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Guidance counselors and applicants to the University of California are reporting widespread confusion over the system's shift to no longer require SAT subject exams, The Los Angeles Times reported. The controversial decision to keep the main SAT (or ACT) as a requirement but to end the requirement that students take the SAT subject exams was promoted as a way to simplify the process. But many applicants feel that they still must take the exams. That's in part, they say, because the university has said that good scores can still help an applicant, while poor scores or no scores will not hurt an applicant. High school counselors say that this is a message that leaves many applicants feeling no choice but to take the tests, given how competitive University of California admissions are, and many assume that failing to get high scores will hurt their chances of admission.
