Commentary: College essay tests deserve to die
by James Murphy, Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2018
3 minutes
Every year more than a million students pay an extra fee to do the optional essay section of the SAT and ACT, though according to a Princeton Review analysis only 27 colleges and universities in the country require submission of an essay score. Half of those 27 schools are in California, which means the Golden State is well-positioned to put an end to what is a huge waste of time and money for millions of high school students and their parents each year. Harvard announced in March that it will no longer require
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