Harvard Releases Guidance for High Schoolers Applying During Pandemic

"Harvard College published a note to high school juniors Friday detailing revised expectations for applications amid the coronavirus epidemic, writing that applicants will not face penalties if they are unable to submit Advanced Placement test scores or SAT subject test results.

Testing dates for the SAT and ACT college placement exams through May have been postponed or canceled across the world in response to the pandemic. The College Board, which administers the SAT, has also scrapped the in-person component of Advanced Placement exams, which typically take place in the late spring.

Harvard’s note to juniors detailed several areas in which high school students will “not be disadvantaged" if their applications depart from the admissions guidelines the College has used in the past. Applicants will not face a penalty if their high schools move to a pass-fail grading system or if they are unable to retake the SAT or ACT." …

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/3/21/harvard-coronavirus-applications-admissions-guidance/