We see no discernable difference in performance between students admitted with a test score and those for whom we waived the requirement.” “We assess master’s programs candidates through a holistic lens, and we now have more than 1,000 data points substantiating student success in core curriculum courses.

“We have acquired evidence-based confidence over recent years in our ability to review graduate program applicants without evaluating standardized test scores,” Jennings said. With the onset of the pandemic, the college temporarily dropped the requirement for standardized test scores from applications to all master’s-level programs. It led, in 2020, to a huge jump in applications at big schools and small alike, reversing years of declines that effect, though somewhat diminished, has lasted into 2021.Īt Georgia State Robinson, waivers first became available for GMAT and GRE requirements for its MBA programs in 2018. The elimination of GMAT and GRE requirements for admission has been a silver lining to the pandemic for many candidates for graduate business education. ROBINSON PROMISES TO EVALUATE APPS ‘HOLISTICALLY’ “GMAT/GRE scores are not necessary to predict classroom success the tests are a barrier to entry and perpetuate systemic inequities and test performance is immaterial to the ultimate measure – career outcomes and market demand for our students.”

“Three factors drove the decision to eliminate the standardized test score requirement from graduate applications to Robinson,” says Brian Jennings, Robinson associate dean for graduate programs and executive education. The move is effective immediately, according to a news release from the school this week. Mack Robinson College of Business is the latest to eliminate the requirement for Graduate Management Admission Test or Graduate Record Exam scores from the admissions process for its MBA and master’s portfolio. Further down the rankings, where such programs are more likely to have been struggling to fill seats, the smaller schools are beginning to take notice, too. The top business schools have seen what a no-test-score-needed admissions policy can do for interest in an MBA program.

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