Like many other university systems, UNC dropped its requirement for an SAT or ACT score during the Covid craze. Now, the UNC board is contemplating a move to restore the requirement — but only for a few students. In today’s Martin Center article, Jenna Robinson examines the proposal and finds it wanting.
She writes:
In contrast, the proposed policy would require only a small percentage of students to submit standardized test scores. At most schools, then, it is a de facto extension of the testing waiver. The new policy specifies, “Students with a weighted high school GPA greater than or equal to 2.50 and less than 2.80 are required to submit a standardized test score (ACT or SAT). For students with a weighted high school GPA of 2.80 or above, the decision to require submission of a standardized test score is delegated to the chancellor of each constituent institution, subject to the approval of their board of trustees.”
The problem is that, owing to grade inflation in our high schools, hardly any students have GPAs in that low range. A lot of students who have weak academic ability (which the SAT or ACT shows) will be able to coast into a UNC system school.
Read the whole thing.