In today's episode, we sit down with Kelly Dore, Co-founder and VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights, and Dr. Alex MacIntosh, Senior Research Manager, also at Acuity Insights, to talk about test-optional admissions. Test-optional admissions came out of the necessity to rethink admissions during the COVID 19 pandemic and while it was originally thought to be a temporary measure, it hasn't gone away. Listen to Kelly and Alex walk us through the advantages, disadvantages, and where the alternatives to this might be. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:24 - What are test-optional admissions? 06:20 - Current perception of test-optional admissions 10:03 - Advantages of test-optional admissions 13:34 - Disadvantages of test-optional admissions 19:46 - Alternative paths 27:10 - Advice for schools Speakers: Anju Visen-Singh Senior Director, Marketing at Acuity Insights Kelly Dore Co-Founder/VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights Dr. Alex MacIntosh Senior Research Manager at Acuity Insights Connect with Kelly: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kelly-dore-7971b258 Connect with Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmacintosh/ Visit our blog for more exciting insights: https://acuityinsights.com/resources/blog/

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