Numerous newspapers and magazines around the country have reported on Wake Forest’s decision to no longer require the SAT or ACT for undergraduate admission since the new policy was announced in May.
The New York Times: “College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs” / Sept. 21
Wake Forest Magazine: “A Test of Convention” / September 2008
Scripps News: “SATs can’t test for mental toughness” / July 24
The New York Times: “The Growing Backlash Against the SAT” / July 8
The Washington Post: “A Better Measure than the SAT” / June 29
Column by President Nathan O. Hatch
Inside Higher Education: “The Evolving SAT Debates” / June 23
The Boston Globe: “New, old SATs alike in predicting grades” / June 18
Chronicle of Higher Education: “New SAT is about the same as the old one” / June 18
Insider Higher Education: “The new SAT, longer but no better?” / June 18
The Washington Post: “Study: The new SAT is not much better” / June 17
San Antonio Express News: “SAT study praises its writing exam” / June 17
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: “Big News! Wake Forest drops the SAT” / June 12
Atlanta Journal and Constitution: “Wake Forest runs risk with no-SAT option” / June 4
The Huffington Post: “Wake Forest makes the SAT optional: Good move, Wake“/ June 2
The New York Times: “2 colleges end entrance exam requirement” / May 27
U.S News and World Report: “Wake Forest makes test scores optional for applicants” / May 27
TIME magazine: “Wake Forest drops SAT requirement” / May 27
The Boston Globe: “Wake Forest, Smith drop SAT condition” / May 27
The (Raleigh) News and Observer: “Wake Forest to drop SAT” / May 27, 2008
Inside Higher Education: “Another first for SAT-optional movement” / May 27
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: “The anti-SAT argument reaches Wake Forest University” / May 27
Winston-Salem Journal: “WFU to make scores optional” / May 27
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