• Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Top Students Can Skip SAT in Applying to George Mason U.

Hundreds of colleges now make the SAT and ACT tests optional elements in the admissions process. George Mason University has adopted a variant of that scheme. According to today’s Washington Post, students with good grades (3.5 grade-point average or higher) or good class ranks (top 20 percent) can apply to George Mason without taking the SAT. But they will have to write a special essay and send in two extra recommendations.