The Trump administration, meanwhile, has taken a firm position in favor of standardized test requirements for college admissions. For now, it has been mostly top-ranked universities — including some major public institutions — that are returning to SAT and ACT requirements. A 2014 study of colleges that don’t require standardized testing scores found almost no difference between the graduation rates of applicants who submitted scores and those who didn’t. He called the decision by Ivy League schools to revert to standardized test requirements a positive development. No one-size-fits-all solutionMany experts agree there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to standardized test requirements versus test-optional policies.