Bucking the nationwide trend of test-optional college admissions, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said it will revive standardized test requirements for future admissions cycles. Like many other colleges and universities across the United States, MIT in 2020 suspended its SAT and ACT testing requirements due to disruptions caused by the pandemic. In Monday’s announcement, however, the prestigious private institution makes it clear that this policy is not permanent. “We have—after careful consideration within our office, and with the unanimous support of our student-faculty advisory committee—decided to reinstate our SAT/ACT requirement for the foreseeable future,” the school said. Stuart Schmill, the dean of admissions and student financial services at MIT, argued that taking SAT and ACT scores—especially math scores—into consideration not only “significantly improves” the school’s ability to accurately predict each applicant’s academic success, but also is fair to socioeconomically disadvantaged applicants who lack access to advanced coursework or other …