Harvard hopefuls are going to need to start cramming for the SAT again

• Harvard is the fourth Ivy League school to bring back standardized testing.
• The SAT and ACT tests will be used in admissions again.
• The timing of Harvard's decision could mean a tight turnaround for this year's applicants.

Harvard is the fourth Ivy League school to make standardized testing mandatory again, reversing an earlier shift away from the SAT and ACT by the nation's top universities.

All eight Ivies made testing optional when centers shuttered during the pandemic. At the same time, debates started about whether the tests were an actual measure of ability or just economic opportunity.

But now the tests are back at Harvard.