2020-21 College Admission Test-Optional Colleges

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:45:52 -0500

In light of cancellations for many spring and summer ACT and SAT exams because of COVID-19, a number of colleges have decided to shift to a test-optional admissions process for the 2020-21 admissions cycle.

Limited testing availability for both the ACT and SAT this fall, and the decision to not move forward with at-home testing, has forced colleges and universities across the US to suspend the requirement for SAT or ACT scores as part of the admissions process. FairTest.orgis reporting that nearly half of all four-year colleges and universities in the US have gone test-optional for the fall. Now that all Ivy Leagues and Stanford have moved to test-optional for the 2020-21 admissions cycle, students can expect most colleges and universities in the US to do the same.

Currently, over 400 colleges and universities have said that students will not be penalized for the absence of SAT or ACT scores with their applications this fall.

However, some schools have made it clear that they still value these scores in some capacity, so they are encouraging students to submit them if they already have them. Other schools, like Princeton, are giving students more time to get their applications together (including test scores if possible) by eliminating the early application round and accepting applications only in the regular round. US News and World Report have also announced it will rank test-blind colleges, giving more flexibility to schools that have decided not to accept test scores at all this year.

Curious if any of the colleges on your good-fit list are making the move to a test-optional application this 2020-21 admissions cycle. See below:

College	Test-Optional for:
Alfred University	2020-21 application cycle
Alma College	2020-21 application cycle
Amherst College	2020-21 application cycle
Anderson University	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Babson College	2020-21 application cycle
Barnard College	2020-21 application cycle
Baylor University	2020-21 application cycle
Bentley University	2020-21 application cycle
Bethel University	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Boston College	2020-21 application cycle
Boston University	2020-21 application cycle
Brown University	2020-21 application cycle
Buena Vista University	2020-21 application cycle
Butler University	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Cal State system	2020-21 application cycle
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	2-year period beginning with the 2020-21 admissions cycle
California Lutheran University	2020-21 application cycle
Carleton College	2020-21 application cycle
Carnegie Mellon University	2020-21 application cycle
Case Western Reserve University	2020-21 application cycle
Centre College	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21 admissions cycle
Claremont McKenna College	2020-21 application cycle
Coastal Carolina University	2020-21 application cycle
Colgate University	2020-21 application cycle
College of Charleston	2020-21 application cycle
College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University (Minnesota)	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
College of Wooster	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Columbia University	2020-21 application cycle
Cooper Union	2-year period beginning with the 2020-21 admissions cycle
Concordia University	2020-21 application cycle
Cornell University	2020-21 application cycle
Dartmouth College	2020-21 application cycle
Davidson College	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Drexel University	2020-21 application cycle
Drury University	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Duke University	2020-21 application cycle
Elon University	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Emory University	2020-21 application cycle
Fordham University	2-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Georgetown University	2020-21 application cycle
Gonzaga University	2020-21 application cycle
Grand Valley State University	2020-21 application cycle
Grinnell College	2020-21 application cycle
Hamilton College	2020-21 application cycle
Harvard University	2020-21 application cycle
Harvey Mudd College	2020-21 application cycle
Haverford College	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Indiana University – Bloomington	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Indiana University – South Bend	Permanently beginning in for fall 2020 admission
Johns Hopkins University	2020-21 application cycle
Lafayette College	2020-21 application cycle
Lehigh University	2020-21 application cycle
Limestone University	Fall 2020 admission
Loyola Marymount University	2020-21 application cycle
Loyola University – New Orleans	Permanently test-blind beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Macalester College	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Mansfield University	Fall 2020 admission
Meredith College	2020-21 application cycle
Middlebury College	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Millersville University	Fall 2020 admission
MIT	2020-21 application cycle (Will also no longer accept SAT Subject Test scores starting with the 2020-21 admissions cycle.)
Montana University system	2020-21 application cycle
New York University	2020-21 application cycle
Northeastern University	2020-21 application cycle
Northwestern University	2020-21 application cycle
Oakland University	2-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Oberlin College	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Oregon State University	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Penn State University	2020-21 application cycle
Pepperdine University	International students for the 2020-21 application cycle
Pomona College	2020-21 application cycle
Princeton University	2020-21 application cycle
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)	2020-21 application cycle
Rhodes College	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Rice University	2020-21 application cycle
Rochester Institute of Technology	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
Rutgers University	2020-21 application cycle
Saginaw Valley State University	2020-21 application cycle for students with 3.0 or higher GPA
Saint Louis University	2020-21 application cycle
Santa Clara University	2-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Scripps College	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
St. Mary’s University	2020-21 application cycle
St. Olaf College	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
St. Thomas Aquinas College	Fall 2020 admission
Stanford University	2020-21 application cycle
Swarthmore College	2-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Texas Christian University	2020-21 application cycle
Texas Tech University	2020-21 application cycle
Trinity University	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Tufts University	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Tulane University	2020-21 application cycle
University of California system	2020-21 application cycle
University of Connecticut	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
University of Delaware	2020-21 application cycle
University of Hawaii	2020-21 application cycle
University of Louisville	2020-21 application cycle
University of Miami	2020-21 application cycle
University of Michigan	2020-21 application cycle
University of Notre Dame	2020-21 application cycle
University of Oregon	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
University of Pennsylvania	2020-21 application cycle
University of Richmond	2020-21 application cycle
University of San Diego	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
University of Southern California	2020-21 application cycle
University of Toledo	Permanently beginning in the 2020-21 cycle
University of Virginia	2020-21 application cycle
UVA Wise	2020-21 application cycle
University of Washington	2020-21 application cycle
Vanderbilt University	2020-21 application cycle
Vassar College	2020-21 application cycle
Villanova University	2020-21 application cycle
Virginia Tech	2020-21 application cycle
Washington & Lee University	2020-21 application cycle
Washington University in St. Louis	2020-21 application cycle
Wayland Baptist University	2020-21 application cycle
Wellesley College	2020-21 application cycle
Westminster College	Fall 2020 admission
William & Mary	3-year period beginning with the 2020-21
Williams College	2020-21 application cycle
Yale University	2020-21 application cycle

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2020-21 College Admission Test-Optional Colleges