SAT/ACT scores required for UM undergrad once again

[MissileCane]

For admission into the fall 2026 class, prospective students will be required to submit their standardized test scores. This follows a 5 year period where UM suspended the requirement.

Good to see the change -- standardized test scores are important. I wonder if this is an Echeverria mandate.

Standardized test score policy reinstated for fall 2026 undergraduate admissions cycle

The University of Miami will require standardized test scores beginning in fall 2026, ending the temporary test optional process put in place during the pandemic.

news.miami.edu

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

I’m not here to play school.

 

[westcoastcanes]

If it costs us even one recruit I’m not for it

 

[Bender]

If it costs us even one recruit I’m not for it

If a recruit doesn't want to do this to come here, you wouldn't want that recruit to come here. He won't work out.

 

[BrandCanes]

**** those scores

 

[The canesman]

What about those coming out of the portal? Are there any academic qualifications?

 

[westcoastcanes]

If a recruit doesn't want to do this to come here, you wouldn't want that recruit to come here. He won't work out.

This has never been true across the board, and the sooner the school stops trying to pretend it is something it is not and returns focus to football and tan lines the better.

 

[mcnaire2004]

Good, it's not rocket surgery. Basic requirement of competency.

 

[The U is back to work]

For admission into the fall 2026 class, prospective students will be required to submit their standardized test scores. This follows a 5 year period where UM suspended the requirement.

Good to see the change -- standardized test scores are important. I wonder if this is an Echeverria mandate.

Standardized test score policy reinstated for fall 2026 undergraduate admissions cycle

The University of Miami will require standardized test scores beginning in fall 2026, ending the temporary test optional process put in place during the pandemic.

news.miami.edu

Attrition rates are climbing everywhere in higher ed so it makes sense.

 

[canemachine]

For admission into the fall 2026 class, prospective students will be required to submit their standardized test scores. This follows a 5 year period where UM suspended the requirement.

Good to see the change -- standardized test scores are important. I wonder if this is an Echeverria mandate.

Standardized test score policy reinstated for fall 2026 undergraduate admissions cycle

The University of Miami will require standardized test scores beginning in fall 2026, ending the temporary test optional process put in place during the pandemic.

news.miami.edu

Standardized tests are a farce. It doesn't take into account anxiety. It doesn't take into account school districts/teacher quality. If curriculum was standardized and taught at the same pace across the board then it would be more valid. However such is not the case which makes it nothing more than an outdated way of measurement.

 

[NorthernVirginiaCane]

Good.

 

[QuattroCane]

Good, it's not rocket surgery. Basic requirement of competency.

 

[TNmiami]

Standardized tests are a farce. It doesn't take into account anxiety. It doesn't take into account school districts/teacher quality. If curriculum was standardized and taught at the same pace across the board then it would be more valid. However such is not the case which makes it nothing more than an outdated way of measurement.

Tough ****. If you can't handle a test how can you handle a road game? Wouldn't that cause anxiety? You either know the material or you dont

 

[svenben]

Standardized tests are a farce. It doesn't take into account anxiety. It doesn't take into account school districts/teacher quality. If curriculum was standardized and taught at the same pace across the board then it would be more valid. However such is not the case which makes it nothing more than an outdated way of measurement.

maybe schools are better off not having students that experience anxiety taking a test. How are they going to fare in the real world?

 

[TheOriginalCane]

What about those coming out of the portal? Are there any academic qualifications?

Yes. But not SAT/ACT.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

For admission into the fall 2026 class, prospective students will be required to submit their standardized test scores. This follows a 5 year period where UM suspended the requirement.

Good to see the change -- standardized test scores are important. I wonder if this is an Echeverria mandate.

Standardized test score policy reinstated for fall 2026 undergraduate admissions cycle

The University of Miami will require standardized test scores beginning in fall 2026, ending the temporary test optional process put in place during the pandemic.

news.miami.edu

Thank you sweet Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Echevarria.

Glad to have the SAT/ACT back again. This will have ZERO impact on Athletics.

 

[canemachine]

Tough ****. If you can't handle a test how can you handle a road game? Wouldn't that cause anxiety? You either know the material or you dont

Nuance

 

[BoxingRobes]

Attrition rates are climbing everywhere in higher ed so it makes sense.

Do you have a good article or paper on this?

Been a hypothesis of mine for a minute, but haven't done much research.

 

[canemachine]

maybe schools are better off not having students that experience anxiety taking a test. How are they going to fare in the real world?

My greater point which I didn't convey fully is for something to be standard all things must be equal. Meaning our education system must be equal across the country which we both know is not the case without getting into all that surronds it. I added anxiety because test anxiety is real for some. That's why colleges have moved to creating centers or using rooms for those who have learning disabilities and anxieties. In short I was saying highschools don't do the best of that speaking largely on the public school system. I don't disagree that academic performance is important but placing entry on a score from one test seems asinine as it can disregard achievement elsewhere

 

[ajkreider]

People think removing the requirement helped minorities, but it was just the opposite. The standardized allows the show out, despite not have all the extra curricular stuff that rich folks can give their kids.