Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Expert on personal finance and planning and paying for college. A new study of college admission tests finds that the SAT and ACT ...

The SAT, accepted by almost all of the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S., may have some growing competition. The Classic Learning Test (CLT) has proved quite the competitor against ...

Millions of test-takers sign up for the ACT, SAT, or another standardized test every year. Admissions officers rely on test scores when making acceptance decisions. So it's important to understand ...

For generations, the path to a respected university followed a predictable, if stressful, script. But the 2025-2026 ...

In college admissions, test optional has transformed from the exception to the rule. More than 1,900 U.S. colleges and universities now do not require applicants to submit standardized test scores.

Many colleges have made standardized test scores an optional part of their application process instead of a requirement. The move to test-optional admissions is not only in response to the COVID-19 ...

Efforts to remove college admissions tests such as the ACT and SAT from application requirements are gaining momentum this year, with more than half of four-year universities offering to make the ...

As pressure mounts on the University of California to drop its SAT requirement, it’s clear that test-optional admissions are having a moment. But are they all they promise to be? More than a thousand ...

In fall 2024, Arkansas Tech University's board of trustees approved an extension of the university's test-optional admissions policy, continuing a statewide trend. Other Arkansas universities with ...