June 6, 2008

Wake Forest U. Joins Ranks of Test-Optional Colleges

By ERIC HOOVER and BECKIE SUPIANO

Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to submit standardized test scores, the university announced last week. The move makes Wake Forest, in Winston-Salem, N.C., one of the most prominent institutions with a "test optional" admissions policy.

Officials there hope the move will help the university attract more applicants, particularly underrepresented students and those who may have had a "bad standardized-test experience," said Martha Blevins Allman, the admissions

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