Trending Test-OptionalIt's official: the test-optional trend is continuing! This warrants a sigh of relief for most students. The critique of standardized testing is not new: Bowdoin College went test-optional in 1969, but others were slow to follow. It wasn't until the early 2000s that many institutions started reassessing the value and equality of test scores, and it seems that the coronavirus pandemic has un-sealed the deal between institutions of higher learning and the SATs/ACTs. By 2008, a few dozen schools including Sarah Lawrence, Holy Cross, Smith, Franklin & Marshall, Wake Forest, and Sewanee dropped the requirement to report scores. Currently, over 1000 colleges joined the movement. Last June, the Washington Post dubbed this era "the beginning of the end" of America's "obsession" with standardized tests. The UC system recently announced it was embarking on a multi-year project to phase out scores entirely. Currently, all of the Ivies have suspended required testing for the class of 2025, with Cornell being the first and Princeton being the last. For more on the multi-faceted critique of the United States' use of standardized testing as a factor in college admissions, check out Joseph A. Soares' SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional College Admissions.
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"In Inheriting Possibility, I empirically demonstrate the meaningful association between family wealth (i.e., total illiquid assets) and paternal grandparents' education with grandchild SAT scores."
--Ezekiel Dixon-Roman in interview with Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed "What those college entrance exam scores do reliably convey is the ability that a student’s family has to pay tuition fees and living costs. The SAT works better as a proxy for family income than it does as a predictor of college performance. Or, as I argue in a different book, The Power of Privilege, test score selection is selection for bank accounts disguised as selection for brains."
--Joseph Soares, News & Record, January 21, 2018 "While the College Board, which owns the sats, has worked hard to eliminate egregious advantages for children from wealthy families—gone are the questions about oarsmen and regattas—there has been a persistent correlation between test scores and both socioeconomic status and race."
--"Are Test Scores the Backbone of Meritocracy or the Nexus of Privilege?," The Economist, Feb. 8, 2020 "Researchers have repeatedly found that wealthy students enjoy significant advantages throughout the college application process, and that income greatly impacts a student’s performance on standardized tests."
--"Rich Students Get Better SAT Scores--Here's Why," Abigail Johnson Hess, CNBC News |
What Does the SAT Measure?• It does NOT measure your intelligence
• It CAN measure your readiness for college • It DOES measure how well you take standardized tests • It CAN suggest whether your family could afford a prep class or private tutor • It CAN measure your ability to reason |
Did You Know...• Students who take 4+ years of a foreign language can score up to 180 points higher
• The SATs no longer penalize for guessing • In 2011, 20 students were arrested in an exam scam. Five test-takers were alleged to use bogus school IDs to take the SAT or ACT on behalf of 15 students, who paid between $500 and $3,600 a pop |
Making Cents• College test prep is a $4.5 billion business
• Many states offer financial scholarships where the primary qualification is your SAT or ACT score • The average cost of SAT private tutoring is $70/hour. Some SAT tutors charge up to $1000/hour! |
Test-Optional, Test-Blind, and Test-Flexible Schools
- Adelphi University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Agnes Scott College: Test-Optional permanently
- Albertus Magnus College: Test-Optional permanently
- Albion College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Alfred University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
- Allegheny College: Test-Optional permanently
- American University: Test-Optional permanently
- Amherst College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Andrews University: Test-Optional permanently
- Arcadia University: Test-Optional permanently
- Arizona State University-Tempe: Test-Optional permanently
- Assumption College: Test-Optional permanently
- Augustana College: Test-Optional permanently
- Austin College: Test-Optional permanently
- Azusa Pacific University: Test-Optional permanently
- Babson College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
- Ball State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Bard College: Test-Optional permanently
- Barnard College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Bates College: Test-Optional permanently
- Baylor University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Becker College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Bellarmine University: Test-Optional permanently
- Belmont University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Beloit College: Test-Optional permanently
- Bennington College: Test-Optional permanently
- Bentley University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Berea College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Berklee College of Music: Test-Optional permanently
- Berry College: Test-Optional permanently
- Bethel University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Birmingham-Southern College: Test-Optional permanently
- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional permanently
- Boston College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Boston University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Bowdoin College: Test-Optional permanently
- Bradley University: Test-Optional permanently
- Brandeis University: Test-Optional permanently
- Bridgewater State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Brown University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Bryant University: Test-Optional permanently
- Bryn Mawr College: Test-Optional permanently
- Bucknell University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
- Butler University: Test-Optional permanently
- California College of the Arts: Test-Optional permanently
- California Institute of Technology: Test-Blind for 2022
- California Institute of the Arts: Test-Optional permanently
- California Lutheran University: Test-Optional permanently
- California Polytechnic Institute-San Luis Obispo: Test-Blind for 2022
