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Which Colleges and Universities Will Be Test-Optional in 2023-2024?

A female student at her school desk taking a test on a scantron form.

After the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult or impossible for many students to take the ACT and the SAT, the vast majority of American colleges and universities chose to institute temporary (or, in some cases, permanent) test-optional policies. Schools in this group included all of the Ivy League universities, most large public universities, and many, many small liberal arts colleges.

While no one can be sure yet how these new policies will affect admissions trends at these schools, a larger question hangs over the proceedings for current juniors: what does this all mean for them? Which colleges will be test-optional for the high school Class of 2024 (a.k.a. the college Class of 2028)?

A few colleges and universities declared from the outset that they would make standardized tests optional for two or three years, in anticipation of ongoing uncertainties surrounding testing opportunities. Others, as mentioned, made the tests permanently optional. Two years later, as testing disruptions have continued, they now say that they will be test-optional for multiple years. Amid this dizzying array of responses to an ever-shifting situation, it can certainly be difficult to tell whether any particular school will be test-optional or test-blind in 2023-2024. You may also be wondering what even are the pros and cons of standardized testing nowadays.

But Spark is here to help decode it all!

Below you will find an up-to-date list of every school that will be test-optional, test-flexible, or test-blind in 2023-2024. To clarify these distinctions, a test-optional school is one that accepts but does not require test scores from applicants; a test-flexible school is a generally test-optional school that places limitations on applying without test scores (for instance, you might need to have a certain GPA in order to apply without a test score); and a test-blind school is one that will not consider test scores from any student, even those who might wish to submit them.

A quick note: some schools will still require homeschooled students, students interested in merit aid or honors programs, and/or students applying to particular programs (such as nursing or BS/MD programs) to submit an SAT or ACT score even if the university is otherwise test-optional; those distinctions will not be noted here, so if you fall into one of those categories, check the policies at your schools.

With that in mind, please enjoy the list! 

Test-Optional, Test-Blind, and Test-Flexible Schools for the 2023-2024 College Admissions Cycle (for the College Class of 2028):

