Almost half of students support a test-optional admissions policy

Respondents were asked, "What is your opinion of Brown’s SAT/ACT test-optional admissions policy, which allows prospective undergraduates to apply to the University without submitting standardized test scores?"

OVERALL
Overall
8.00%
17.73%
25.44%
21.31%
27.53%
RACE
Asian
5.66%
18.59%
28.79%
26.09%
20.87%
Black
7.32%
25.49%
20.94%
46.25%
Hispanic or Latino/a/x
6.75%
10.07%
18.66%
21.11%
43.41%
White
11.26%
20.09%
24.72%
18.77%
25.16%
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Not straight
5.61%
14.06%
19.50%
22.86%
37.97%
Straight
9.38%
19.84%
28.85%
20.41%
21.52%
FINANCIAL AID
Grants — covering all costs
7.51%
14.29%
17.44%
22.85%
37.92%
Grants — covering some costs
7.15%
15.53%
28.26%
21.32%
27.73%
None
8.74%
20.16%
25.28%
20.93%
24.90%
FIRST GENERATION
No
8.49%
18.48%
26.11%
20.75%
26.17%
Yes
5.87%
14.44%
22.46%
23.74%
33.49%
AREA OF STUDY
Humanities/arts
5.75%
11.69%
22.21%
22.96%
37.39%
Life sciences
4.91%
15.21%
29.45%
24.35%
26.08%
Physical sciences (incl. math, CS)
10.25%
22.02%
27.45%
20.99%
19.28%
Social sciences (incl. econ)
8.25%
18.48%
20.23%
21.87%
31.17%
Unsure
4.09%
21.41%
42.34%
15.80%
16.35%
ATTENDED A RALLY DURING TIME AT BROWN
No
10.16%
21.48%
29.76%
21.46%
17.15%
Yes — any rally
6.03%
14.31%
21.50%
21.17%
36.98%
Yes — regarding admissions policies
4.65%
5.37%
16.60%
15.28%
58.09%
ADMINISTRATION RECEPTIVENESS TO STUDENT FEEDBACK
Very receptive
14.06%
5.63%
20.63%
4.69%
54.99%
Somewhat receptive
7.31%
26.66%
22.34%
26.73%
16.96%
Neither receptive or unreceptive
9.93%
16.07%
29.03%
21.51%
23.45%
Somewhat unreceptive
7.34%
20.01%
29.44%
20.55%
22.65%
Very unreceptive
5.93%
12.51%
15.69%
21.64%
44.23%
CORPORATION APPROVAL
Strongly approve
31.27%
25.46%
21.68%
12.63%
8.96%
Somewhat approve
11.66%
28.77%
15.66%
25.75%
18.17%
Neither approve nor disapprove
7.70%
19.25%
35.28%
17.20%
20.58%
Somewhat disapprove
6.78%
21.11%
29.27%
23.83%
19.02%
Strongly disapprove
3.86%
7.29%
16.75%
21.95%
50.15%
No opinion
12.72%
21.19%
30.86%
19.85%
15.38%
PRESIDENT CHRISTINA PAXSON APPROVAL
Strongly approve
25.26%
33.12%
18.39%
9.90%
13.32%
Somewhat approve
13.18%
30.12%
22.74%
17.54%
16.42%
Neither approve nor disapprove
8.44%
18.87%
32.69%
21.05%
18.95%
Somewhat disapprove
5.71%
16.32%
29.89%
27.64%
20.44%
Strongly disapprove
3.94%
10.37%
17.64%
20.13%
47.92%
No opinion
11.05%
20.83%
33.87%
16.69%
17.55%
With smaller sample sizes, the likelihood of misrepresenting certain groups in a cross tabulation increases. The Herald’s goal is to minimize the risk of representing any group inaccurately, so we omitted or combined certain populations from which we did not collect enough responses. n = 1008.
Chart: By Owen Dahlkamp and Kelvin JiangSource: The Herald's Spring 2024 PollCreated with Datawrapper