Colleges That Have Changed Testing Requirements Due to Covid-19
SAT or ACT still required. No longer require or recommend SAT Subject tests
- Brown University
- Harvard University
- MIT *will not consider SAT subject tests even if sent
- Princeton University
- Yale University *will not consider SAT subject tests even if sent
SAT or ACT optional for 1 year (2020-2021 admissions cycle)
- Abilene Christian University
- Amherst College
- Babson College
- Barnard College
- Baylor University
- Bentley University
- Boston University
- California State Schools – all campuses
- Case Western Reserve University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Colegate University
- Columbia University
- Concordia College
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth University
- Drexel University
- Emory University
- Gonzaga University
- Hamilton University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Lafayette College
- Loyola University – Maryland
- Michigan State University
- Northeastern University
- Oakland University
- Penn State University
- Pomona College
- Southern Methodist University
- Suffolk University
- Texas Christian University
- Tulane University
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Miami
- University of Maine
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Richmond
- University of Southern California
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- Vassar College
- Virginia Tech
- Wellesley College
- Williams College
SAT or ACT requirement optional for multiple years (piloting)
- Centre College – 3 years
- Davidson College – 3 years
- Eckerd College – 2 years
- Fordham University – 2 years
- Haverford College – 3 years
- Middlebury College – 3 years
- Oberlin College – 3 years
- Rhodes College- 3 years
- Santa Clara University – 2 years
- Swarthmore College – 2 years
- Tufts University – 3 years
- University of California (all campuses) – 5 years
- University of Connecticut – 3 years
SAT or ACT requirement permanently optional for admissions process
- Butler University
- Brandeis University
- Chapman University
- Indiana University
- Macalester College
- Marquette College
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Oregon State University
- Portland University
- Scripps College
- Southern Oregon University
- University of Denver
- University of San Francisco
- Western Oregon University
SAT or ACT still required for admission
- Boston College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- Georgetown University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Lehigh University
- Northwestern University
- Purdue University
- Southern Methodist University
- Stanford University
- Syracuse University
- Texas A & M University
- University of Delaware
- University of Massachusetts- Amherst
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Texas- Austin
- University of Virginia
- Vanderbilt University
Test optional schools prior to Covid-19
- American University
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Bryant University
- Bucknell University
- Clark University
- Colby College
- Colorado College
- Endicott College
- Fairfield University
- George Washington University
- Holy Cross College
- Ithaca College
- Loyola University- Maryland
- Marist College
- NYU *test flexible
- Providence College
- St. Joseph’s College
- Stonehill College
- Temple University
- Trinity College
- University of Chicago
- University of New Hampshire
- University of Rochester
- University of Scranton *for students in top 30% of their class only
- Wake Forest University
- WPI College