Episode summary introduction: Standardized Tests have fallen victim to COVID-19. Over 80% of the Top US Colleges have gone Test Optional, which means they are waiving Standardized Test Scores requirements for Admissions. For now. Nitin Jain, Co-founder of Oncourse shares his views on how students should handle College Applications without Standardized Tests. In particular, we discuss the following with him: Role of Standardized Tests in College Admissions What does Test Optional really mean? How should Students approach their college applications? Topics discussed in this episode: Role of Standardized Tests [3:16] Admissions Officers and Applications w.o Tests [5:54] How should Students Modify their Applications [15:52] Nitin’s Advice to Applicants [21:34] Our Guest: Nitin Jain,  Co-founder Oncourse, Gurgaon India, focuses on international college applications to US, UK, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore. Memorable Quote: “Standardized Test Score is an Indicator of Academic Index.” Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email podcast@almamatters.io. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.