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According to the LA Times, the UC regents are considering making the admission requirements less steep, mainly by requiring fewer tests and allowing more applications to be reviewed.

The controversy comes in the form of dropping standardized tests like the SAT and ACT — are such tests a good indicator of whether a student is qualified for college or not? Should their importance be lessened, strengthened, or left as it is?

Even if the general admission requirements lessen, that doesn’t mean it will become easier to be admitted. Many UCs, especially Berkeley and LA, are still very tough to get into as it is. All this will do is lessen the admission requirements, allowing more to apply. The number admitted would stay the same.

Personally, I think having more applicants is good, but not requiring several tests will only save students money and time. Avoiding a bad score will help a student’s chances, yes,  but in the end the best way to allow more kids to enter college is simply to have more resources devoted to education.