The Nation - News from Aug. 12, 1985

Because school administrators believe it does not predict which students have the highest potential for being top managers, the standardized Graduate Management Admissions Test is no longer a requirement for admission to the Harvard Business School. “The standardized test scores are not helpful to us in selecting, from a pool of highly talented applicants, those individuals we judge to have the potential to become outstanding general managers,” John Lynch, assistant dean and director of admissions, told the Boston Globe. A spokesman for the Educational Testing Service, which administers the test, said other institutions find it useful in determining if students can do the required academic work.