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Test-Optional Colleges 2023-24

The past few years have created a major shift in the landscape of standardized testing. Most US colleges made standardized test scores an optional part of their applications during the pandemic, and most have extended their test-optional policies — some indefinitely.

There have been a few notable reversals, as some schools now require testing again, and we’re still waiting on others to announce their policies for fall 2024 admissions.

The lists below are what we know so far, and we’ll keep them updated as new announcements are made. If you’ll be applying to college for the fall of 2024, check our lists to find out if the schools you’re interested in will be test-optional.

A complete list of all test-optional US colleges can be found at fairtest.org.

Testing Required

Florida International University
Florida State University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Purdue University
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Tennessee

Test-optional for Fall 2024 Admission

Amherst CollegeHarvey Mudd CollegeUniversity of Connecticut
Babson CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of Georgia system
Barnard CollegeLafayette CollegeUniversity of Maryland–College Park
Baylor UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversityUniversity of Miami
Boston CollegeNew York UniversityUniversity of Michigan
Boston UniversityNortheastern UniversityUniversity of North Carolina system
Brown UniversityNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame
Bucknell UniversityOberlin CollegeUniversity of Pennsylvania
California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech)*Ohio State UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh
Case Western ReservePennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of Richmond
Claremont McKenna CollegePomona CollegeUniversity of Virginia
Colgate UniversityPrinceton UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin system
College of CharlestonReed College*Vanderbilt University
Cornell UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteVillanova University
Dartmouth CollegeStanford UniversityWashington University in St Louis
Drexel UniversitySwarthmore CollegeWellesley College
Emory UniversitySyracuse UniversityWilliams College
Fordham UniversityTexas Christian UniversityWorcester Polytechnic Institute*
Harvard UniversityTufts UniversityYale University

*Test-blind

Permanently Test-Optional

American UniversityGonzaga UniversitySkidmore College
Bard CollegeGrinnell CollegeSmith College
Bates CollegeHampshire College*The New School
Bennington CollegeHaverford CollegeTrinity College
Bowdoin CollegeIndiana University systemUniversity of Arizona
Brandeis UniversityIthaca CollegeUniversity of California system*
Bryn Mawr CollegeLehigh UniversityUniversity of Chicago
California Lutheran UniversityLoyola University New Orleans*University of Colorado–Boulder
California State University system*Macalester CollegeUniversity of Delaware
Chapman UniversityMiddlebury CollegeUniversity of Massachusetts–Boston
Colby CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeUniversity of Massachusetts–Dartmouth
Colorado CollegeMuhlenberg CollegeUniversity of Massachusetts–Lowell
Columbia UniversityPace UniversityUniversity of Rochester
Connecticut CollegePitzer College**University of San Francisco
Davidson CollegeProvidence CollegeUniversity of Washington
Dickinson CollegeRochester Institute of TechnologyWake Forest University
Emerson CollegeRutgers University-NewarkWesleyan University
Franklin and Marshall CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeWilliam and Mary
George Washington UniversityScripps CollegeYeshiva University

*Test-blind
**Test-blind for fall 2024 admission

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