UT Austin Brings Back Standardized Test Scores for Admissions

Students who submitted standardized test scores were found to perform ‘significantly better’ during their first semester.

Students study in the Perry-Castaneda Library at The University of Texas at Austin, on February 22, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) will revert to requiring standardized test scores like SAT and ACT for admissions after finding that the scores were a predictor of students’ academic performance.

UT Austin’s test score requirement will be applicable from the Fall 2025 semester. The university had done away with this requirement in Spring 2020 due to limited testing availability amid the COVID-19 pandemic.