<p>Does anyone have any info on small to midsize schools that do not require SAT scores. Thanks!</p>
<p>I know Bates, Connecticut College don't.</p>
<p>Also - I'm pretty sure Bard doesn't but someone check me on that.</p>
<p>bowdoin, Holy Cross, Franklin and Marshall (if in top 10% of class), St. Lawrence University in Canton NY</p>
<p>A full list is at the site JMMom mentioned. There are over 100 or so, but some do require other things, such as SAT II's, so read the fine print carefully.</p>
<p>jmmom - thanks for posting the list. i'd never seen the site. very interesting.</p>
<p>Holy Cross is SAT optional with Jan 15th deadline. Another good LAC is Bowdoin.</p>
<p>Mount Holyoke College (one of the 7 sisters schools), doesn't require the SAT.</p>
<p>Middlebury doesn't require SAT I's. You can submit any combination of IB, AP or SAT II results for evaluation purposes. Only about 50 % of applicants submit SAT I's for evaluation purposes.</p>
<p>Just to make something clear. I applied to Bowdoin which is probably the most selective SAT optional school. I was a strong student who had good essays, recs, ec's, demonstrated much interest, etc. I did not submit SATs and was deferred. Bowdoin has always been extremely selective and has become even more so. I believe that it does hurt to some extent not to submit SATs- even though Bowdoin says it will not. Bowdoin is a wonderful school, but I believe that other SAT optional schools are more lenient with this policy. I'm hoping for better luck with Bates which is another excellent SAT optional school.</p>
<p>Knox College in IL doesn't require any test scores, I believe. They're optional. I sent them my ACT scores and they sent me a handwritten letter thanking me for them. Which makes me think that they really don't receive a lot of them.</p>
<p>An interesting news item in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Weekly Bulletin (Dcember 8, 2005):</p>
<p>"There are now at least 730 colleges and universities in the United States that no longer require applicants to submit scores from either the SAT or ACT college entrance examinations. The list of four-year colleges and universities that no longer require applicants to take standardized tests has grown exponentially over the past decade. In 1994 there were about 100 higher educational institutions that did not require undergraduate applicants to take the SAT or ACT. Three years later, in 1997, the list had grown to 280 schools. Over the past eight years the number of schools has nearly tripled.
Racial disparities in test scores and concerns that the tests tend to unfairly exclude minorities from consideration for admission continues to be a major reason why colleges and universities are abandoning the SAT and the ACT. </p>
<p>Frank Vellacio, senior vice president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, says, "We are increasingly concerned with the inherent racial and socioeconomic bias in standardized testing as well as the fact that no test can communicate a student's passions, interests, motivations, and achievements." </p>
<p>Many of the nation's highest-ranked colleges no longer require the SAT. They include Hamilton College, Bates College, Connecticut College, Bowdoin College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Bard College, and Middlebury College. "</p>
<p>Drew University</p>
<p>ericgr - on another thread (and unfortunately I forget which) a parent reported on a frank conversation with an Admissions rep at a quite selective SAT-optional school. The rep reported this: if your combined SAT is over the reported average for the school, submit it. If not, do not. The school's primary goal - if it is SAT optional - is to be able to report the highest possible score to help its rankings by USN&WR, etc. So, it really is looking at your submittal purely in its own self-service rather than as a way of evaluating you. I'm not criticizing this, just saying that wheter it will "hurt" not to submit depends largely on whether you are above or below the reported average. It will NOT help, and might hurt, even if you are just slightly below that figure. It will help if you are above.</p>
<p>Is OP's intent NOT to take SAT, so there will be no score to report?? Or is OP going to take SAT for other schools and just not send SAT score to those schools not requiring it?? I ask because my d did take SAT (dismal results) and the ACT in which her scores were much better and that was the only score WE reported to some colleges. We did not provide them with her SAT score. When we checked her application status for one of the schools that she was accepted to, it stated that they had both her SAT and ACT score. Her SAT score is not on her HS transcript. So my gut feeling is that schools are able to access this information even if you did not provide it to them. If you are not happy with your SAT score, you may want to consider the ACT test. Obviously, if you are not going to take the SAT at all, there will be no score to report. I gotta admit, I was a little surprised to find out that this school had her SAT score too.</p>
<p>Yeah, Bowdoin is an amazing school, especially for a liberal arts. My friend goes there and he loves it, even though he's a Republican majoring in physics :p Plus they have the 3/2 program with Caltech...</p>
<p>ericgr, i don't think you can make that judgment based solely on your own experience. i'm at bowdoin now, and there are quite a few people who applied ED with no SAT score and got in - and i'm sure there are many more who did not. there are a lot more "strong students who had good essays, recs, ec's, demonstrated much interest" who apply to bowdoin than there are spots for them in the class - they can't accept everybody, even if every single person who applies would fit well and do well here! i'm sorry you didn't get in, but you can't claim that bowdoin is lying just because they didn't accept you - the logic isn't sound.</p>
<p>(also, don't give up hope - i have a lot of friends who got in after being deferred... good luck!)</p>
<p>WHeaton (Mass.) doesn't require SATs either.</p>
<p>I think that people also need to keep in mind that if a student applies to a school that is SAT optional, more weight is going to be placed on factors such as the transcript, rigor of the curriculum and rank, recs and the essay. I personally do not think that because a school is SAT optional that it is suddenly "easier" to get admitted, I think that it means that there is going to be more of "you" out there to be evaluated.</p>
<p>Although schools may be SAT optional, they may still require SATIIs, recent grades papers, or interviews. I remember my D applied to MHC, as SAT optional (even though she looked at it as her safety and her scores were above the top 75th percentile). </p>
<p>The process required an interview, a recently graded paper with comments.</p>
<p>Allison, I'm not saying that Bowdoin is not honest. I believe that many good SAT optional schools have the same policy- I'm getting the impression that it is a bit harder to get in without SATs since so many people applying have great SATs. And I did make this post when I was feeling quite disheartened- so I did not mean everything I said. And I'm sure people do get in without SATs- my sister, for example, knows someone who got into Bowdoin without them. However, I didn't do anything too impressive outside of school- which is what I think hurt me. I was well-rounded and did a bunch of interesting things- but nothing too unique. So, I don't really know what determines whether or not you get in- I only made the comment to help alleviate my grief. Also, do you know if it is very hard to get in after deferred. Do you by any chance know the percentage or do you know anyone else who might? I like Bowdoin and I thought I seemed qualified (at least grade and essay wise) but it seems that so many other people who get in and get deferred are too. Anyway, I'd appreciate your feedback and I hope you're having a great time at Bowdoin!!!</p>