By LAURA GURFEIN, Capital News Service
By LAURA GURFEIN, Capital News Service
Published
11/26/09
WASHINGTON - Salisbury University soon may permanently discard the standardized test admission requirement for well-qualified students, becoming the first public university in Maryland to do so.
Test-optional college admission is part of a growing national trend to de-emphasize standardized tests, like the SAT and ACT, in favor of grade point average, extracurricular activities and personal statements when considering a student for admission.
The test-optional policy used to be a trademark of small liberal arts colleges; however, larger schools such as Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., recently became...
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