Applicant success belies SAT's value

Charlotte, N.C., Observer

January 3, 2012

Wake Forest University was the first highly ranked research university to announce the move away from the SAT in 2008. Since then, the university in Winston-Salem has become more racially and socio-economically diverse. Pell Grant recipients almost doubled. Students of color increased from 18 percent to nearly 23 percent. Along the way, the university also noticed an uptick in the number of students with an exemplary high school track record, which, research shows, is the best predictor of college success.

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