Selected Articles Regarding MHC's SAT Optional Policy

Please see the following articles and fact sheet for a comprehensive overview of the College's decision to de-emphasize standardized tests in the admission process. Please email sat@mtholyoke.edu 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 Times
March 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