Like most schools, Brown suspended the use of standardized tests during the pandemic and has continued that suspension each year since even as the pandemic waned. But an investigation at Brown showed that the tests were extremely good at predicting student success and so today the school announced that it is returning to them for all undergraduate applicants.
Brown University will reinstate its requirement that applicants submit standardized-test scores, university officials announced Tuesday, the third Ivy League school to return to that pre-pandemic admission norm in recent weeks.
The school will continue to give an advantage to applicants whose parents attended or work at Brown, and will still allow students to apply early, if they choose.
Brown is now the third Ivy League school to return to the SAT in the last few months. Dartmouth reinstated it at the beginning of last month…
