What Colleges Require
| The following is a list of 100 colleges and information about which tests they want their applicants to take. Notice that most liberal arts colleges do not require any SAT 2’s and many do not require the SAT/ACT either. Most public universities require the SAT/ACT but do not require any SAT 2’s. Note also that many schools we work with have not submitted any SAT 2’s to those schools and have still been admitted. Cornell has different rules for each of its seven colleges, as well as for some of the programs within those colleges. Also, many schools do not have a requirement but some majors do. For example, if you are planning to major in Engineering, Business, or Pre-med, you should submit a Math SAT 2. Pre-med students should also submit a science SAT. Finally, notice that all colleges accept ACT scores as well as or instead of the SAT, and often instead of both the SAT and the SAT 2. Overall, the purpose of this list is to get you to realize that there are many, many schools that will look at your grades, your recommendations, and your extra-curricular activities and will look at your standardized tests only if they will help your application. Of course, you should check on a specific college’s web site to verify the requirements. |
| College American University Amherst Bard Barnard Bates Boston College Boston University* Bowdoin Brown Bryn Mawr CalTech Carleton Carnegie Mellon Clark Colby Colgate Columbia Connecticut College Cornell Dartmouth Davidson Dickinson Duke Emerson Emory Franklin &Marshall George Washington Georgetown Gettysburg Grinnell Hamilton Hampshire Harvard Haverford Hobart &William Smith Indiana University Johns Hopkins Kenyon Lafayette Lehigh Macalaster Middlebury MIT Mt. Holyoke Muhlenberg Northeastern Northwestern Notre Dame NYU Oberlin Occidental Penn State Pepperdine Pitzer Pomona Princeton Reed Rice Rollins Sarah Lawrence Skidmore Smith Stanford Swarthmore Syracuse Trinity Tufts Tulane UC-Berkeley UC-San Diego UC- Santa Barbara UCLA Union U of Chicago U of Colorado U of Connecticut U of Delaware U of Florida U of Georgia U of Maryland U of Massachusetts U of Miami U of Michigan U of North Carolina U of Pennsylvania U of Rochester U of Texas U of Vermont U of Virginia U of Washington U of Wisconsin USC Vanderbilt Vassar Washington University Wesleyan William and Mary Williams Yale |
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| SAT Subject Tests Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 SAT-2, ACT-0 Math 2 & a Science Optional Two with either test Optional Optional Optional Two with either test None with ACT ** See below Two with either test SAT-Math and 1 other Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional Optional Optional Optional Three Optional Optional Optional Optional Two SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional 3 instead of ACT/SAT Math & a Science Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Two Optional Two Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional Two Two Two Two Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional SAT-2, ACT-0 Optional Two SAT-2, ACT-0 |
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| Best “Sitting Score” means that the college considers scores from your single highest test date. |
| **Cornell has the following requirements: Agriculture and Life Sciences Architecture Arts and Sciences Engineering Hotel Administration Human Ecology Industrial and Labor Relations |
Optional Math Two Math & a Science Math Math & one other Math with SAT; None with ACT |
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| Boston University requires SAT II (subject tests) for accelerated programs only. Most programs do not require any SAT IIs. |