College Admissions
The Great Admissions Reckoning: Why America's Top Universities Are Bringing Back the SAT
Rampant grade inflation made transcripts indistinguishable. Generative AI broke the college essay. Here is the empirical data behind why MIT, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, and Stanford ended their test-optional experiment—and why standardized testing remains the truest equalizer in higher education.
Sep 8, 2026