- Canisius College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Carleton College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Carnegie Mellon University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Case Western Reserve University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- The Catholic University of America: Test-Blind permanently
- Cazenovia College: Test-Optional permanently
- Centre College: Test-Optional 2022, 2023
- Champlain College: Test-Optional permanently
- Chapman University: Test-Optional permanently
- Chatham University: Test-Optional permanently
- Claremont McKenna College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Clark University: Test-Optional permanently
- Coastal Carolina University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Coe College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Colby College: Test-Optional permanently
- Colby-Sawyer College: Test-Optional permanently
- Colgate University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- College of Charleston: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- College of New Jersey: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- College of Saint Rose: Test-Optional permanently
- College of St. Benedict: Test-Optional permanently
- College of the Atlantic: Test-Optional permanently
- College of the Holy Cross: Test-Optional permanently
- College of Wooster: Test-Optional permanently
- Colorado College: Test-Optional permanently
- Columbia College Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
- Columbia University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Concordia College-Moorhead: Test-Optional permanently
- Concordia College-New York: Test-Optional permanently
- Connecticut College: Test-Optional permanently
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art: Test-Optional for 2022
- Cornell College: Test-Optional permanently
- Cornell University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Creighton University: Test-Optional permanently
- Curry College: Test-Optional permanently
- Dartmouth College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Davidson College: Test-Optional permanently
- Dean College: Test-Optional permanently
- Delaware Valley University: Test-Optional permanently
- Denison University: Test-Optional permanently
- DePaul University: Test-Optional permanently
- DePauw University: Test-Optional permanently
- Dickinson College: Test-Optional permanently
- Drake University: Test-Optional permanently
- Drew University: Test-Optional permanently
- Drexel University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Drury University: Test-Optional permanently
- Duke University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Duquesne University: Test-Optional permanently
- Earlham College: Test-Optional permanently
- Eastern Connecticut State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Eastern University: Test-Optional permanently
- Eckerd College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Elmira College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Elms College: Test-Optional permanently
- Elon University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Test-Optional permanently
- Emerson College: Test-Optional permanently
- Emmanuel College: Test-Optional permanently
- Emory and Henry College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Emory University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Endicott College: Test-Optional permanently
- Evergreen State College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Fairfield University: Test-Optional permanently
- Fairleigh Dickinson University: Test-Optional permanently
- Farmingdale State College-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
- Fashion Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
- Fisher College: Test-Optional permanently
- Flagler College: Test-Optional permanently
- Fordham University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Fort Lewis College: Test-Optional permanently
- Framingham State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Franklin and Marshall College: Test-Optional permanently
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: Test-Optional for 2022
- Furman University: Test-Optional permanently
- George Mason University: Test-Optional permanently
- George Washington University: Test-Optional permanently
- Gettysburg College: Test-Optional permanently
- Gonzaga University: Test-Optional permanently
- Goucher College: Test-Optional permanently
- Grinnell College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Guilford College: Test-Optional permanently
- Gustavus Adolphus College: Test-Optional permanently
- Hamilton College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Hampshire College: Test-Blind permanently
- Hanover College: Test-Optional permanently
- Hartwick College: Test-Optional permanently
- Harvard University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Harvey Mudd College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Haverford College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Hendrix College: Test-Optional permanently
- High Point University: Test-Optional permanently
- Hilbert College: Test-Optional permanently
- Hillsdale College: Test-Optional permanently
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Test-Optional permanently
- Hofstra University: Test-Optional permanently
- Hollins University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Hood College: Test-Optional permanently
- Hope College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Houghton College: Test-Optional permanently
- Illinois Institute of Technology: Test-Optional for 2022
- Illinois State University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Immaculata University: Test-Optional permanently
- Indiana State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Indiana Tech: Test-Optional permanently
- Indiana University-Bloomington: Test-Optional permanently
- Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis: Test-Optional permanently
- Iona College: Test-Optional permanently
- Iowa State University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Ithaca College: Test-Optional permanently
- James Madison University: Test-Optional permanently
- Johns Hopkins University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Johnson & Wales University: Test-Optional permanently
- Juniata College: Test-Optional permanently
