Test optional colleges 2024-2025
Are you in the Class of 2023 or 2024? You may be wondering if you need a test score to apply to college. In this blog, we’ll go over the press releases from colleges and universities regarding their testing policies for the Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 application season. As of March 2022, we found that 63.5% of the top 200 schools have announced test optional, test flexible, or test suggested
policies for the next application round. Though test submission at many of these schools is strongly encouraged or likely to correlate with higher admissions rates, it is not a requirement of application. 5.5% of colleges have announced test required policies. Notable test required schools include Georgetown, UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, and Florida State University. 8.5% of top 200 universities, including all colleges in the University of California system, are currently test blind, so they
will not accept SAT or ACT scores, though some may consider AP scores or other exams such as the TOEFL. Finally, 22.5% of colleges have not announced their testing policies yet. As schools start to suggest that more students submit test scores, and fewer students have issues accessing the test, we are beginning to enter a phase where we see a difference in admit rates based on whether people submit test scores or not. While in the previous year, many students did not have access to tests, test availability has increased greatly. If you don’t explain why you don’t have a test score, and you’re not from a context where a test score doesn’t make sense, a lack of a test score might start to hurt you. Many schools now discriminate against students without test scores. 2023-2024 Admissions CycleObviously, schools can change their test policies whenever they want. But, 38.5% of the top 200 schools have already announced they will continue their test optional, test blind, or test flexible policies through at least 2024. If you have a phobia of tests, you can still find a school that is test optional or test blind in the top 200 list. However, over half of schools have not announced their policies for the Class of 2024. So if you’re in that class, we still recommend that you prepare. Having a test score is also proving to correlate with much higher acceptance rates at many top 200 universities. Even though we’ve given the stats, please be careful about the fine print. Some colleges may still require test scores if your GPA is below a certain level. Many schools also still use test scores to determine merit scholarships and placement in an honors college.
Is NYU test optional 2024?Standardized Testing Policy. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NYU has modified its testing requirements for the 2022-2023 application cycle for first-year and transfer applicants. We have extended our test-optional policy due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2022-2023 application cycle.
Is Duke test optional for 2024?Take the SAT or ACT
We recommend that a student take an official SAT or ACT in the springtime of the junior year. Duke will be test-optional for students applying for admission in 2022-2023.
Is Brown test optional for 2024?Brown has extended our test optional policy for all first-year, transfer and Resumed Undergraduate Education applicants in the 2022-2023 admission cycle. Students who do not submit SAT or ACT scores should be assured that they will not be disadvantaged in our admission process.
Is UC Berkeley test optional for 2024?UC extends waiving SAT, ACT tests for 2023 and 2024 applicants.
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