<p>i know about bates, bowdoin, mount holyoke. are there more?</p>
<p>SLC doesn't accept SAT scores from US or international students.</p>
<p>MIT, wakeforest?</p>
<p>@masterpeace: please do some research work before posting this question. You can definitely browse through Google for stuffs that you need on your own, rather than wait for others to occasionally throw in some names for you.
Btw, you may find "<a href="http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional">http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional</a>" helpful.
Good luck!</p>
<p>thanks Hieu. but i was looking specifically for colleges that are SAT optional for international students because i suspected some high-rank colleges may have different testing policy towards international and domestic students. Your list is still helpful, though. ^^</p>
<p>Man, normally the TOEFL is NOT a requisite for ADMISSIONS. However, for Financial Aid or some specific academic scholarships, it is REQUIRED, as far as I know.</p>
<p>Btw, many people mistake my name for "Nguyen" but you are among those who call me exactly "Hieu" :D. Are you from Viet Nam like me? ;)</p>
<p>Aehm no, I have to disagree there. Usually the TOEFL is required for admission (at least at colleges that do not have formal ESL programs) and not for financial aid... In case you meant the SAT, most top colleges do require it for admission as well.</p>
<p>^ TOEFL can usually be waived if you have a CR score of 600 and above for most schools. I know JHU only waives TOEFL if you have a CR score of 670 and above.</p>
<p>Reed prefers the SAT, but will accept the ACT instead. One of them is required; 99% of all applicants submit the SAT, 34% submit the ACT.</p>
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Reed prefers the SAT, but will accept the ACT instead. One of them is required; 99% of all applicants submit the SAT, 34% submit the ACT.
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99% of the first-year class submitted SAT scores. Maybe 99% of the applicants did submit SAT scores, but it is also possible that Reed rejected most applicants without SAT scores...</p>
<p>Thanks, you're right, I should have said matriculants instead of applicants.</p>
<p>@b@r!um:</p>
<p>Ooops my bad. I meant "SAT", not "TOEFL". Thanks for your correction.
Terribly sorry guys</p>
<p>TOEFL can easily be waived (like application fees) for most LACs. However, SATs are almost always required, mostly for admission AND financial aid. Even if a college doesn't require SATs, it usually recommends them (which means you-know-what). As a matter of fact, I am ONLY giving SAT-IIs because my LACs recommend em.</p>
<p>i wanted to know about colleges (other than mt. holyoke, bowdoin and bates)where SAT is optional for international students. if i dont send my SAT scores does it have any effect on the possibility of receiving financial aid?</p>
<p>Some colleges and universities use certain ACT or SAT scores to determine if you qualify for merit aid. Most of these are public universities. You need to take the time to read through each school's website to find out whether they use ACT or SAT scores for merit aid.</p>
<p>Most top schools do not award merit aid, just need-based financial aid.</p>
<p>university of washington, seattle</p>
<p>I have to say...if you are not ready for the SAT, then wait a year or so
Cause I'm a "half international" student (born in NY, 12 years in China)...and I know A LOT of my friends are looking for SAT optional schools just because they can't do well on the SAT. I told them it's not a good idea to do so because SAT is a very balanced test, it tests your basic skills for college and shows "how well you are prepared for college". If you couldn't even do well in SAT, how can you do well in college? a TOEFL score of 110 or even 120 isn't enough...
They never listened and still - sending their apps to the Ivies. Well I did what a friend should do =] good luck to your apps too!</p>
<p>Many of my friends say that for SAT-optional schools, a general person MUST have high (say, round 110) TOEFL score if he is going to compete for Aid/Scholarships. </p>
<p>Is this the case?</p>
<p>TOEFL is easily waived by LACs if:</p>
<p>1) The first language (or official language) of your country is English;</p>
<p>2) You have studied in an English medium school most of your academic life (and at least the last four years); and/or</p>
<p>3) You have given some other English test (e.g. IELTS) which may be substituted for the TOEFL requirement.</p>
<p>Tip: Don't waste time on TOEFL; it's too easy. Concentrate instead on the ubiquitous S-A-T.</p>