Applications to George Washington University surged 28 percent in the first admission cycle after the school stopped requiring prospective students to submit SAT or ACT scores. GW officials said Thursday they received 25,431 bids for the entering 2016 class, up from 19,833 last year. About one out of every five applicants chose not to submit test scores. Under its test-optional policy, the private university in Washington said it has drawn more African-American and Latino applicants and more applicants whose parents did not go to college. Applications from these “first-generation” students grew from more than 3,000 in the previous cycle to more than 4,000 in this one, officials said.

February 4, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post