Harvard reinstates SAT requirement, joining other elite schools

Harvard University on Thursday announced it will require the SAT or a similar standardized test score as part of its admissions application, becoming the latest Ivy League institution to do so in recent months.

The requirement reverses its test-optional policy and will start with applicants for fall 2025, mandating submission of SAT or ACT scores in the vast majority of cases, Harvard Magazine reported.

The move follows three Ivy League schools — Yale, Brown and Dartmouth — that made the same announcement in recent months. The University of Texas at Austin also did so in March, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reinstated the requirement in 2022.