Will colleges continue going test-optional (for ACT and SAT) for students graduating high school in 2022?
I'm a junior in high school right now and will graduate in 2022, so I am wondering if colleges will continue going test-optional when 2022 comes around.
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I would say the answer is yes because most colleges have already announced this already including all 8 Ivys and most elite colleges.
Here is a link and a partial list:
Adelphi University: Test-Optional for 2022
Agnes Scott College: Test-Optional permanently
Albertus Magnus College: Test-Optional permanently
Allegheny College: Test-Optional permanently
American University: Test-Optional permanently
Amherst College: Test-Optional for 2022
Andrews University: Test-Optional permanently
Arcadia University: Test-Optional permanently
Arizona State University-Tempe: Test-Optional permanently
Assumption College: Test-Optional permanently
Augustana College: Test-Optional permanently
Austin College: Test-Optional permanently
Azusa Pacific University: Test-Optional permanently
Babson College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
Ball State University: Test-Optional permanently
Bard College: Test-Optional permanently
Barnard College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
Bates College: Test-Optional permanently
Baylor University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
Becker College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.0+ GPA)
Bellarmine University: Test-Optional permanently
Beloit College: Test-Optional permanently
Bennington College: Test-Optional permanently
Berklee College of Music: Test-Optional permanently
Berry College: Test-Optional permanently
Bethel University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.2+ GPA)
Birmingham-Southern College: Test-Optional permanently
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Test-Optional permanently
Boston College: Test-Optional for 2022
Boston University: Test-Optional for 2022
Bowdoin College: Test-Optional permanently
Bradley University: Test-Optional permanently
Brandeis University: Test-Optional permanently
Bridgewater State University: Test-Optional permanently
Brown University: Test-Optional for 2022
Bryant University: Test-Optional permanently
Bryn Mawr College: Test-Optional permanently
Bucknell University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
Butler University: Test-Optional permanently
California College of the Arts: Test-Optional permanently
California Institute of Technology: Test-Blind for 2022
California Institute of the Arts: Test-Optional permanently
California Lutheran University: Test-Optional permanently
Canisius College: Test-Optional for 2022
Case Western Reserve University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
The Catholic University of America: Test-Blind permanently
Cazenovia College: Test-Optional permanently
Centre College: Test-Optional 2022, 2023
Champlain College: Test-Optional permanently
Chapman University: Test-Optional permanently
Chatham University: Test-Optional permanently
Clark University: Test-Optional permanently
Coastal Carolina University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.5+ GPA)
Coe College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.0+ GPA)
Colby College: Test-Optional permanently
Colby-Sawyer College: Test-Optional permanently
Colgate University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
College of Charleston: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
College of New Jersey: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
College of Saint Rose: Test-Optional permanently
College of St. Benedict: Test-Optional permanently
College of the Atlantic: Test-Optional permanently
College of the Holy Cross: Test-Optional permanently
College of Wooster: Test-Optional permanently
Colorado College: Test-Optional permanently
Columbia College Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
Columbia University: Test-Optional for 2022
Concordia College-Moorhead: Test-Optional permanently
Concordia College-New York: Test-Optional permanently
Connecticut College: Test-Optional permanently
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art: Test-Optional for 2022
Cornell College: Test-Optional permanently
Cornell University: Test-Optional for 2022
Creighton University: Test-Optional permanently
Curry College: Test-Optional permanently
Dartmouth College: Test-Optional for 2022
Davidson College: Test-Optional permanently
Dean College: Test-Optional permanently
Delaware Valley University: Test-Optional permanently
Denison University: Test-Optional permanently
Dickinson College: Test-Optional permanently (currently running one-year Test-Blind pilot that may be extended)
Drake University: Test-Optional permanently
Drew University: Test-Optional permanently
DePaul University: Test-Optional permanently
DePauw University: Test-Optional permanently
