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Colleges that Require, Recommend, or Seriously Consider SAT Subject Test Results

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Craig Meister

While most four-year colleges in the United States require that the scores from either the SAT or ACT be submitted as part of a prospective freshman’s application, only a small fraction of four-year colleges in the United States require, recommend, or seriously consider a prospective freshman’s performance on SAT Subject Tests when determining whether or not to accept such an applicant. Below is the list of colleges in the United States where SAT Subject Test scores are required, recommended, or seriously considered for first-year admission. Click on the college’s name to learn more about the college’s exact policy related to SAT Subject Tests – and please see recommended test prep books below this list of colleges.

Amherst College
Babson College
Barnard College
Bates College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Bucknell University
California Institute of Technology
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Claremont McKenna
Colby College
College of William & Mary
Colorado College
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Emory University
Franklin Olin College of Engineering
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Kenyon College
King’s College of London
Lafayette College
Macalester College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
Middlebury College
Mills College
New York University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Pomona College
Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
Scripps College
Smith College
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swarthmore College
The Cooper Union
Tufts University
Union College
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Merced
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Delaware
University of Georgia
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Webb Institute
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University

The best prep books for these tests are those published by the test-maker, the College Board:

About Craig Meister

Craig Meister is a college admissions expert who, for nineteen years, has had the great fortune of providing personalized post-secondary guidance to students and families from around the world.

Filed Under: Advice & Analysis, Standardized Tests

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