Colleges that Do Not Require SAT or ACT scores
by
Claudine Vainrub, Principal of EduPlan
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012
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Over 850 colleges are test optional. This means that if you are not a good standardized test taker, you don’t have to take the SAT or the ACT in order to gain admission to one of these 850+ colleges and universities in the U.S. Take a look at some of the schools that will admit you without requesting your SAT or ACT scores, from the About.com article “Low SAT or ACT Scores? These Colleges Don’t Require the Test”:
- American University
- Arizona State University at Tempe
- Arkansas State University
- Austin Peay State University
- Bard College
- Bates College
- Bennington College
- Bowdoin College
- California State University at Bakersfield, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Marcos, and Stanislaus
- College of the Atlantic
- College of the Holy Cross
- Connecticut College
- Denison University
- DePaul University
- Dickinson College
- Drew University
- East Tennessee State University
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Fairfield University
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Furman University
- George Mason University
- Gettysburg College
- Goddard College
- Goucher College
- Guilford College
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Hampshire College
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Illinois College
- Indiana State University
- Juniata College
- Kansas State University (scores required for out-of-state applicants)
- Knox College
- Lake Forest College
- Lawrence University
- Lewis & Clark College
- Loyola College in Maryland
- Marist College
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Middlebury College (SAT2 required if SAT1 is not used)
- Minnesota State University
- Mount Holyoke College
- Muhlenberg College
- Nazareth College
- New School (scores required for some programs)
- Northern Arizona University
- Ohio State University at ATI Wooster, Mansfield, Marion, Newark (scores required for out-of-state applicants)
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
- Pitzer College
- Providence College
- Robert Morris University
- Rollins College
- St. John’s College (Annapolis and Sante Fe)
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- Smith College
- South Dakota State University
- State University of New York at Potsdam
- Stetson University
- Stonehill College
- Susquehanna University
- Union College
- University of Alaska at Anchorage, Fairbanks and Southeast
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas at Fortsmith, Little Rock, Monticello and Pine Bluff
- University of Idaho at Moscow
- University of Kansas at Lawrence
- University of Maine at Augusta, Farmington, Ft. Kent and Presque Isle
- University of Minnesota at Crookston, Duluth and Morris
- University of Mississippi
- University of Montana at Missoula and Western
- University of Nebraska at Kearney and Lincoln
- University of Nevada at Las Vegas and Reno
- University of Texas at Arlington, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Pan American, San Antonio and Tyler
- Ursinus College
- Wake Forest University
- Washington College
- Washington and Jefferson College
- Western Kentucky University
- Wheaton College (MA)
- Wittenberg University
- Whitworth University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)