Drury University: Test-Optional permanently
Duquesne University: Test-Optional permanently
Earlham College: Test-Optional permanently
Eastern Connecticut State University: Test-Optional permanently
Eastern University: Test-Optional permanently
Eckerd College: Test-Optional for 2022
Elmira College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.7+ GPA)
Elms College: Test-Optional permanently
Elon University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Test-Optional permanently
Emerson College: Test-Optional permanently
Emmanuel College: Test-Optional permanently
Emory University: Test-Optional for 2022
Endicott College: Test-Optional permanently
Evergreen State College: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 2.0+ GPA)
Fairfield University: Test-Optional permanently
Fairleigh Dickinson University: Test-Optional permanently
Fashion Institute of Technology: Test-Optional permanently
Fisher College: Test-Optional permanently
Flagler College: Test-Optional permanently
Fordham University: Test-Optional for 2022
Fort Lewis College: Test-Optional permanently
Framingham State University: Test-Optional permanently
Franklin and Marshall College: Test-Optional permanently
Furman University: Test-Optional permanently
George Mason University: Test-Optional permanently
George Washington University: Test-Optional permanently
Gettysburg College: Test-Optional permanently
Gonzaga University: Test-Optional permanently
Goucher College: Test-Optional permanently
Guilford College: Test-Optional permanently
Gustavus Adolphus College: Test-Optional permanently
Hampshire College: Test-Blind permanently
Hanover College: Test-Optional permanently
Hartwick College: Test-Optional permanently
Harvard University: Test-Optional for 2022
Harvey Mudd College: Test-Optional for 2022
Haverford College: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
Hendrix College: Test-Optional permanently
High Point University: Test-Optional permanently
Hilbert College: Test-Optional permanently
Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Test-Optional permanently
Hofstra University: Test-Optional permanently
Hood College: Test-Optional permanently
Hope College: Test-Optional for 2022
Houghton College: Test-Optional permanently
Immaculata University: Test-Optional permanently
Indiana State University: Test-Optional permanently
Indiana Tech: Test-Optional permanently
Indiana University-Bloomington: Test-Optional permanently
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis: Test-Optional permanently
Iona College: Test-Optional permanently
Ithaca College: Test-Optional permanently
James Madison University: Test-Optional permanently
Johnson & Wales University: Test-Optional permanently
Juniata College: Test-Optional permanently
Kalamazoo College: Test-Optional permanently
Kansas State University: Test-Flexible permanently (must have 3.25+ GPA)
Keene State College: Test-Optional permanently
Kent State University: Test-Optional permanently
Keystone College: Test-Optional permanently
King’s College: Test-Optional permanently
Knox College: Test-Optional permanently
La Roche University: Test-Optional permanently
La Salle University: Test-Optional permanently
Lake Forest College: Test-Optional permanently
Lamar University: Test-Optional permanently
Lander University: Test-Optional permanently
Lasell College: Test-Optional permanently
Lawrence University: Test-Optional permanently
Le Moyne College: Test-Optional permanently
Lesley University: Test-Optional permanently
Lewis and Clark College: Test-Optional permanently
Linfield College: Test-Optional permanently
Loras College: Test-Optional permanently
Loyola Marymount University: Test-Optional for 2022
Loyola University Chicago: Test-Optional permanently
Loyola University Maryland: Test-Optional permanently
Loyola University New Orleans: Test-Blind permanently
Lycoming College: Test-Flexible permanently (must be in top half of graduating class)
Lynn University: Test-Optional permanently
Macalester College: Test-Optional permanently
Manhattanville College: Test-Optional permanently
Marist College: Test-Optional permanently
Marlboro College: Test-Optional permanently
Marquette University: Test-Optional permanently
Maryland Institute College of Art: Test-Optional permanently
Maryville University of St. Louis: Test-Optional permanently
Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Test-Optional permanently
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Test-Blind for 2022
McDaniel College: Test-Optional permanently
MCPHS University: Test-Optional permanently
Mercer University: Test-Optional for 2022, 2023
Mercyhurst University: Test-Optional permanently
Most colleges have gone test blind or test optional through the 2021-2022 admissions process. If you want to make sure you can always look up the school's policy on their admissions website.
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