Yale will require SATs for admissions again next fall

Standardized test scores will be required once again for students interested in attending Yale University, the institution announced Thursday.

The Ivy League school is reinstating the admissions requirement for fall 2025 applicants and dropping its test-optional policy, created in 2020 in response to COVID-19, according to the university Admissions Office website.

Now, undergraduate applicants must include their scores from at least one of four standardized tests: SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement, or International Baccalaureate, the admissions office states.

Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions, told Yale News in a interview Thursday that test scores provide a strong indication of a student’s academic performance.

“Simply put, students with higher scores have been more likely to have higher Yale GPAs, and test scores are the single greatest predictor of a student’s performance in Yale courses in every model we have constructed,” Quinlan said.