Every day things seem to shift and change in the college admissions landscape. Add in a pandemic and things become even murkier. As you know from reading our blog posts, the test-optional narrative isn’t a free pass if you are aiming high. We still recommend that our students prep for and take the ACT or SAT and APs! We will keep you posted on the 2021-2022 standardized testing policies for many of the top tier colleges and universities.
TEST-OPTIONAL VS. TEST BLIND
Keep in mind there is a difference between test optional and NOT ACCEPTING tests like the UC schools– we will follow the news for you and keep you updated.
TEST-OPTIONAL SCHOOLS
| Institution | Policy |
| Amherst College | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Barnard College | test-optional for Fall/Spring 2022 and Fall/Spring 2023 admission |
| Baylor University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Boston College | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Boston University | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 |
| Brown University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Bucknell University | test-optional for Fall 2022/2023/2024 |
| Butler University | Scores no longer required |
| CalTech | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Colgate University | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| College of Charleston | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Cornell University | test-optional for Fall 2022 – varies by school |
| Dartmouth College | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Davidson College | Scores no longer required |
| Elon University | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Emory University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Fordham University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Harvard University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Harvey Mudd College | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Haverford College | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Loyola Marymount University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Macalester College | Scores no longer required |
| Middlebury College | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Northwestern University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Notre Dame University | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Oberlin College | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Penn State | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Rice University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Rutgers University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Santa Clara University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Scripps College | Scores no longer required |
| Swarthmore College | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Syracuse University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Trinity University | Scores no longer required |
| Tufts University | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Tulane University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| UC Schools | scores will not be considered through Fall 2024 |
| UMass Amherst | test-optional for Fall/Spring 2022 and Fall/Spring 2023 admission |
| University of Connecticut | Scores no longer required |
| University of Oregon | Scores no longer required |
| University of Pennsylvania | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| University of Pittsburgh | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| University of Southern California | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| University of Utah | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| University of Virginia | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| University of Washington | Scores no longer required |
| University of Wisconsin | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
| Vassar College | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Williams College | test-optional for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 |
| Yale University | test-optional for Fall 2022 |
