As recently as 2017 only one U.S. university eschewed the GRE for graduate admission to PhD programs. But it's a trend now. "The COVID-19 pandemic, unease about whether the test puts students from less privileged backgrounds at a disadvantage, and doubts about how well GRE scores predict grad school success all helped drive the changes." The stories contains sceptical comments from places like Purdue and Dartmouth. But as the test "unfairly privileges certain groups—white men in particular" we can't really be surprised. Related: colleges are abandoning the U.S. News & World Report rankings, which it should be noted classify test-based achievement along with low acceptance rates and exclusivity favourably in the standings.
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