  • Agnes Scott College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Albertus Magnus College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Alfred State College-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • Alfred University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Allegheny College: Test-Optional permanently
  • American University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Amherst College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Andrews University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Applachian State University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Arcadia University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Arizona State University-Tempe: Test-Optional permanently
  • Ashland University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Assumption University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Augustana College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Austin College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Azusa Pacific University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Babson College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Ball State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bard College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Barnard College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Bates College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Baylor University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Becker College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.0+ GPA)
  • Bellarmine University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Belmont University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Beloit College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bennington College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bentley University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Berklee College of Music: Test-Blind permanently
  • Berry College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bethel University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.2+ GPA)
  • Binghamton University-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • Biola University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Birmingham-Southern College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional permanently
  • Boston College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Boston University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Bowdoin College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bowling Green State University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Bradley University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Brandeis University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bridgewater State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Brigham Young University-Provo: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Brown University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Bryant University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bryn Mawr College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Bucknell University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Butler University: Test-Optional permanently
  • California College of the Arts: Test-Optional permanently
  • California Institute of Technology: Test-Blind for 2024, 2025
  • California Institute of the Arts: Test-Optional permanently
  • California Lutheran University: Test-Optional permanently
  • California State University system: Test-Blind permanently
  • Canisius College: Test-Blind permanently
  • Carleton College: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Carnegie Mellon University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Case Western Reserve University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • The Catholic University of America: Test-Blind permanently
  • Cazenovia College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Central Connecticut State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Champlain College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Chapman University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Chatham University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Christopher Newport University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Claremont McKenna College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Clark University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Coastal Carolina University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.5+ GPA)
  • Coe College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
  • Colby College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Colby-Sawyer College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Colgate University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
  • College of Charleston: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • College of Coastal Georgia: Test-Optional for 2024
  • College of Idaho: Test-Optional permanently
  • College of New Jersey: Test-Optional for 2024
  • College of Saint Rose: Test-Optional permanently
  • College of St. Benedict: Test-Optional permanently
  • College of the Atlantic: Test-Optional permanently
  • College of the Holy Cross: Test-Optional permanently
  • College of Wooster: Test-Optional permanently
  • Colorado College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Colorado School of Mines: Test-Optional permanently
  • Colorado State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Columbia College Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
  • Columbia University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Columbus State University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Concordia College-Moorhead: Test-Optional permanently
  • Concordia College-New York: Test-Optional permanently
  • Connecticut College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Cornell College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Cornell University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Creighton University: Test-Optional permanently
  • CUNY-Baruch College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • CUNY-Brooklyn College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • CUNY-City College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • CUNY-Hunter College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • CUNY-Lehman College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • CUNY-New York City College of Technology: Test-Optional for 2024
  • CUNY-Queens College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Curry College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Dartmouth College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Davidson College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Dean College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Delaware Valley University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Denison University: Test-Optional permanently
  • DePaul University: Test-Optional permanently
  • DePauw University: Test-Optional permanently
  • DeSales University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Dickinson College: Test-Optional permanently (Test-Blind in 2023)
  • Drake University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Drew University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Drexel University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Drury University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Duke University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Duquesne University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Earlham College: Test-Optional permanently
  • East Carolina University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Eastern Connecticut State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Eastern University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Eckerd College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Elizabethtown College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Elmira College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.7+ GPA)
  • Elms College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Elon University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Emerson College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Emmanuel College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Emory University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Endicott College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Evergreen State College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.0+ GPA)
  • Fairfield University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Farmingdale State College-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • Fashion Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Fisher College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Flagler College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Fordham University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Fort Lewis College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Framingham State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Franklin and Marshall College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Furman University: Test-Optional permanently
  • George Mason University: Test-Optional permanently
  • George Washington University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Georgia State University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Gettysburg College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Gonzaga University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Gordon College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Goucher College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Grinnell College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Grove City College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Guilford College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Gustavus Adolphus College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hampden-Sydney College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Hampshire College: Test-Blind permanently
  • Hanover College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hartwick College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Harvard University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Harvey Mudd College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Haverford College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hendrix College: Test-Optional permanently
  • High Point University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hilbert College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hillsdale College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hofstra University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hollins University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hood College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Hope College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Houghton College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Illinois Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Illinois State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Illinois Wesleyan University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Immaculata University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Indiana State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Indiana Tech: Test-Optional permanently
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional permanently
  • Indiana University-Bloomington: Test-Optional permanently
  • Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis: Test-Optional permanently
  • Iona College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Iowa State University of Science and Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Ithaca College: Test-Optional permanently
