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Test-Optional Colleges 2021-2022

Published on: February 5, 2021

[Last updated: May 2021]

Many US colleges adopted test-optional policies in fall 2020 when the pandemic limited the availability of standardized testing dates and locations.  With continued uncertainty, many colleges are extending those policies.  Below is the most up-to-date list of test-optional colleges for the 2021 application cycle and beyond.  We will continue to update this list as new information becomes available.

Click here for more information on test-optional admissions, and here for clarification on the difference between test-optional and test-blind admissions.

For specific questions on the admissions process or testing advice, please reach out to Expert Admissions for more information.

College/UniversityPolicyDatesLinkAdditional Notes
Amherst CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Amherst Policy
Babson CollegeTest-OptionalThree Years, thru 2024Babson Policy
Barnard CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Barnard Policy
Baylor UniversityTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Baylor Policy
Bentley UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Bentley Policy
Boston CollegeTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022BC Policy
Boston UniversityTest-OptionalFall 2021 & spring 2022 BU Policy
Brown UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Brown Policy
Bucknell UniversityTest-OptionalPermanentlyBucknell Policy
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Test-BlindOne Year, thru 2022CalTech Policy
Carleton CollegeUpdate TBA
Carnegie Mellon UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022CMU Policy
Case Western Reserve UniversityTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023CWRU Policy
Claremont McKenna CollegeUpdate TBA
Colgate UniversityTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Colgate Policy
College of CharlestonTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023C of C Policy
College of William and MaryTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023W&M Policy
Columbia UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Columbia Policy
Cooper UnionTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Cooper Union Policy
Cornell UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Cornell Policy*Some schools at Cornell are test-optional and some are score free.
Columbia College ChicagoTest-FreeFall 2022 and beyond
Dartmouth CollegeTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Dartmouth Policy
Davidson CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Davidson Policy
Duke UniversityUpdate TBA
Eckerd CollegeTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Eckerd Policy
Elon UniversityTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Elon Policy
Emory UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Emory Policy
Fordham UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Fordham Policy
Georgetown UniversityUpdate TBA
Gonzaga UniversityTest-OptionalPermanentlyGonzaga Policy
Grinnell CollegeUpdate TBA
Hamilton College
Test-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Hamilton Policy
Harvard UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Harvard Policy
Harvey Mudd CollegeTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Harvey Mudd Policy
Haverford CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Haverford Policy
Indiana University - BloomingtonTest-OptionalPermanentlyIU Policy
Johns Hopkins UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022JHU Policy
Kenyon CollegeUpdate TBA
Lafayette CollegeUpdate TBA
Lehigh UniversityUpdate TBA
Loyola Marymount UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022LMU Policy
Loyola University New OrleansTest-BlindPermanentlyLUNA Policy
Macalester CollegeTest-OptionalPermanentlyMacalester Policy
Miami University (Ohio)Update TBA
Middlebury CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Middlebury Policy
MITUpdate TBA
New York University (NYU)Test-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022NYU Policy
Northeastern UniversityUpdate TBA
Northwestern UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Northwestern Policy
University of Notre DameTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Notre Dame Policy
OberlinTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Oberlin Policy
Pennsylvania State UniversityTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Penn State Policy
Pomona CollegeUpdate TBA
Princeton UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Princeton Policy
Reed CollegeTest-BlindOne Year, thru 2022Reed Policy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)Update TBA
Rhodes CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Rhodes Policy
Rice UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Rice Policy
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)Test-OptionalPermanentRIT Policy
Rutgers UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Rutgers Policy
Santa Clara UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022SCU Policy
Scripps CollegeTest-OptionalPermanentScripps Policy
Southern Methodist University (SMU)Update TBA
Stanford UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Stanford Policy
Swarthmore CollegeTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Swarthmore Policy
Syracuse UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Syracuse Policy
Texas Christian University (TCU)Test-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022TCU Policy
Tufts UniversityTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Tufts Policy
Tulane UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Tulane Policy
University of California SystemTest-OptionalPermanentlyUC Policy*The UC System is no longer requring the SAT or ACT.
University of Connecticut (UConn)Test-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023UConn Policy
University of DelawareTest-Optional*PermanentlyUDel Policy*Test-optional for Delaware HS students only
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023UIUC Policy
University of MiamiUpdate TBA
University of PennsylvaniaTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Penn's Policy
University of RichmondTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Richmond Policy
University of RochesterTest-OptionalPermanentlyRochester Policy
University of San FranciscoTest-OptionalPermanentlyUSF Policy
University of Southern California (USC)Test-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023USC Policy
University of Texas - AustinTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022UT Austin Policy
UNC System SchoolsTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022UNC Policy
University of Vermont Test-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023UVM Policy
University of VirginiaTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023UVA Policy
University of WashingtonTest-OptionalPermanentlyUW Policy
University of Wisconsin, MadisonTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Wisco Policy
Vanderbilt UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Vanderbilt Policy
Vassar CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Vassar Policy
Villanova UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Villanova Policy
Virginia Institute of Technology (Virginia Tech)Update TBA
Washington and Lee UniversityTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022W&L Policy
Washington University in St. LouisTest-OptionalOne Year, thru 2022Wash U Policy
Wellesley CollegeUpdate TBA
Williams CollegeTest-OptionalTwo Years, thru 2023Williams Policy
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteTest-BlindPermanentlyWPI Policy
Yale UniversityUpdate TBA

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