Check out this week’s YouTube video where Brooke talks about your best bets for applying to colleges test optional. Check out our data below!
BEST Bets for Test Optional
University | Percent Submitting SAT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Percent Submitting ACT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Sum of ACT/SAT submissions | 25th-75th Reading SAT | 25th-75th Math SAT | 25th-75th overall SAT Range | 25th-75th ACT |
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University of Oregon | 9.5% | 5.1% | 14.6% | 580-690 | 550-670 | 1150-1340 | 22-30 |
University of Washington (partial test blind) | 14% | 5% | 19% | 630-730 | 630-780 | 1280-1490 | 30-34 |
Pepperdine University | 14% | 7% | 21% | 630-710 | 620-740 | 1250-1440 | 26-32 |
Old Dominion | 19% | 3% | 22% | 570-660 | 540-630 | 22-27 | |
Temple University | 23% | 3% | 26% | 580-690 | 560-690 | 1150-1370 | 23-30 |
University of Delaware | 25% | 3% | 28% | 610-690 | 600-690 | 1220-1360 | 27-31 |
University of Massachusetts Boston | 28% | 2% | 30% | 540-650 | 540-640 | 1090-1290 | 24-30 |
Northern Arizona University | 5% | 27% | 32% | 520-650 | 510-620 | 1040-1260 | 19-26 |
Southern Methodist University | 17% | 15% | 32% | 660-730 | 660-750 | 1340-1470 | 30-34 |
University of New Hampshire | 30% | 2% | 32% | 570-670 | 550-650 | 1130-1310 | 26-31 |
University of Arizona | 13% | 22% | 35% | 570-680 | 570-690 | 1150-1350 | 21-30 |
University of Colorado, Boulder | 26% | 9% | 35% | 580-690 | 570-700 | 1160-1380 | 28-33 |
Northeastern University | 27% | 8% | 35% | 710-760 | 750-790 | 1460-1530 | 33-35 |
U Rochester | 26% | 10% | 36% | 690-750 | 710-790 | 1410-1510 | 31-34 |
Villanova University | 25% | 11% | 36% | 690-740 | 710-770 | 32-34 | |
New York University | 27% | 12% | 39% | 720-770 | 760-800 | 1480-1550 | 33-35 |
Penn State University | 33% | 6% | 39% | 610-690 | 610-710 | 1230-1390 | 27-32 |
Boston University | 30% | 10% | 40% | 680-740 | 710-780 | 1410-1500 | 32-34 |
University of Connecticut | 37.0% | 4.0% | 41.0% | 610-700 | 600-720 | 1220-1410 | 29-33 |
Marquette University | 14% | 27% | 41% | 600-680 | 590-680 | 1200-1340 | 26-31 |
Middlebury College | 28% | 14% | 42% | 720-770 | 710-780 | 1440-1530 | 33-34 |
Lehigh University | 33% | 10% | 43% | 670-730 | 680-760 | 1370-1480 | 31-33 |
University of Denver | 27% | 16% | 43% | 620-700 | 600-690 | 1220-1370 | 28-32 |
GOOD Bets for Test Optional
University | Percent Submitting SAT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Percent Submitting ACT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Sum of ACT/SAT submissions | 25th-75th Reading SAT | 25th-75th Math SAT | 25th-75th overall SAT Range | 25th-75th ACT |
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Pomona College | 29% | 15% | 44% | 730-770 | 750-790 | 1480-1550 | 33-35 |
Drexel University | 38% | 6% | 44% | 610-700 | 620-730 | 1250-1410 | 27-33 |
Boston College | 28% | 16% | 44% | 710-760 | 720-780 | 33-34 | |
Claremont McKenna College | 29% | 16% | 45% | 710-770 | 740-790 | 1470-1530 | 33-35 |
Tulane University | 14% | 31% | 45% | 690-750 | 700-760 | 1400-1490 | 31-33 |
University of Southern California | 32% | 14% | 46% | 700-760 | 740-790 | 1450-1530 | 32-35 |
University of North Dakota | 4% | 43% | 47% | 540-650 | 560-640 | 1130-1270 | 20-26 |
Wake Forest University | 26% | 22% | 48% | 690-740 | 700-770 | 1410-1500 | 32-34 |
OK Bets for Test Optional
