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A high school senior’s fall is
typically marked by road trips
to college campuses, waking up
early on the weekends to take
standardized tests and rushing
to finish an endless stream of
essays by Halloween. Throw in a
global pandemic and everything
changes.
The University of Michigan has
made a number of key changes to
the college application process this
year. Most notably, the University
has adopted a “test-flexible” policy
and extended the early action
deadline two weeks. Early action
applications are now due Nov. 15
as opposed to the traditional Nov.
1 cutoff.
Because of the pandemic, this
year’s application cycle will look
different
for
both
applicants
and the admissions department.
The Michigan Daily talked to
high
school
seniors,
college
admissions counselors and U-M
administrators
to
understand
what it’s like to be a high school
senior applying to the University
of Michigan this year.
Test-flexible policy leaves
some relieved, but others with
questions
In
July,
the
University
announced it would transition
to a “test-flexible” policy for
the upcoming application cycle,
which allows students to submit
standardized test scores other
than the ACT or SAT, such as
the PSAT, PLAN or AP exams.
The University will also accept
self-reported scores given that
students submit official scores by
the end of the enrollment process.
The
policy
still
strongly
encourages applicants to submit a
test score, but increases flexibility
in the method of reporting and the
type of exam. If a student is unable
to take a test altogether, they can
still be considered for admittance.
Several high school seniors
expressed relief in response to
the more accommodating testing
policy. Roy Huang, a senior at
St. Andrews College in Ontario,
Canada, will be applying early-
action without a test score.
He said he felt relieved by the
flexible policy after all Canadian
Scholastic Aptitude Test dates
were canceled.
“(The new policy) reduces a
lot of the anxiety around getting
a test date and needing to keep
on studying for the SAT,” Huang
said. “Now, I can focus more on
supplements and writing the
common app essay.”
Not all seniors reacted as
positively to the flexible policy.
Catherine Hwang, a senior at
Forest Hills Northern High School
in Grand Rapids, Mich., said
the University should consider
adopting
a
“test-optional”
policy
instead.
Test-optional
policies, which do not require
or encourage submitting test
scores, are endorsed by other peer
institutions, such as New York
University.
“There’s definitely potential
for (the University) to be test-
optional,” Hwang said. “I think
that NYU and (the University) fall
under the same competitiveness
when you look at their acceptance
rates, so (the University) could
provide some other options for
students.”
Students
and
high
school
counselors expressed confusion
about what exactly a “test-flexible”
policy entails.
Laura
Hollyer-Madis
and
Norman
Hurns,
high
school
counselors from the Bloomfield
Hills, Mich., and Birmingham,
Mich., school districts respectively,
shared similar frustrations over
the ambiguity of whether or not
admissions officers will expect
test scores. Hollyer-Madis equated
the policy to a “moving target.”
GEORGE WEYKAMP &
RONI KANE
For The Daily
Pandemic complicates college
application process for seniors
Canceled ACTs, campus visits create new obstacles in navigating applying to U-M
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