UT Austin Brings Back Standardized Test Scores for Admissions

Published on March 12, 2024

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) will revert to requiring standardized test scores like SAT and ACT for admissions after finding that the scores were a predictor of students’ academic performance. UT Austin’s test score requirement will be applicable from the Fall 2025 semester. The university had done away with this requirement in Spring 2020 due to limited testing availability amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After analyzing student data, UT Austin found that applicants who submitted standardized scores performed “significantly better” in their first semester of college than those who did not take the tests. “Our goals are to attract the best and brightest students and to make sure every student is successful once they are here,” said university president Jay Hartzell, according to a March 11 press release....

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