From the Columbia Daily Spectator: Columbia will once again require standardized test scores for undergraduate applicants, beginning in August 2027, the University announced Friday. With the change, Columbia is the final Ivy League school to reinstate test score requirements, which most universities made optional in 2020. Students applying to Columbia College or the School of Engineering and Applied Science will be required to submit SAT or ACT scores for the 2027-28 admissions cycle. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities, including Columbia, waived standardized testing requirements, citing concerns about access to testing opportunities. Columbia has deviated from its peers by extending the waiver for more than three years after the pandemic ended.
The other seven Ivy League institutions have already reinstated the requirement; Yale University was the latest to do so, announcing the change in May. The revision comes after a multiyear faculty review which found that test scores were a “useful indicator of potential student success,” according to the statement from the University...
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