Most schools to keep SAT I as admissions requirement
By Antoinette Alston | February 27, 2001It appears the University of California at Berkeley is one of only a few institutions to propose eliminating the SAT I as a requirement in the admissions process. Berkeley would follow the lead of a few smaller institutions, such as Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., which already have abandoned the use of SAT I scores in assessing undergraduate applicants. Though Berkeley's president Richard Atkinson recently said the SAT I is an unfair assessment of an applicant's ability and is compromising America's educational system, many colleges and universities across the nation say they disagree. "For the University of Virginia, the SAT is an important factor which we use in making decisions about our applicants," University Dean of Admissions John A.
