Students won't have to take the SAT or ACT for UNC System admission in 2021

UNC System universities will not require SAT and ACT test scores on students' applications for the spring, summer and fall 2021 sessions. ... This is a one-year emergency waiver to remove the standardized test requirement directly related to the impacts of COVID-19 and does not change the existing policy.

CHAPEL HILL — UNC System schools will be test-optional for 2021. 

The system's Board of Governors on Thursday approved a one-year waiver from the requirement that prospective first-year students submit an ACT or SAT score when they apply for admission.

The UNC System's chief academic officer told board members that students still can submit test scores and the state's 16 public universities can consider these scores as part of a student's application.