University of California to Permanently Remove Standardized Testing for Admission

Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on April 23, 2012. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The University of California (UC) Board of Regents said on Nov. 18 that standardized tests will be eliminated from the public university system’s admission process, without any alternative exam to be adopted in the foreseeable future.

The board originally approved in May 2020 the removal of standardized testing—for applications for admission to the nine UC colleges—and planned to find an alternative test to replace the ACT and SAT by 2024.