- Kalamazoo College: Test-Optional permanently
- Kansas State University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Keene State College: Test-Optional permanently
- Kent State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Keystone College: Test-Optional permanently
- King’s College: Test-Optional permanently
- Knox College: Test-Optional permanently
- La Roche University: Test-Optional permanently
- La Salle University: Test-Optional permanently
- Lake Forest College: Test-Optional permanently
- Lamar University: Test-Optional permanently
- Lander University: Test-Optional permanently
- Lasell College: Test-Optional permanently
- Lawrence Technological University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Lawrence University: Test-Optional permanently
- Le Moyne College: Test-Optional permanently
- Lesley University: Test-Optional permanently
- Lewis and Clark College: Test-Optional permanently
- Linfield College: Test-Optional permanently
- Lipscomb University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Loras College: Test-Optional permanently
- Loyola Marymount University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Loyola University Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
- Loyola University Maryland: Test-Optional permanently
- Loyola University New Orleans: Test-Blind permanently
- Lycoming College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Lynn University: Test-Optional permanently
- Macalester College: Test-Optional permanently
- Manhattanville College: Test-Optional permanently
- Marist College: Test-Optional permanently
- Marlboro College: Test-Optional permanently
- Marquette University: Test-Optional permanently
- Maryland Institute College of Art: Test-Optional permanently
- Maryville University of St. Louis: Test-Optional permanently
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Test-Optional permanently
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Test-Blind for 2022
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Test-Optional for 2022
- McDaniel College: Test-Optional permanently
- McGill University: Test-Optional for 2022
- MCPHS University: Test-Optional permanently
- Mercer University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Mercyhurst University: Test-Optional permanently
- Meredith College: Test-Optional permanently
- Merrimack College: Test-Optional permanently
- Messiah College: Test-Optional permanently
- Miami University-Oxford: Test-Optional for 2022
- Michigan State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Michigan Technological University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Middlebury College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional for 2022
- Mills College: Test-Optional permanently
- Minnesota State University-Mankato: Test-Optional for 2022
- Minnesota State University-Moorhead: Test-Optional permanently
- Misericordia University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Missouri University of Science and Technology: Test-Optional for 2022
- Mitchell College: Test-Optional permanently
- Monroe College: Test-Optional permanently
- Montclair State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Moravian College: Test-Optional permanently
- Mount Aloysius College: Test-Optional permanently
- Mount Holyoke College: Test-Optional permanently
- Mount St. Mary’s University: Test-Optional permanently
- Muhlenberg College: Test-Optional permanently
- Nazareth College: Test-Optional permanently
- New England College: Test-Optional permanently
- New England Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
- The New School: Test-Optional permanently
- New York Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
- New York University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Niagara University: Test-Optional permanently
- Nichols College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
- Northeastern University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Northern Illinois University: Test-Blind permanently
- Northern Michigan University: Test-Blind permanently
- Northwestern University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Norwich University: Test-Optional permanently
- Notre Dame of Maryland University: Test-Optional permanently
- Oberlin College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Occidental College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Ohio State University-Columbus: Test-Optional for 2022
- Ohio University: Test-Optional permanently
- Ohio Wesleyan University: Test-Optional permanently
- Old Dominion University: Test-Optional permanently
- Oregon State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Otis College of Art and Design: Test-Optional permanently
- Pace University: Test-Optional permanently
- Paul Smith’s College: Test-Optional permanently
- Pennsylvania College of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
- Pennsylvania State University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Pepperdine University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Pitzer College: Test-Optional permanently
- Pomona College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Post University: Test-Optional permanently
- Presbyterian College: Test-Optional permanently
- Princeton University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Providence College: Test-Optional permanently
- Purchase College-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
- Purdue University-West Lafayette: Test-Flexible for 2022
- Queen’s University (Canada): Test-Optional permanently
- Queens University of Charlotte: Test-Optional permanently
- Quinnipiac University: Test-Optional permanently
- Ramapo College of New Jersey: Test-Optional permanently
- Reed College: Test-Blind for 2022
- Regis University: Test-Optional permanently
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Test-Optional for 2022
- Rhode Island School of Design: Test-Optional permanently
- Rhodes College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Rice University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Rider University: Test-Optional permanently
- Ripon College: Test-Optional permanently
- Roanoke College: Test-Optional permanently
- Roberts Wesleyan College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Rochester Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
- Roger Williams University: Test-Optional permanently
- Rollins College: Test-Optional permanently
