More than 1,100 STEM faculty across the UC system have signed a petition calling for the reinstatement of standardized testing scores by 2027 in the admission process for STEM majors, citing student underpreparedness and a lack of faculty oversight. UC Berkeley faculty were among the first to sign the petition. The petition includes signatures from Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna and Fields medalist Richard Borcherds, both UC Berkeley faculty, and is accompanied by an open letter that describes “severe” gaps in preparation, more time spent on prerequisite material, needing to reteach middle school mathematics concepts and risk of degree incompletion. All UC campuses have been test-blind since 2020, meaning that they do not consider standardized testing scores, such as from the SAT or ACT, during the admissions process for freshmen. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Ingrid Lu 📸: Rahimeen Shah . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #ACT