Top schools that take the ACT instead of SAT I AND II

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<p>Another thread began to talk about 1st-tier schools that would take the ACT instead of BOTH the SAT I and SAT IIs.</p>

<p>I know more about LACS than universities (though Yale's website says it takes the ACT in place of both the SAT I and IIs), and I know that among top ten LACS, Pomona and Amherst don't require SAT IIs if you took the ACT.</p>

<p>And new for this year, if you take the ACT with the optional writing component, you don't need any SAT IIs (or I) for Swarthmore, either.</p>

<p>The benefit of the ACT is that unlike the SATS, you can send ONLY your top score, and the school will never see the others. As far as I know, every top school, including HPY, take the ACT...the question is, what other schools exclude the SAT IIs if you take the ACT?</p>

<p>Anyone know of an online list, or other schools?</p>

<p>Edit - another top ten LAC, Bowdoin, doesn't require that you even submit any standardized test scores.</p>

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<p>Both Brown and Penn will accept the ACT in lieu of the SAT I and three SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>My son used his ACT score for every school that would take it in place of the SAT I's + II's. I know that Cornell still asked for the SAT II's with the ACT, but I believe that all of his other schools, which included Stanford, Duke, JHU, Brown, UPenn, and Wash.U., all said that they would accept the ACT in lieu of the SAT I's + II's.</p>

<p>~berurah</p>

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<p>Stanford does not require SAT II's but recommends them regardless of whether you submit the SAT or ACT; likewise Wash U does not require II's. Princeton requires II's regardless of which test submitted and officially takes the ACT in lieu of SAT only if other colleges you are applying to require the ACT. Of the ivies, Yale, Brown and Penn are the only ones that take the ACT in lieu of both the SAT I and II's -- others require II's even if you submit the ACT. Other colleges that require II's (and only minority do) but will take the ACT in lieu of both the SAT I and II's include: J Hopkins, Duke, Tufts, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Amherst, Pomona, Brandeis, Trinity, Boston College, Colgate, Barnard, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Middlebury (where you need to submit II's or the ACT but the SAT I is not required).</p>