- Rowan University: Test-Optional permanently
- Russell Sage College: Test-Optional permanently
- Rutgers University (all campuses): Test-Optional for 2022
- Sacred Heart University: Test-Optional permanently
- Saint Anselm College: Test-Optional permanently
- Saint Joseph’s University: Test-Optional permanently
- Saint Louis University: Test-Optional permanently
- Saint Mary’s College: Test-Optional permanently
- Saint Michael’s College: Test-Optional permanently
- Saint Vincent College: Test-Optional permanently
- Salem College: Test-Optional permanently
- Salisbury University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Salve Regina University: Test-Optional permanently
- Santa Clara University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Sarah Lawrence College: Test-Optional permanently
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
- School of Visual Arts: Test-Optional permanently
- Scripps College: Test-Optional permanently
- Seattle University: Test-Optional permanently
- Seton Hall University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Seton Hill University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Shenandoah University: Test-Optional permanently
- Siena College: Test-Optional permanently
- Skidmore College: Test-Optional permanently
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional permanently
- Smith College: Test-Optional permanently
- Southern Connecticut State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: Test-Flexible permanently
- Southern Methodist University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Southern New Hampshire University: Test-Optional permanently
- Southwestern University: Test-Optional permanently
- Springfield College: Test-Optional permanently
- St. Bonaventure University: Test-Optional permanently
- St. Edward’s University: Test-Optional permanently
- St. Francis College: Test-Optional permanently
- St. John Fisher College: Test-Optional for 2022
- St. John’s College: Test-Optional permanently
- St. John’s University (MN): Test-Optional permanently
- St. John’s University (NY): Test-Optional permanently
- St. Joseph’s College (ME): Test-Optional permanently
- St. Lawrence University: Test-Optional permanently
- St. Mary’s College of California: Test-Optional permanently
- St. Mary’s College of Maryland: Test-Optional permanently
- St. Olaf College: Test-Optional permanently
- Stanford University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Stetson University: Test-Optional permanently
- Stevens Institute of Technology: Test-Optional for 2022
- Stockton University: Test-Optional permanently
- Stonehill College: Test-Optional permanently
- Suffolk University: Test-Optional permanently
- SUNY Brockport: Test-Optional permanently
- SUNY College of Technology-Delhi: Test-Optional permanently
- SUNY College-Potsdam: Test-Optional permanently
- SUNY-Geneseo: Test-Optional permanently
- Susquehanna University: Test-Optional permanently
- Swarthmore College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Sweet Briar College: Test-Flexible permanently
- Syracuse University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Temple University: Test-Optional permanently
- Tennessee Technological University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Texas A&M University-College Station: Test-Optional for 2022
- Texas Christian University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Texas Tech University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Thomas College: Test-Optional permanently
- Thomas Jefferson University: Test-Optional permanently
- Towson University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Transylvania University: Test-Optional permanently
- Trinity College: Test-Optional permanently
- Trinity University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Tufts University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Tulane University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Union College (KY): Test-Optional permanently
- Union College (NY): Test-Optional permanently
- Union University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Unity College: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Alabama-Huntsville: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Alaska-Fairbanks: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Arizona: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Arkansas: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Baltimore: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of California system: Test-Optional (Possibly Test-Blind) for 2022, then Test-Blind for 2023, 2024
- University of Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Cincinnati: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Connecticut: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of Dayton: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Denver: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Dubuque: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Hartford: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Illinois-Chicago: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Kansas: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Kentucky: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
- University of La Verne: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Louisville: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Maine: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Maine-Augusta: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Maine-Farmington: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Maine-Fort Kent: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Maine-Presque Isle: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Mary Washington: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Maryland-College Park: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Massachusetts-Boston: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Minnesota-Duluth: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Missouri system: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Missouri-Kansas City: Test-Flexible permanently
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Test-Flexible permanently
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Nevada-Reno: Test-Flexible permanently
- University of New England: Test-Blind permanently
- University of New Hampshire: Test-Optional permanently
- University of New Haven: Test-Optional permanently
