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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.
(Score: 4, Informative) by AthanasiusKircher on Friday June 15 2018, @07:13PM (1 child)
Chicago is very grad-student heavy, hence it tends to end up on top research university lists. From several alumni I know, I've always had the impression that undergrads are a bit of an afterthought... and generally speaking have it a bit harder than other top schools. (My impression -- again, from talking with alumni -- is that it's harder to "coast" there with easy courses. A bit less grade inflation, etc.) It's the kind of place that's a great school to go to if you want to become an academic, but I wouldn't tend to encourage most kids -- even bright ones -- to go there as an undergrad.
But grad programs? They have quite a few well-known ones. As to how high Chicago is ranked among research universities, that depends on your ranking system. It may not be in the "top 10" in some lists, but definitely in the top couple dozen.
(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Friday June 15 2018, @08:23PM
I'd apply to go back for a physics grad degree, but my video camera broke and I can't afford a cell phone.