George Mason (and Others) Makes SAT Optional
In quite possibly one of the smartest and innovative moves by any large institution, George Mason is making the somewhat controversial SAT exam optional for applicants in the top 20% of their class with a grade point average about 3.5. In return for not taking the SAT, students simply need to write an essay and submit two more letters of recommendation, something that shouldn’t difficult for a high performing student. However, that’s not the part that surprises or impresses me, anyone can remove a requirement, but the justification was something I’ve always believed - “the university examined the performance of students who did well in high school and found that SAT scores were a poor predictor of how those students would fare at the university.”