- University of New Mexico: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Notre Dame: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of Oklahoma: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- University of Oregon: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Pittsburgh: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of Portland: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Puget Sound: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Redlands: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Rhode Island: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Richmond: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Rochester: Test-Optional permanently
- University of San Diego: Test-Optional permanently
- University of San Francisco: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Scranton: Test-Flexible permanently
- University of Southern California: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of St. Joseph: Test-Optional permanently
- University of St. Thomas: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Tampa: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Texas-Arlington: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Texas-Austin: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of the Pacific: Test-Optional permanently
- The University of the South: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Toronto: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Tulsa: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Utah: Test-Optional for 2022
- University of Vermont: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of Virginia: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- University of Washington: Test-Blind permanently (except for waitlist considerations)
- University of Waterloo: Test-Optional permanently
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Test-Optional for 2022
- Ursinus College: Test-Optional permanently
- Valparaiso University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Vanderbilt University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Vassar College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Vermont Technical College: Test-Optional permanently
- Villanova University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Virginia Commonwealth University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Wagner College: Test-Optional permanently
- Wake Forest University: Test-Optional permanently
- Warren Wilson College: Test-Optional permanently
- Washington and Jefferson College: Test-Optional permanently
- Washington and Lee University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Washington College: Test-Optional permanently
- Washington State University: Test-Blind permanently
- Washington University in St. Louis: Test-Optional for 2022
- Wellesley College: Test-Optional for 2022
- Wells College: Test-Optional permanently
- Wentworth Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
- Wesleyan University: Test-Optional permanently
- Western Connecticut State University: Test-Flexible permanently
- Western Michigan University: Test-Optional permanently
- Western New England University: Test-Optional permanently
- Westfield State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Westminster College (PA): Test-Optional permanently
- Westminster College (UT): Test-Optional permanently
- Wheaton College (MA): Test-Optional permanently
- Whitman College: Test-Optional permanently
- Whittier College: Test-Optional permanently
- Widener University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Willamette University: Test-Optional permanently
- William and Mary: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Williams College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
- Wofford College: Test-Optional permanently
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Test-Blind permanently
- Worcester State University: Test-Optional permanently
- Xavier University: Test-Optional permanently
- Yale University: Test-Optional for 2022
- Yeshiva University: Test-Optional for 2022
TEST OPTIONAL
‘Test Optional’ schools do not require students to submit their SAT or ACT scores as part of their application. For colleges that have a test optional admissions policy, the applicant’s high school academic record (rigor of curriculum and GPA) is the most important factor. Next in importance are the personal and supplemental essays, letters of recommendation, extracurricular activities, and leadership experience.
Quotation from Dartmouth College's Office of Undergraduate Admissions: 'Optional' is not a trick word. It is not a wink that signals a continued institutional preference for the upcoming admissions cycle. This is not a moment for euphemisms or gimmicks; there should be no parsing of intent with this amended testing policy. It is a clear response to an unprecedented moment that requires admission officers to reimagine some of the elements we have historically required as we reassure anxious students about their upcoming applications. Worries about oversubscribed test sites, anxiety regarding limited registration access and the incongruity of test prep during a quarantine can be set aside.At Dartmouth, we will welcome any testing element a student chooses to share—the SAT, the ACT, a subject test, an AP score—or none at all. |
TEST FLEXIBLE
Test-Flexible colleges allow applicants to submit other standardized test scores to support their application instead of the traditional SAT and ACT. Each test-flexible college has its own list of scores that they will accept. Some may accept IB exams, AP test scores, or SAT Reasoning Test. Test-Flexible colleges are somewhat rare. You must find out the details from each school so you know which test scores you are required to submit. Some popular test-flexible schools include Brandeis University, Colby College, Colorado College, Hamilton College, Middlebury College, and NYU.
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TEST BLIND
Test-blind schools do not consider standardized test scores even if you do submit them. A 1600 SAT score will not make a difference! While these schools are rare, the list does seem to be growing. Currently it includes schools such as University of California system, Caltech, Dickinson College, Hampshire College, Catholic University, Loyola University New Orleans, Reed College. University of New England, Washington State University, and Worcester Polytech Institute.
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