  • James Madison University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Johns Hopkins University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Johnson & Wales University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Juniata College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Kalamazoo College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Kansas State University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.25+ GPA)
  • Keene State College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Kennesaw State University: Test-Flexible for 2024 (must have 3.2+ GPA)
  • Kent State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Keystone College: Test-Optional permanently
  • King’s College: Test-Optional permanently
  • King’s College London: Test-Flexible permanently
  • Knox College: Test-Optional permanently
  • La Roche University: Test-Optional permanently
  • La Salle University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lafayette College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Lake Forest College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lamar University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lander University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lasell College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lawrence University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Le Moyne College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lebanon Valley College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lehigh University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lesley University: Test-Blind permanently
  • Lewis and Clark College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Lincoln Memorial University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Linfield College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Loras College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge: Test-Optional permanently
  • Loyola Marymount University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Loyola University Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
  • Loyola University Maryland: Test-Optional permanently
  • Loyola University New Orleans: Test-Blind permanently
  • Lycoming College: Test-Flexible permanently (must be in top half of graduating class)
  • Lynn University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Macalester College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Maine Maritime Academy: Test-Optional permanently
  • Manhattanville College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Marist College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Marlboro College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Marquette University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Maryland Institute College of Art: Test-Optional permanently
  • Maryville University of St. Louis: Test-Optional permanently
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Test-Optional permanently
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Test-Blind permanently
  • Massachusetts Maritime Academy: Test-Optional for 2024
  • McDaniel College: Test-Optional permanently
  • MCPHS University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Medgar Evers College-CUNY: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Mercyhurst University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Meredith College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Merrimack College: Test-Blind permanently
  • Messiah College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Miami University-Oxford: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Michigan State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Middlebury College: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Millersville University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Mills College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Millsaps College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Milwaukee School of Engineering: Test-Optional permanently
  • Minnesota State University-Moorhead: Test-Optional permanently
  • Misericordia University: Test-Blind for 2024
  • Mississippi State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Mitchell College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Monroe College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Montana State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Montclair State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Moravian College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Mount Aloysius College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Mount Holyoke College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Mount St. Mary’s University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Muhlenberg College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Nazareth College: Test-Optional permanently
  • New England College: Test-Optional permanently
  • New England Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • New Mexico State University: Test-Flexible permanently
  • The New School: Test-Optional permanently
  • New York Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • New York University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Niagara University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Nichols College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
  • North Carolina State University-Raleigh: Test-Optional for 2024
  • North Dakota State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Northeastern University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Northern Arizona University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Northern Illinois University: Test-Blind permanently
  • Northern Michigan University: Test-Blind permanently
  • Northwestern University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Norwich University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Notre Dame of Maryland University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Oberlin College: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Occidental College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Ohio State University-Columbus: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Ohio University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Ohio Wesleyan University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Oklahoma State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Old Dominion University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Oregon Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Oregon State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Otis College of Art and Design: Test-Optional permanently
  • Pace University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Pacific University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Paul Smith’s College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Pennsylvania College of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Pennsylvania State University-University Park: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Pepperdine University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Pitzer College: Test-Blind for 2024, 2025
  • Pomona College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Portland State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Post University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Pratt Institute: Test-Optional permanently
  • Presbyterian College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Princeton University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Providence College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Purchase College-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • Queen’s University (Canada): Test-Optional permanently
  • Queens University of Charlotte: Test-Optional permanently
  • Quinnipiac University: Test-Flexible permanently (Test-Optional for many majors, but some majors and programs recommend or require scores)
  • Ramapo College of New Jersey: Test-Optional permanently
  • Randolph College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Randolph-Macon College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Reed College: Test-Blind for 2024
  • Regis University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Rhode Island School of Design: Test-Optional permanently
  • Rider University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Ripon College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Roanoke College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Robert Morris University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Roberts Wesleyan College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.8+ GPA)
  • Rochester Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Roger Williams University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Rollins College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Rowan University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Russell Sage College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Rutgers University-Camden: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Rutgers University-New Brunswick: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Rutgers University-Newark: Test-Optional permanently
  • Sacred Heart University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Saint Anselm College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Saint Joseph’s University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Saint Louis University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Saint Mary’s College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Saint Michael’s College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Saint Vincent College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Salem College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Salisbury University: Test-Flexible permanently
  • Salve Regina University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Sam Houston State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Santa Clara University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Sarah Lawrence College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Savannah College of Art and Design: Test-Optional permanently
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
  • School of Visual Arts: Test-Optional permanently
  • Scripps College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Seattle University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Seton Hall University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Seton Hill University: Test-Flexible permanently
  • Shenandoah University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania: Test-Flexible permanently
  • Siena College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Simmons University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Skidmore College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional permanently
  • Smith College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Soka University of America: Test-Optional permanently
  • South Carolina State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • South Dakota State University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.6+ GPA or be in the top 60% of graduating class or earn Level 3 or higher on Math and English Language Arts Smarter Balance Assessment)
  • Southern Connecticut State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.75+ GPA)
