Erica Sanders, assistant vice provost and executive director of undergraduate admissions at Michigan, said the school adopted a test-optional policy in 2024 and remains test optional for the current cycle.
Scores are not what decides an application, Sanders said.
Christina Moreland, associate director of admissions at Dartmouth, said the college still runs a holistic review, a practice it has used since 1921.
Dartmouth reinstated its SAT and ACT requirement in 2024, joining Yale, Brown, MIT and Georgetown, with Princeton following for fall 2027 entry.
Officers work through a set of questions on each applicant. The first is whether the student can handle the academic pressure.
