TEST OPTIONAL 了，标化究竟考不考？-新东方前途出国

Assessing nonresident students without a standardized test presents challenges in terms of fairness and practicality. Several possible options for nonresidents that may be considered include extending the new content-based test required of California students to out-of-state applicants as well, or requiring scores from the ACT, SAT or other approved standardized test(s).

上面这段，明确了，非本州生（含国际生）的评判没有标准化考试还是蛮难公平的，所以，和本州学生的处理方式不同，ACT，SAT，或者其他标准化考试还是需要的。因此，中国孩子的标准化考试分数，妥妥不能少啊！！！

3. 那么为啥外面有说不需要？因为新冠，所以Test Optional!

In March, UC temporarily suspended the current standardized test requirement for fall 2021 applicants to mitigate impacts of COVID-19 on students and schools, effectively making UC “test-optional” for that year. UC will now keep tests optional for an additional year through 2022.

这句话说的很清楚，新冠影响，所以UC对于2021年和2022年入学的，采用“Test optional”策略。就是说，你自行决定是否递交。