It makes sense. To uphold the value of their degrees, elite institutions are more interested in selecting for real-life performance rather than paperwork-wizar

It makes sense. To uphold the value of their degrees, elite institutions are more interested in selecting for real-life performance rather than paperwork-wizards. For some fields--like mathematics--I'm sure those things track closely. For other fields, not so much. Throwing the standardized tests away will probably spare them from a great deal of admissions apologetics. For less prestigious institutions, they like money--as evidenced by how low their ACT/SAT admission cutoffs already are. This move is great for plausible deniability when admitting illiterates for cash and prizes. edit: would add that Gates and Zuckerberg are prime examples of pre-selecting performance rather than creating it