Author name: Grantly

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Exclusivity, Injunctions, and Voluntourism- A New Horizon for Test-Optional

The Genesis of “Test Optional” The idea of a test-optional admissions policy-one that would eliminate the requirement for submission of standardized test scores for applicants-first gained steam in the media after a widely- reported speech by the University of California’s president Richard Atkinson in 2001. Atkinson sensed that the concept of “innate intelligence” measured by …

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Test Optional Tips and Tricks

#1 Understand School’s Motivation The appearance of exclusivity, rather than the development of an intellectually and spiritually enriching environment for students, is frequently what drives the adoption of test-optional policies. Yale’s application rate, for instance, went up 33-percent this year, and its introduction of a test-optional application must have been largely responsible. And, as noted …

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