Where did your 2026 kid get in EA Test Optional?

[Anonymous]

Northestern EA - test optional

[Anonymous]

Mount Holyoke, Dickinson both with merit. Only applying to LACs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loyola Marymount

Congrats! Are they going to go? DD was accepted and we all loved it, but she ultimately decided on another school. It is such a beautiful campus and a great sized school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at naviance reports for my school, lots of kids got into colleges EA with SAT scores below 1000. Seeing schools like Catholic University, George Mason, St Marys of Maryland, Georgetown, Indiana, Michigan St, Rutgers, Oregon St

You mean they got into GMU test optional with a score below 1000, right? Because GMU is a 1360 at the 75th percentile; a 1260 at the median and the bottom 25th had a 1180, so getting in with below 1000 is unlikely. https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?enrollment&rdReport=Enrollment.B10_FreshmanProfile

Someone accepted into Geogetown (which doesn't do test optional) with an SAT score below 1000 must be a basketball player, child of a billionaire, or child of a head of state.

Or a kid who submitted their ACT.

[Anonymous]

Clemson
Vtech
Penn State
JMU
Deleware (1/3 scholarship)
UNCW Honors college
Charleston Honors college
Coastal Carolina
ECU
Highpoint

[Anonymous]

Pratt
SAIC
Ringling
Cleveland Institute of Art
VCU Arts
DePaul
San Jose State
Cal State Long Beach
University of Cincinnati

[Anonymous]

Marist
Ithaca
Elon
Mary Washington
Susquehanna

All EA with merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any recent TO success stories in RD?

Gettysburg
Skidmore
Conn. College

Waitlisted at Davidson and Wake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any recent TO success stories in RD?

Couple years ago: Wash U, Wesleyan, Richmond, Northeastern, Wisconsin

[Anonymous]

For what it’s worth, my kid had a 1440, which was in an awkward place for submitting scores so they went TO to some schools but submitted to others. They’re still waiting on a few decisions next week but so far the only yeses have been from the test submitted schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For what it’s worth, my kid had a 1440, which was in an awkward place for submitting scores so they went TO to some schools but submitted to others. They’re still waiting on a few decisions next week but so far the only yeses have been from the test submitted schools.

Thank you for saying this! I have a kid (junior) with a 1440 and this is what I’m thinking we might need to do too. If you don’t mind say, which schools were yeses vs nos?

[Anonymous]

My 1440 DD got into BU test optional.

Math score was just below 25th percentile and we were coached not to submit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any recent TO success stories in RD?

Couple years ago: Wash U, Wesleyan, Richmond, Northeastern, Wisconsin

Yea that was a couple years ago so not helpful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any recent TO success stories in RD?

Couple years ago: Wash U, Wesleyan, Richmond, Northeastern, Wisconsin

No longer relevant.

[Anonymous]

My kid got into Northeastern TO this current cycle. Didn't apply to the rest of the PP's list so can't speak to the others.