Conversations about SAT and ACT scores are ubiquitous for high-school students applying to colleges.

Increasingly, however, many colleges and universities have begun to eschew mandatory standardized-test scores as requirements for their application process.

Amherst College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Vassar College, and Williams College have all dropped requirements that students take SAT subject-matter tests for admission, The Boston Globe reported.

The elite schools are no longer requiring the tests, also referred to as the SAT II. The reasoning: The exams are not reliable indicators of students’ performance in college and may harm low-income students.

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Source:: BusinessInsider.Com