University | Percent Submitting SAT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Percent Submitting ACT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Sum of ACT/SAT submissions | 25th-75th Reading SAT | 25th-75th Math SAT | 25th-75th overall SAT Range | 25th-75th ACT |
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University of South Carolina | 32% | 17% | 49% | 600-690 | 580-690 | 1190-1370 | 26-32 |
Vanderbilt University | 25% | 26% | 51% | 740-770 | 770-790 | 1500-1560 | 34-35 |
Washington and Lee University | 27% | 25% | 52% | 710-750 | 700-780 | 1410-1530 | 32-35 |
Tufts University | 35% | 18% | 53% | 710-760 | 750-790 | 1470-1530 | 33-35 |
University of Miami | 32% | 21% | 53% | 660-720 | 670-750 | 1340-1450 | 30-33 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | 16% | 38% | 54% | 660-730 | 690-780 | 1370-1490 | 28-32 |
Texas State University | 47% | 7% | 54% | 500-610 | 480-580 | 19-26 | |
Rocky Mountain College | 8% | 46% | 54% | 520-620 | 470-620 | 1010-1220 | 19-24 |
Swarthmore College | 40% | 14% | 54% | 720-770 | 740-790 | 1480-1540 | 33-34 |
Amherst College | 38% | 17% | 55% | 690-770 | 670-780 | 1480-1550 | 31-35 |
POOR Bets for Test Optional
University | Percent Submitting SAT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Percent Submitting ACT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Sum of ACT/SAT submissions | 25th-75th Reading SAT | 25th-75th Math SAT | 25th-75th overall SAT Range | 25th-75th ACT | Notes |
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Indiana University | 41% | 16% | 57% | 590-690 | 580-710 | 1180-1380 | 27-32 | |
Washington University in St. Louis | 29% | 28% | 57% | 730-770 | 770-800 | 1500-1570 | 33-35 | |
University of Notre Dame | 29.49% | 28.63% | 58% | 710-760 | 730-780 | 33-35 | ||
Bowdoin College | 37% | 22% | 59% | 730-760 | 750-790 | 1470-1530 | 33-35 | |
Wellesley College | 42% | 17% | 59% | 720-770 | 720-780 | 1460-1540 | 33-35 | |
Williams College | 42% | 18% | 60% | 730-770 | 740-790 | 1480-1550 | 33-35 | |
Carleton College | 32.00% | 28% | 60.00% | 700-760 | 710-790 | 1440-1530 | 32-34 | |
Emory University | 42% | 19% | 61% | 710-760 | 750-790 | 1470-1540 | 32-34 | |
University of Toledo | 21% | 40% | 61% | 500-630 | 510-640 | 1000-1270 | 22-28 | |
College of WIlliam and Mary | 45% | 17% | 62% | 695-750 | 670-760 | 1365-1510 | 32-34 | |
Columbia | 40% | 22% | 62% | 730-770 | 760-800 | 1500-1560 | 34-35 | |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 29% | 34% | 63% | 680-750 | 690-780 | 1380-1520 | 30-34 | test required for students with GPA below W 2.8 |
Michigan State University | 55% | 9% | 64% | 550-650 | 540-660 | 1100-1300 | 24-30 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 47% | 18% | 65% | 660-740 | 680-790 | 1350-1510 | 29-34 | |
Central Michigan University | 60% | 6% | 66% | 490-620 | 470-590 | 970-1200 | 21-27 | |
Case Western Reserve University | 43% | 23% | 66% | 700-750 | 730-790 | 1440-1530 | 32-35 | |
University of Virginia | 50% | 16% | 66% | 700-750 | 710-780 | 1410-1510 | 32-34 | |
Harvey Mudd College | 50% | 17% | 67% | 720-770 | 760-790 | 34-36 |
WORST Bets for Test Optional
University | Percent Submitting SAT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Percent Submitting ACT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Sum of ACT/SAT submissions | 25th-75th Reading SAT | 25th-75th Math SAT | 25th-75th overall SAT Range | 25th-75th ACT | Notes |
