Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Dartmouth, and Stanford have all recently announced that they will remain test optional through the high school class of 2023, with Cornell going a step further remaining test optional through the high school class of 2024, and Harvard through 2026! We expect most every other highly selective institutions to follow suit (with the exception of MIT which recently announced it will require tests). Show Our assessment is that Test Optional is here to stay, and we are thrilled! At this point, we are recommending that the high school class of 2023 (current 11th graders/rising seniors) still consider taking the ACT or SAT, but whether or not they submit their scores should depend on test availability and personal performance. Our advice is that: 1. Students should not be engaged in herculean efforts to take a test (e.g., travel great distances to find a test or sacrifice your mental/physical health); 2. If your test score does not fall within the upper 50% range of your desired school OR it doesn’t reflect your academic school performance, you have the option not to submit; 3. You must enter the college admissions cycle with your eyes wide open. Remember, if you decide not to submit your test score, everything else will matter more in the admissions process. Rigor and grades will matter the most supported by a compelling story. We are encouraged by the number of schools that already have announced a test optional policy through high school class of 2023 and beyond. Combined with the schools that have been traditionally (and permanently) test optional, there are more test optional choices than ever for the high school class of 2023 and we anticipate more to come. Since the start of the pandemic, The College Curators have successfully advised 100s of students on navigating the test optional environment. We expertly guide our students to build a balanced college list supported by an authentic and verifiable application. To set up a complimentary consultation click HERE.List of SAT and ACT Test Optional Colleges for 2022-2023Allegheny College* American University* Amherst Adelphi University Babson University Bard College* Barnard College Bates College* Baylor University Binghamton University Bennington College* Boston University Bowdoin College Bucknell University Brandeis University* Brown University Bryn Mawr College* Bucknell University* California Institute of Technology Cal State System (Test Blind through Spring 2023 with 2.5) Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Clark University* Claremont McKenna College Colby College* Colgate University Colorado College* Colorado School of Mines Columbia University College of Charleston College of William & Mary Connecticut College* Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University* Dickinson College* Drexel University Duke University Earlham College* Elon University Emerson College Franklin and Marshall College* Furman University* George Washington University* Gettysburg College* Gonzaga University Hamilton College Harvard University Harvey Mudd Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges* Howard University Indiana University – Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Knox College* Lafayette College Lawrence University* Lehigh University Lewis and Clark College* Loyola Marymount University Macalester College* Marquette University Michigan State University Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College* Muhlenberg College* Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College and Conservatory Occidental College Oglethorpe University Penn State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Princeton University Providence College Pomona College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rhode Island School of Design Rutgers University Santa Clara University Sewanee – The University of the South Smith College Soka University of America Southern Methodist University St. Louis University Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas A & M University-College Station Trinity University Tufts University (3-year pilot) University of Alabama University of California System (all campuses test blind) University of Chicago* University of Connecticut University of Maryland University of Miami University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Southern California University of Pennsylvania University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Texas at Austin University of Wisconsin-Madison Vassar College Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Williams College Yale University *Colleges with Permanently Test Optional Policy **Go to fairtest.org for complete list Book Your Free College Admissions Consultation HERE.Is High Point test optional 2023?High Point University is test optional. Request that the official results of the SAT or ACT be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. High Point University's SAT code is 5293; the ACT code is 3108.
Is Georgetown test optional for Class of 2023?All applicants are required to take the SAT or the ACT. Both tests are acceptable, and on neither test will a Writing component be utilized in admissions decisions. All tests should be taken by January of the senior year in order to allow time for the results to reach Georgetown by early February.
Is UVA test optional 2023?Do you prefer applicants submit the SAT or ACT? We are test optional for the Fall 2023 cycle and have no preference between the SAT and ACT.
Is Class of 2023 SAT optional?More than 1,700 colleges and universities so far are not requiring students to submit SAT and ACT scores when they apply for admission for fall 2023, only a slightly lower number of institutions than the previous admissions cycle.
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