Admissions in the News
The Wake Forest SAT/ACT decision in Local and National News
Numerous newspapers and magazines around the country have reported on Wake Forest's decision to no longer require the SAT or ACT for undergraduate admission since the new policy was announced in May.
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The Seattle Times - The Choice blog : "SAT-optional _ will trend take off or sputter?" April 19, 2009
The New York Times - The Choice blog : "Yale vs. U.S. News & World Report" April 17, 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education: "A New Model for Teaching Ethical Behavior" April 20, 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Holistic Approach Is Overrated as Admissions Tool, Says Researcher" April 16, 2009
The New York Times: "College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs" / Sept. 21, 2008
Scripps News: "SATs can't test for mental toughness" / July 24, 2008
The New York Times: "The Growing Backlash Against the SAT" / July 8, 2008
The Washington Post: "A Better Measure than the SAT" / June 29, 2008
Column by President Nathan O. Hatch
Inside Higher Education: "The Evolving SAT Debates" / June 23, 2008
The Boston Globe: "New, old SATs alike in predicting grades" / June 18, 2008
Chronicle of Higher Education: "New SAT is about the same as the old one" / June 18, 2008
Insider Higher Education: "The new SAT, longer but no better?" / June 18, 2008
The Washington Post: "Study: The new SAT is not much better" / June 17, 2008
San Antonio Express News: "SAT study praises its writing exam" / June 17, 2008
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: "Big News! Wake Forest drops the SAT" / June 12, 2008
Atlanta Journal and Constitution: "Wake Forest runs risk with no-SAT option" / June 4, 2008
The Huffington Post: "Wake Forest makes the SAT optional: Good move, Wake"/ June 2, 2008
The New York Times: "2 colleges end entrance exam requirement" / May 27, 2008
U.S News and World Report: "Wake Forest makes test scores optional for applicants" / May 27, 2008
TIME magazine: "Wake Forest drops SAT requirement" / May 27, 2008
The Boston Globe: "Wake Forest, Smith drop SAT condition" / May 27, 2008
The (Raleigh) News and Observer: "Wake Forest to drop SAT" / May 27, 2008, 2008
Inside Higher Education: "Another first for SAT-optional movement" / May 27, 2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "The anti-SAT argument reaches Wake Forest University" / May 27, 2008
Winston-Salem Journal: "WFU to make scores optional" / May 27, 2008
Why is Wake Forest dropping the SAT and ACT?
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Read about Wake Forest's Admissions - SAT/ACT Policy
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