What colleges are not test optional for 2023?
Updated July 28, 2022 Show We’ve learned a lot about test-optional and test-blind admissions in the last two years. The test-optional landscape is constantly shifting, with some colleges returning to requiring tests and others extending their test-optional policies for another year or longer. Of the top 150 colleges and universities in the US, let’s break down who is requiring tests for 2022-2023 applicants and who isn’t: Tests RequiredSAT or ACT scores are required to apply to the following colleges: Florida State University* Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia College and State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) University of Florida* University of Georgia *Note: all 11 of Florida’s public universities are currently requiring test scores. Test-flexible means that these schools would still prefer SAT or ACT test scores, but they are open to reviewing applications without them if a student is unable to test. Tests are strongly encouraged at the following colleges: Purdue University University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Test-Optional for at least 2022-23Test-optional means that the current policies at these schools welcome applications with or without test scores. Keep in mind, however, that some colleges have shown significantly higher acceptance rates for students who submit test scores over students who don’t. These colleges include: Amherst College Barnard College Baylor University Belmont University Boston College Boston University Brown University Bucknell University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Claremont McKenna College Clemson University Colgate University Columbia University College of William and Mary Cornell University Dartmouth College Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emory University Fordham University Grinnell College Hamilton College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Indiana University Bloomington Iowa State University Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Loyola Marymount University Middlebury College New York University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College and Conservatory Occidental College Ohio State University Pepperdine University Pennsylvania State University Pomona College Princeton University Quinnipiac University
Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rice University Rutgers University - New Brunswick Santa Clara University Skidmore College Southern Methodist University Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology SUNY - All Campuses Swarthmore College Syracuse University Texas A&M University Texas Christian University Tufts University Tulane University University of Connecticut University of Illinois Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland - College Park University of Massachusetts - Amherst University of Miami University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Texas at Austin University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Wisconsin - Madison Vanderbilt University Villanova University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Yale University Permanently Test-OptionalThese schools have permanent test-optional policies, in many cases adopted well before the COVID-19 pandemic. Bowdoin College, for example, has been test-optional for over 50 years. These colleges tend to most receptive of test-optional applicants and include: American University Bard College Bates College Bowdoin College Brandeis University Bryn Mawr College Chapman University Colby College College of the Holy Cross Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Connecticut College Davidson College DePaul University Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University Hofstra University Loyola University Chicago Macalester College Michigan State University Mount Holyoke College Oregon State University Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University - Newark Sarah Lawrence College Scripps College Smith College
Temple University The New School Trinity College Union College University of Arizona University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Delaware University of Denver University of Oregon University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Francisco University of Washington
Vassar College Wake Forest University Washington State University Wesleyan University Whitman College Williams College Yeshiva University Test-BlindTest-Blind means these schools will not use SAT or ACT scores in any of their admissions decisions, even if you send your scores. These colleges include: California Institute of Technology California State University - All Campuses
Loyola University New Orleans Pitzer College University of California - All Campuses University of San Diego Worcester Polytechnic Institute Not Yet AnnouncedThese schools were test-optional for the 2021-2022 application cycle, but have not yet announced whether they will continue this policy for the 2022-2023 application cycle. We will update this list as schools release updated information on their testing policies. Howard University Is it test optional for 2023?More than 1,700 colleges and universities so far are not requiring students to submit SAT and ACT scores when they apply for admission for fall 2023, only a slightly lower number of institutions than the previous admissions cycle.
Is NYU test optional for Class of 2023?We have extended our test-optional policy due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2022-2023 application cycle. For students who elect to submit testing as part of their application, NYU has one of the most flexible testing policies of any college or university.
Is Harvard test optional for fall 2023?Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Dartmouth, and Stanford have all recently announced that they will remain test optional through the high school class of 2023, with Cornell going a step further remaining test optional through the high school class of 2024, and Harvard through 2026!
Does Columbia require SAT 2023?Columbia will observe a test-optional policy for first-year and transfer applicants to Columbia College or Columbia Engineering who will be applying for entrance in Fall 2023 and 2024. In a typical year, Columbia requires standardized tests as part of the application, according to the guidelines below.
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