  • Southern New Hampshire University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Southwestern University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Springfield College: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Bonaventure University: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Edward’s University: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Francis College: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. John Fisher College: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. John’s College: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. John’s University (MN): Test-Optional permanently
  • St. John’s University (NY): Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Joseph’s College (ME): Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Joseph’s University, New York (NY): Test-Optional for 2024
  • St. Lawrence University: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Mary’s College of California: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Mary’s College of Maryland: Test-Optional permanently
  • St. Olaf College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Stanford University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Stetson University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Stockton University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Stonehill College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Stony Brook University-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • Suffolk University: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY Brockport: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY Cobleskill: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY College-Cortland: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY College of Technology at Canton: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY College of Technology-Delhi: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY College-Potsdam: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY-Fredonia: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY-Geneseo: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY Maritime College: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY Morrisville: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY-New Paltz: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY-Oneonta: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY Oswego: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY-Plattsburgh: Test-Optional permanently
  • SUNY Polytechnic Institute-Utica/Albany: Test-Optional permanently
  • Susquehanna University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Swarthmore College: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Sweet Briar College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
  • Syracuse University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Temple University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Texas Christian University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Texas Tech University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Thomas College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Thomas Jefferson University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Towson University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Transylvania University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Trinity College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Trinity University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Tufts University: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Tulane University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Union College (KY): Test-Optional permanently
  • Union College (NY): Test-Optional permanently
  • Union University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • United States Coast Guard Academy: Test-Optional permanently
  • Unity College: Test-Optional permanently
  • University College London: Test-Flexible permanently
  • University at Albany-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • University at Buffalo-SUNY: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Aberdeen: Test-Flexible permanently
  • University of Alabama: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Alabama at Huntsville: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Alaska-Fairbanks: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Arizona: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Arkansas: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.2+ GPA)
  • University of California system: Test-Blind
  • University of Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Cincinnati: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Colorado-Boulder: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Colorado-Colorado Springs: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Colorado-Denver: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Connecticut: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • University of Dayton: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Delaware: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Denver: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Dubuque: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Edinburgh: Test-Flexible permanently
  • University of Hartford: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Houston: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Illinois-Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Illinois-Springfield: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Iowa: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Kansas: Test-Flexible permanently
  • University of Kentucky: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of La Verne: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Lynchburg: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Maine: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Maine-Augusta: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Maine-Farmington: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Maine-Fort Kent: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Maine-Presque Isle: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Mary Washington: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Maryland-College Park: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Massachusetts-Boston: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Miami: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Minnesota-Duluth: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • University of Mississippi: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Missouri: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.75+ GPA)
  • University of Missouri-St. Louis: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Montana: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA or rank in top half of class)
  • University of Nebraska-Omaha: Test-Flexible permanently
  • University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
  • University of Nevada-Reno: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
  • University of New England: Test-Blind permanently
  • University of New Hampshire: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of New Haven: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of New Mexico: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of North Carolina system: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of North Dakota: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of North Texas: Test-Flexible permanently
  • University of Notre Dame: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Oklahoma: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • University of Oregon: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • University of Portland: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Puget Sound: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Redlands: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Rhode Island: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Richmond: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Rochester: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of San Francisco: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Scranton: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA or be in top 30% of graduating class)
  • University of Southern California: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of St. Joseph: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of St. Thomas: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Tampa: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Texas-Austin: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of the Pacific: Test-Optional permanently
  • The University of the South: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Toronto: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Tulsa: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Utah: Test-Optional for 2024
  • University of Vermont: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025, 2026
  • University of Virginia: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • University of Washington: Test-Blind permanently (except for waitlist considerations)
  • University of Waterloo: Test-Optional permanently
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Ursinus College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Vanderbilt University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Vassar College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Vermont Technical College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Villanova University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Virginia Commonwealth University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.3+ GPA)
  • Virginia Tech: Test-Optional for 2024, 2025
  • Wabash College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Wagner College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Wake Forest University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Warren Wilson College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Washington Adventist University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Washington and Jefferson College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Washington and Lee University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Washington College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Washington State University: Test-Blind permanently
  • Washington University in St. Louis: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Wellesley College: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Wells College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
  • Wesleyan University: Test-Optional permanently
  • West Virginia University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Western Connecticut State University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
  • Western Michigan University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Western New England University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Western Washington University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Westfield State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Westminster College (PA): Test-Optional permanently
  • Westminster College (UT): Test-Optional permanently
  • Westmont College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Wheaton College (MA): Test-Optional permanently
  • Whitman College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Whittier College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Widener University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Willamette University: Test-Optional permanently
  • William and Mary: Test-Optional permanently
  • Wofford College: Test-Optional permanently
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Test-Blind for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028
  • Worcester State University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Xavier University: Test-Optional permanently
  • Yale University: Test-Optional for 2024
  • Yeshiva University: Test-Optional permanently
  • York College-CUNY: Test-Optional for 2024

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