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Recommendation Letters:
Request through Common App or email the recommender (make sure they know where to submit the letter if it is not through Common App).
Verify that your recommender meets the criteria established by the college/university
Give recommenders as much notice as possible and let them know the date you need it done by.
Standardized Testing Policies
Most colleges and universities are no longer requiring SAT or ACT scores to be submitted as part of their application. The most common terms associated with these policies are:
Test optional: This is both a blanket term for schools which do not require applicants to submit test scores before admissions decisions are made, including test-free institutions, and a more specific label for the more than 1,700 bachelor-degree granting schools that currently give students the power to choose whether ACT/SAT scores will be considered in the admissions process.
Test-free: This refers to institutions that will not consider ACT or SAT results in the admissions process even if scores are submitted. As of September, 2023, about 86 campuses, including the University of California and the California State University, the nation’s largest public higher education system, are test-free. Test-free is sometimes referred to as “test blind”.
Policies at Washington colleges/universities*
*always refer to individual school’s websites to verify current policies.
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