UC Halts Study on Reinstating SAT in Admissions, Reversing Earlier Commitment

UC's sudden pullback from evaluating standardized testing signals internal conflict over admissions equity and academic rigor—a decision affecting hundreds of thousands of applicants and reshaping how California's largest public university assesses merit.
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