| Nine MICUA Institutions Offer Test-Optional Admission Policies |
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MICUA Matters Summer 2009
Most recently, Loyola College in Maryland—which will become Loyola University Maryland in September 2009—announced that SAT or ACT scores will no longer be required for students applying for full-time undergraduate admission beginning with the fall 2010 semester. Students who do not submit standardized test scores will be required to submit an additional teacher recommendation or personal essay.
“High standardized test scores, while a laudable accomplishment, tell you far less about a person’s talents and potential to succeed in college than course selection, grades earned, personal statements, and extracurricular involvement and achievement,” said Loyola’s President, Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J. “We believe this approach will allow us to become a more inclusive university that recognizes more fully the great depth and breadth of gifts and experiences our prospective students could bring to our community.”
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In search of a more diverse and accomplished student body, nine MICUA institutions are among the growing list of colleges and universities that no longer require applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score. Baltimore International College, Goucher College, Loyola College in Maryland, McDaniel College, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, St. John’s College, Sojourner-Douglass College, Washington Adventist University (formerly Columbia Union College), and Washington College all practice forms of “test-optional” admissions.