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After removing SAT score requirements Princeton announces that their newest class consists of 68% people that identify as being “of color,” according to The Daily Wire.
“Please know that standardized testing is but one element of our comprehensive and holistic application review process,” the university said in an announcement.
“We employ no minimum test scores for admission; rather, the entirety of a student’s background is considered in context.”
“Additionally, we do not require applicants to submit the optional writing section of the SAT or ACT.”
“Princeton has long been committed to creating and maintaining a community where all can thrive, and stands by its representations … that is complies with all laws and regulations governing equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and harassment,” Eisbruger stated.
“The university also stands by our statements about the prevalence of systemic racism and our commitment to reckon with its continued effects.”
From The Daily Wire:
In 2019, students, advocacy groups, and mostly minority Los Angeles-based school districts filed a lawsuit against the University of California system claiming that standardized testing discriminates against applicants based on their race, wealth, and disability. The lawsuit alleged that tests created a test-prep industry that favored wealthy families.
In May, the University of California system announced that it will no longer use standardized testing in the application process as it settled the 2019 lawsuit. The change sparked another victory for the anti-testing movement, which has grown increasingly in the past few years.
Princeton has been at the forefront of elite institutions pushing for so-called racial equity following the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Just one month after the death of George Floyd, Princeton’s board of trustees voted to change the names of the university’s public policy school and one of its residential colleges, both of which were named after former Democratic President Woodrow Wilson.