cater to the younger generation. I do wonder how they will compare, good optional test result vs a 2 minute pitch video when it comes to academic success. A 2 minute pitch video sounds more like something you would send in if you apply for some Art program and not say mathematics.

    Self-submission of transcripts? So you don't even have to submit transcripts? How are they going to select students? Wallet-size?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @01:49PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @01:49PM (#693473)

    Art program? Are you kidding me? They're going to get flooded with up-and-coming Marketing weenies.

    • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday June 15 2018, @01:54PM (1 child)

      by looorg (578) on Friday June 15 2018, @01:54PM (#693476)

      The upside of the pitch videos is that they can be used in office parties as drinking games.

      • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday June 15 2018, @04:36PM

        by bob_super (1357) on Friday June 15 2018, @04:36PM (#693562)

        I'm looking forward to my next interview being a two-minute video, with nobody checking my resume or trying to guess if I have the background skills required.

        Now, let me see, which one pays more, CEO of Samsung, or of L'Oreal ?

  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Friday June 15 2018, @07:01PM

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Friday June 15 2018, @07:01PM (#693645) Journal

    So sending in test-scores is optional and can be replaced by a 2 minute long video pitch? I guess that is one way of trying to cater to the younger generation.

    I'm assuming what they're looking for is something like this [youtube.com]. Hollywood predicted this nearly two decades ago.