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Yale ditches test-optional policy, saying it hurts lower-income applicants

Yale University announced Thursday it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for freshmen, joining a handful of elite schools that have scrapped controversial test-optional policies introduced during the pandemic. The Ivy League school said the current policy “disadvantages low-income, first-generation, and rural students.” For students in well-resourced high schools, there are many alternatives to standardized tests, […]