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Johns Hopkins | 41% | 14% | 55% | 750-780 | 780-800 | 1530-1560 | 34-35 | test required 2025-2026 |
Cornell University (partially test blind) | 42% | 14% | 56% | 720-770 | 760-790 | 1480-1550 | 33-35 | |
Carnegie Mellon University | 51% | 17% | 68% | 730-770 | 770-800 | 1500-1560 | 34-35 | CS strongly encouraged, most majors required by 2026 |
Stanford | 47% | 22% | 69% | 740-780 | 770-800 | 1500-1560 | 34-35 | test required 2025-2026 |
Kent State | 18% | 51% | 69% | 500-620 | 500-610 | 1010-1230 | 18-25 | |
University of Pennsylvania | 51% | 19% | 70% | 730-770 | 770-800 | 34-35 | ||
University of Michigan | 52% | 18% | 70% | 670-750 | 680-780 | 1350-1530 | 31-34 | |
North Carolina State University | 29% | 43% | 72% | 630-710 | 630-740 | 1280-1430 | 25-31 | |
Rice University | 50% | 22% | 72% | 730-770 | 770-800 | 1500-1560 | 34-36 | "Test Recommended" |
U Chicago | 46% | 30% | 76% | 740-770 | 770-800 | 1510-1560 | 34-35 | |
Indiana State University | 71% | 6% | 77% | 450-560 | 430-550 | 880-1100 | 16-25 | |
Princeton University | 57% | 20% | 77% | 740-780 | 760-800 | 1510-1560 | 34-35 | |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 11% | 67% | 78% | 500-620 | 480-610 | 18-24 | ||
University of Iowa | 19% | 59% | 78% | 570-660 | 560-660 | 1130-1310 | 22-28 | |
Northwestern University | 50% | 29% | 79% | 730-770 | 760-790 | 1500-1560 | 33-35 | |
Duke University | 50% | 31% | 81% | 740-770 | 770-800 | 34-35 | 34-35 | |
University of Texas at Austin | 63% | 20% | 83% | 620-730 | 610-760 | 27-33 | 27-33 | |
Wichita State University | 6% | 77% | 83% | 500-638 | 483-620 | 990-1260 | 18-25 | |
Ohio State University | 21% | 64% | 85% | 620-700 | 630-740 | 1260-1420 | 26-32 | |
University of South Alabama | 6% | 83% | 89% | 520-610 | 495-590 | 1030-1178 | 19-26 | Test Recommended, test optional students have to submit additional materials |
Auburn | 18% | 76% | 94% | 620-680 | 610-690 | 1240-1360 | 25-31 | Test Preferred |
Texas A&M | 75.58% | 20.87% | 96% | 570-680 | 570-700 | 1150-1370 | 25-31 | Test "Encouraged" |
Test Required Schools
University | Percent Submitting SAT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Percent Submitting ACT Scores Enrolled Fall 2023 | Sum of ACT/SAT submissions | 25th-75th Reading SAT | 25th-75th Math SAT | 25th-75th overall SAT Range | 25th-75th ACT | Notes |
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Purdue University | 73% | 24% | 97% | 590-710 | 600-760 | 1210-1450 | 27-34 | |
Florida State University | 66% | 32.4% | 98.4% | 630-700 | 610-690 | 1250-1380 | 27-31 | |
Georgetown | 75% | 34% | 109% | 700-770 | 690-780 | 1390-1530 | 32-34 | |
Georgia Tech University | 77% | 35% | 112% | 650-740 | 680-790 | 1330-1510 | 28-34 | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 83% | 31% | 114% | 740-780 | 780-800 | 35-36 | ||
University of Georgia | 70% | 47% | 116% | 620-710 | 600-710 | 1230-1410 | 27-32 | |
University of Florida | 79% | 41% | 120% | 650-730 | 650-750 | 1320-1470 | 28-33 | |
Dartmouth | 43% | 23% | 66% | 740-780 | 760-790 | 33-35 | test required 2024 | |
Harvard University | 52% | 22% | 74% | 740-780 | 760-800 | 34-36 | test required 2024 | |
Brown University | 54% | 22% | 76% | 740-770 | 760-800 | 1510-1560 | 34-35 | test required 2024 |
Yale University | 56% | 26% | 82% | 740-780 | 760-800 | 1500-1560 | 33-35 | test flexible 2024 |
Cal Tech | Test required 2024 |