Top Universities Not Requiring SAT Scores
For students who don’t test so well but have excellent grades, these colleges will review your student profile without looking at your SAT. If you’re international, you can include University of Miami, and Brandeis University, as two other top schools not requiring SAT scores for admission. Here is the list provided by Daniel de Vise from The Washington Post… (numbers represent US News Rankings for Liberal Arts Colleges and then for National Universities)
Top “test-optional” liberal arts colleges
(Test-flexible policies typically require test scores but give students several options, sometimes including AP or SAT subject tests.)
6. Bowdoin College (ME)
14. Smith College (MA)
18. Hamilton College (NY) “Test Flexible”
21. Bates College (ME)
23. Colby College (ME) “Test Flexible”
26. Colorado College (CO) “Test Flexible”
26. Mount Holyoke College (MA)
30. Bryn Mawr (PA) “Test Flexible”
32. College of the Holy Cross (MA)
32. Sewanee—The University of the South (TN)
38. Bard College (NY)
41. Connecticut College (CT)
41. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)
41. Union College (NY)
41. Furman University (SC)
46. Pitzer College (CA)
47. Dickinson College (PA)
47. Gettysburg College (PA)
51. Denison University (OH)
55. St. Lawrence University (NY)
59. Wheaton College (MA)
67. Agnes Scott College (GA)
67. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
67. Lawrence University (WI)
71. Ursinus College (PA)
75. Knox College (IL)
75. Lewis and Clark (OR)
75. Muhlenberg College (PA)
79. Drew University (NJ)
79. Gustavus Adolphus (MN)
81. Juniata College (PA)
88. Augustana College (IL)
93. St. Michael’s College (VT)
93. Washington College (MD)
Top “test-optional” national universities
25. Wake Forest University (NC)
64. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
79. American University (DC)
120. University of Arizona (AZ)
132. Kansas State University (KS)
136. DePaul University (IL)
139. New School (NY)
143. George Mason University (VA)
143. University of Mississippi (MS)