At the start of the pandemic, many schools waived standardized test requirements for incoming students or, like MIT, made reporting them optional. The Massachusetts Institute of technology said Monday it’s reinstating requirements that students provide scores from the SAT or act standardized tests for future admissions.

In 2020, the College Board said millions of students had been unable to take the test due to covid-19 restrictions. The nonprofit that administers the act admissions test also announced disruptions for students taking that test.

Mit dean of admissions and student financial services Stu schmill wrote in a new blog post that its assessment of incoming students is improved when it has access to the students’ test results results.

Schmill said that standardized test performance’is not the central focus of our holistic admissions process’. Mit will give consideration to students who may still be unable to safely take one of the standardized tests.

More than 1,800 schools made standardized test scores an optional part of their admissions process for the high school class of 2022.