This is explained further in the below article. One highly rated reader comment was that race and gender will replace SAT and ACT scores as far as admissions criteria.
"Can the Meritocracy Survive Without the SAT?" The answer, of course, is NO - but maybe yes.
This might bizarrely have the exact opposite effect as intended.
"Shit, we actually need somebody competent to do this job. Find us an Asian or White Guy, anybody with experience and damn their college degree or lack of it!"
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opinion/sat-college.html
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