Selected Articles Regarding MHC's SAT Optional Policy

Below is an archive of news articles and a fact sheet that will provide a comprehensive overview of the College's decision to de-emphasize standardized tests in the admission process. Email Admission with questions, comments, or concerns.

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• NY Times: MHC, Other Top Schools Drop SAT
  New York Times
  August 31, 2006
• Inside Higher Ed on MHC and SAT-Optional
  Inside Higher Ed
  May 26, 2006
• LA Times Editorial Notes MHC SAT Policy
  Los Angeles Times
  April 24, 2006
• Testing Errors Prompt Calls for Oversight
  New York TimesMarch 18, 2006
• President Creighton: SAT "Doesn't Test for Success"
  Los Angeles Times
  March 13, 2006
• First-year Student Addison Kemp Discusses SAT-Optional Policy
  Boston Herald
  August 31, 2005
• Early Results from Mount Holyoke Study Reaffirm SAT-Optional Policy
  College Street Journal
  March 18, 2005
• Changes to the SAT in the Philadelphia Inquirer
  College Street Journal
  May 7, 2004
• Mellon Foundation Funds Three-year Study of MHC’s SAT-Optional Experiment
  October 9, 2002
• SAT Optional: How are we doing?
  November 14, 2001
• The Class of 2005: The Most Diverse in MHC History
  College Street Journal
  September 10, 2001
• Q&A Regarding MHC's Decision to Make SAT Optional
  June 2000
• Research Under Discussion in Plans to Make SAT Optional
  College Street Journal
  May 26, 2000
• SAT Scrutinized and Value Debated
  Alumnae Quarterly
  Spring 2000
• President Creighton Reviews The Big Test
  The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
  Spring 2000