From Link Private Tutoring: ACT scores are an important part of your complete college application package, but they do not define you. LSU now recognizes that. They Are now going to put more emphasis on letters of recommendation and personal essays instead of rejecting those who score below or 22 out of hand.

From the article: Louisiana State University is relaxing a longstanding policy of automatically rejecting applicants who score too low on standardized college entrance exams like the ACT and SAT.
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