<p>Since my SAT score is very low I consider applying to college that doesn't need SAT score. Any suggestion?</p>
<p>Bowdoin</p>
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<p>Here’s a list:
[SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://fairtest.org/university/optional]SAT/ACT”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest)</p>
<p>Bates College (this is where I currently attend)
Bowdoin College
Mount Holyoke College (if you’re a woman)</p>
<p>Holy Cross</p>
<p>Holy cross? Are you serious?</p>
<p>^ It’s true!</p>
<p>Wake Forest University and Bowdoin would be the best non-sat schools.</p>
<p>smith university( if your a female )
NYU- ( I know right!)
American University
Middlebury
Bryn Mawr
Bard</p>
<p>DePaul University</p>
<p>Going test-optional may be a good tactic for certain schools to boost their USNWR standings, or to emphasize other qualifications as they move up in the rankings. However, if your scores are very low, you are not necessarily a strong candidate for a very selective, but test-optional, school. If you don’t submit scores, you can be sure that schools like Middlebury and Bowdoin will be looking closely for other strengths. At the top test-optional schools, I would think you’d still want your scores to be at least in the bottom 25% of admitted students to have a good shot (and to be a good academic fit if admitted).</p>
<p>Middlebury isn’t test-optional, but they are a bit more lenient than most schools with their requirements. If you submit the ACT, then you don’t need to do the Writing section. And no SAT IIs are required, but you can submit 3 SAT IIs instead of the SAT or ACT.</p>
<p>Looking at the other schools in #9: Bryn Mawr is not test optional (ACT Writing section is though), NYU isn’t test optional, and American University only does not require SAT IIs but still requires the SAT I or ACT.</p>
<p>^ So Middlebury (your recommendation), NYU and Bryn Mawr treat the SATs the same. </p>
<p>“SAT/ACT not required if submit SAT Subject Test, Advancement Placement, Int’l Baccalaureate or other exams”</p>
<p>Middlebury was also recommended in #9. I was just clarifying, not recommending. Its policies might be sufficient for some people who are looking for more lenient standardized testing requirements, but not all.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr and Middlebury are the same except Middlebury does not require subject tests, which can be used as an alternative to the SAT I or the ACT.</p>
<p>NYU is not like either of them; it requires SAT I and SAT II or ACT, like most colleges.</p>
<p>From NYU’s site:
NYU has changed its policies on standardized tests to provide applicants with more flexibility to demonstrate their talents and mastery of subject matter. So long as they comply with the minimum requirements specified here, an applicant should feel comfortable presenting material which presents him or her in the best light. No preferential treatment is given to any one of the following standardized test options in our admission process. Applicants for admission to NYU’s New York City campus are required to submit one of the following:</p>
<pre><code>The SAT Reasoning Test or;
The ACT (with Writing Test) or;
Three SAT Subject Test scores (one in literature or the humanities, one in math or science, and one non-language test of the student’s choice) or;
Three AP exam scores earned prior to senior year (one in literature or the humanities, one in math or science, and one non-language of the student’s choice)
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<p>Providence College, Loyola Univ., Stonehill college, U. of Scranton are a few others.</p>