David Blobaum Media Appearances

It is expected that more than a million students will take the standardized test in the next two months as elite schools are again requiring test results for student admissions.

The change back to test-required is mostly a change in name only. In reality, essentially nothing has changed: good scores continue to help students get into good colleges.

David talks with the San Francisco Chronicle about how many California high schools have not returned to pre-pandemic levels of SAT testing availability for their students. The result? Many California residents are missing out on scores that can raise their chances of college admission and of getting more scholarships.

The SAT has changed quite dramatically: it is digital, adaptive, shorter, and more. But the benefits to the SAT remain the same: students can improve their admissions chances with higher scores.

Here is what students and families need to know about some schools coming back to requiring SAT and ACT scores, test-optional admissions, and the changes to the SAT.

Here are what some of the experts predict about the future of test-optional and test-required admissions.