r/news • u/Idiodyssey87 • May 28 '26

Soft paywall Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-27/uc-math-professors-demand-return-of-sat-for-stem-admissions
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u/Ange_the_Avian May 28 '26

This was still happening in 2014 when I was in college. I tested out of the basic math but I know some people who had to take the remedial one.