Harvard Returns to Standardized Testing Requirements After Tossing Them Overboard During COVID

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Harvard College will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, the Ivy League school announced Thursday, years after it dropped the requirement during the coronavirus pandemic. Harvard unveiled the change through a statement from its Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean, Hopi Hoekstra. Starting next year, Hoekstra said, prospective undergraduate students must submit their SAT or ACT scores when applying to Harvard. "This decision to return to requiring testing was motivated