Some colleges no longer requiring SAT testing

Often considered crucial for college enrollment and sometimes necessary for applying for a scholarship, SAT tests are no longer required at more than 800 institutions of higher learning in the U.S., according to research published by the National Center for Fair and Open Testing. The organization released an extensive list of schools that either don't require presumptive students take the SAT, or pay closer attention to other criteria when deciding whether or not to enroll a student.

"[Colleges and universities] recognize that neither the SAT nor ACT measures what students most need to succeed in higher education," said FairTest Public Education Director Bob Schaeffer in a statement, according to The Huffington Post. "Even the tests' sponsors admit that an applicant's high school record remains a better predictor of college performance than either exam is."

The news source goes on to point out that at least two schools who have lifted the SAT-requirement, Middlebury College and Bowdoin College, appeared in the U.S. News and World Report's top 10 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. In addition, Martha Allman, the director of admissions at Wake Forest University, said getting rid of the SAT requirement added diversity to the university's student population.

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