{"id":8412,"date":"2020-09-24T14:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2020-10-06T13:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T18:38:46","slug":"sau-to-waive-act-sat-score-requirements-for-beginning-freshmen-through-fall-2021-entrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2020\/sau-to-waive-act-sat-score-requirements-for-beginning-freshmen-through-fall-2021-entrance\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU to waive ACT, SAT score requirements for beginning freshmen through fall 2021 entrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/test-waiver.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8413\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/test-waiver-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/test-waiver-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/test-waiver.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Southern Arkansas University will continue to waive the ACT and SAT composite score requirements for freshman admissions through fall 2021 entrance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though testing sites are beginning to reopen, it is for limited capacity and it may still be difficult for students to sit for the entrance exams,\u201d said Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU. \u201cAs this academic year has presented so many challenges for students, we didn\u2019t want this to be another hurdle for them. We will continue to allow students to have the opportunity to gain admission to SAU this year with this waiver.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The waiver will be approved provided the student meets other admission requirements and has a minimum cumulative 2.30 GPA on their 7th or 8th semester high school transcript.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh school seniors are anxious to apply and be admitted to SAU while waiting on testing opportunities,\u201d said Sarah Jennings, assistant vice president for enrollment services. \u201cThis GPA option will allow those qualified students to be admitted and start the enrollment process for fall 2021 now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freshmen are required to have placement scores. SAU will use other assessment instruments or scores for course placement as needed before registration.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact the SAU Office of Admissions at 870-235-4040 with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Arkansas University will continue to waive the ACT and SAT composite score requirements for freshman admissions through fall 2021 entrance. \u201cEven though testing sites are beginning to reopen, it is for limited capacity and it may still be difficult for students to sit for the entrance exams,\u201d said Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU&#8230;. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2020\/sau-to-waive-act-sat-score-requirements-for-beginning-freshmen-through-fall-2021-entrance\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":8413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,94,7753],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-admissions","9":"category-homepage","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}