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Testing-Optional: List of Schools

An increasing number of schools are de-emphasizing standardized test scores as part of their admissions process, including the schools listed here. (Contact individual schools for specific policies, or follow links as provided below.)

Fairtest also maintains information on the testing-optional movement as well as the most comprehensive list of schools that are doing away with or de-emphasizing standardized testing in their review process.

Augustana College (IL) (More info here.)

Bard (NY)

Bates (ME)

Bennington College (VT) (More info here.)

Bowdoin (ME) (Detailed policy information here.)

Chatham College (women's college in Pittsburgh, PA) (More info on their policy is here.)

College of the Holy Cross (MA) Detailed policy info here.)

Denison (OH) (Press release re: policy is here.)

Dickinson College (PA)

Drew University (NJ) (Detailed policy info here.)

Franklin & Marshall (PA) (Detailed policy info here).

Gettysburg (PA) (Press release here).

George Mason University (VA) (If your gpa > 3.5; detailed policy information is here).

Goucher College (MD) (Detailed policy info here.)

Green Mountain College (VT) (Detailed policy info is here.)

Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) (Policy info here.)

Hamilton College (NY)

Hampshire College (MA)

Hartwick College (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Hobart and William Smith (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Johnson & Wales (CO, FL, NC, RI) (Detailed policy info here.)

Knox College (IL) (Detailed policy info here.)

Lawrence University (WI) (Detailed policy info is here.)

McDaniel College (MD) (If your gpa is > 3.5; more info is here.)

Merrimack College (MA) (Detailed policy info is here.)

Messiah College (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Middlebury College (VT) (Modified testing requirements; some info here.)

Mitchell College (CT) (Some info here.)

Mount Holyoke College (MA) (Detailed policy info as well as some press clippings here).

Muhlenberg (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Providence College (RI) (Detailed policy info here.)

Sarah Lawrence College (NY) (More info here.)

St. Lawrence University (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Smith College (MA) (More info here.)

Susquehanna University (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Union College (NY) (Detailed policy info here.)

Ursinus (PA) (Detailed policy info here.)

University of Scranton (The policy applies to applicants in the top 20% of their graduating class or with a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher. Some majors are not available via the SAT/ACT Optional

program. Detailed policy info here.)

Wake Forest University (NC) (Detailed policy info here.)

Washington College (MD) (The policy applies to applicants with a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher or who rank in the top 10% of their class; detailed policy info is here.)

Wheaton College (MA) (Detailed policy info here.)

Wittenberg University (OH) (Detailed policy info here.)

Worchester Polytechnic Institute (MA) (Announcement of new policy is here, specifics about how it works are here.)

(This data initially compiled over the course of the 2006-07 year and input as a part of the initial data population of the wiki.)