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https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/11/09/applications-floridas-public-universities-are-down-much-50-percent?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=d0163eacb9-AdmissionsInsider_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-d0163eacb9-226070997&mc_cid=d0163eacb9&mc_eid=af4d95da3a

Applications to Florida's public universities are down by as much as 50 percent Florida, which has resisted calls to go test optional, sees major decline in applicants.

UF extends its deadline to 11/16/20 and articles on application declines at Florida public universities:
https://admissions.ufl.edu/
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-ucf-applicants-down-20201015-44unkhph2rhobolttalrwsbbue-story.html

Florida universities getting fewer applications for 2021 Florida universities are receiving fewer applications for 2021, as SAT sessions have been canceled, campus tours have been halted and college fairs have switched to an online format.

Insightful article that is spot on:

Perspective | Covid-19 will make college admissions even easier for the elite Admissions officers will be relying on high schools they know best.

National Merit cutoffs Class of 2021:

National Merit Semifinalist Cutoffs Class of 2021 - Compass Education Group August 23 Update: CUTOFFS ARE OFFICIAL The Semifinalist cutoffs for the class of 2021 (October 2019 PSAT) have leaked early this year [thank you to those who alerted me to it]. They reflect the largest decline we have ever seen — a result of College Board’s inability to maintain consistent diffi...

August SAT update:

178,600 students registered for August SAT and are unable to take test Of 402,000 who registered to take SATs in August, 178,600 are blocked from taking the test because testing centers are closed or limited in capacity.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/12/hundreds-colleges-walk-back-fall-reopening-plans-and-opt-online-only-instruction?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=9921ffc7be-DNU_2020_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-9921ffc7be-226070997&mc_cid=9921ffc7be&mc_eid=af4d95da3a

More upheaval in admissions testing. ACT postponing single-section: http://leadershipblog.act.org/2020/06/update-on-summer-testing.html testing

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Fall enrollment at public universities including numbers from UF:

Public research universities and some regional state colleges had decent admissions years There's no more talk of 20 percent declines in enrollment. At regional public universities, the picture is more mixed but still better than a few months ago.

Dartmouth joins the test-optional movement:

Dartmouth Scraps SAT, ACT Admission Requirements for One Year Dartmouth College is suspending its undergraduate standardized test requirements for one year as Ivy League schools abandon the SAT and ACT exams during the coronavirus pandemic.

One Ivy goes test-optional. Will others follow?

Revised Testing Policy for 2020-2021 Application Cycle | Columbia Undergraduate Admissions Due to ongoing standardized testing disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbia is adopting a one year test-optional policy for first-year applicants to Columbia College or Columbia Engineering for the fall of 2021.

Questions about the June ACT? Check here for answers:

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