University of California System Will No Longer Consider SAT, ACT Scores for Admissions

People walk toward Sather Gate on the U.C. Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, on July 22, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The nine campuses of the University of California (UC) system will no longer consider standardized testing scores as part of the admission process beginning this fall.

The change is the result of a legal settlement (pdf) of a lawsuit brought by groups that claimed that the traditional SAT and ACT tests are racist.