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Testing-Optional: List of Schools

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Testing-Optional: List of Schools

 

An increasing number of schools are de-emphasizing standardized test scores as part of their admissions process or offering students greater flexibility with regards to which tests are required, including the schools listed here. (Contact individual schools for specific policies, or follow links as provided below.)

 

Fairtest also maintains information on the testing-optional movement as well as the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of schools that are doing away with or de-emphasizing standardized testing in their review process.

 

Agnes Scott (GA - women only) (More info here.)

American University (DC) (More info here.)

Assumption College (MA) (More info here.)

Augustana College  (IL) (More info here.)

Bard (NY)

Bates (ME)

Beloit College (WI) (More info here.)

Bennington College (VT) (More info here.)

Bowdoin (ME) (Detailed policy information here.)

Bryant University (RI) (Announcement at http://www.bryant.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/applying-to-bryant/test-optional-policy.htm.)

Brandeis University (MA) (Brandeis has a testing-flexible policy; see details here.)

Bryn Mawr (PA) (Bryn Mawr is test-optional; see info here.)

Chatham College (women's college in Pittsburgh, PA) (More info on their policy is here.)

Colby College (ME) (Colby hasn't gone testing-optional, but is offering more testing options; see info here.)

Colby-Sawyer College (NH)

College of the Atlantic (ME)

College of the Holy Cross (MA) Detailed policy info here.

Colorado College (CO) - Colorado College hasn't gone testing-optional, but is offering more testing options; see info here.)

Connecticut College (CT) (detailed policy announced on their website, here)

Denison (OH) (Press release re: policy is here.)

DePaul (IL) (More information here.)

Dickinson College (PA)

Dowling College (NY)

Duquesne University (PA) (If your gpa > 3.0; detailed policy information is here).

Earlham College (IN)

Emmanuel College (MA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Fairfield University (CT) (Press release here.)

Franklin & Marshall (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Gettysburg (PA) (More info here.).

George Mason University (VA) (If your gpa > 3.5; detailed policy information is here).

Goucher College (MD)  (Detailed policy info here.)

Green Mountain College (VT) (Detailed policy info is here.)

Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)  (Policy info here.)

Hamilton College (NY) (Hamilton is not test-optional, but students can meet their requirements through a variety of options, detailed here: http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/apply/requirements)

Hampshire College (MA)

Hartwick College (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Hobart and William Smith (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Hofstra University (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Illinois College (IL)

Ithaca College (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Johnson & Wales (CO, FL, NC, RI) (Detailed policy info here.)

Juniata College (PA)

Knox College (IL) (Detailed policy info here.)

Lake Forest College (IL)

Lawrence University (WI) (Detailed policy info is here.)

Loyola University Maryland (MD) (Detailed policy info is here.)

Lynn University (FL) (Detailed policy info is here.)

University of Mary Washington (VA) (Detailed policy info is here.)

McDaniel College (MD) (If your gpa is > 3.5; more info is here.)

Mercyhurst College (PA) (See announcement here.)

Merrimack College (MA) (Detailed policy info is here.)

Middlebury College (VT) (Modified testing requirements; some info here.)

Mitchell College (CT) (Some info here.)

Montclair State University (NJ) (Details here.)

Mount Holyoke College (MA) (Detailed policy info as well as some press clippings here.)

Muhlenberg (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

NYU (NYU hasn't gone testing optional, but they have offered students more options with regards to required testing... see details here.)

Pitzer College (CA) (See article here.)

Plymouth State (NH) (Details here.) 

Providence College (RI) (Detailed policy info here.)

The University of Puget Sound (WA) (More info here.)

University of Rochester (NY) (Testing-flexible... detailed policy info here.)

Rollins College (FL) (More info here.)

Rowan University (NJ) (Info here.)

Sacred Heart University (CT) (More info here.)

Salve Regina University (RI) (More info here.)

Sarah Lawrence College (NY) (More info here.)

St. Anselm College (NH) More info here.)

St. Michael's College (VT) (More info here.)

St. John's College (MD) 

St. Joseph's University (PA) (More info here.)

St. Lawrence University (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Sewanee University of the South (TN) (More info here.)

Siena College (NY) (More info here.)

Smith College (MA) (More info here.)

Southern New Hampshire University (NH) (More info here.)

Stonehill College (MA) (More info here.)

SUNY Potsdam (NY) (Press release here.)

Susquehanna University (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Temple University (PA) (Offers a test-optional path to admission called the "Temple Option"... FAQ is here.)

Transylvania University (KY) (More info here.)

Trinity College (CT) (Trinity is "testing-flexible"... see info here.) 

Union College (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Ursinus (PA) (News coverage of the school's decision is here.)

University of Scranton (The policy applies to applicants in the top 20% of their graduating class or with a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.  Some majors are not available via the SAT/ACT Optional program.  Detailed policy info here.)

Virginia Commonwealth University (If your gpa > 3.3; details here.)

Virginia Wesleyan College (If your gpa > 3.5)

Wagner College (NY) (Press release here, FAQ here.)

Wake Forest University (NC) (Detailed policy info here.)

Washington College (MD) (The policy applies to applicants with a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher or who rank in the top 10% of their class; detailed policy info is here.)

Washington and Jefferson College (PA) (Interview required; detailed policy info here.)

Wesleyan University (CT) (Detailed policy info here.)

Wheaton College (MA) (Detailed policy info here.)

William Jewell College (MO) 

Wittenberg University (OH) (Detailed policy info here.)

Worchester Polytechnic Institute (MA)  (Announcement of new policy is here, specifics about how it works are here.)

 

(This data was originally compiled over the course of the 2006-07 year and input as a part of the initial data population of the wiki. Additional schools have been added every year since then. The most comprehensive list of test-optional colleges continues to be the one compiled by FairTest.)

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