Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 13:44     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory, Tufts take a ton. NYU, BU, NEU

You're lying on Emory as per usual


DP. My DC was accepted last year to Emory TO.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 11:49     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:Here’s the list I copied from here a while ago:

list of of test optional private schools where more than 50% of the admitted class last year was test optional (private schools with greatest # of admitted TO students):

UChicago  
Cornell (only select colleges)
Vanderbilt 
USC 
WashU
NYU 
BC
Tufts
BU 
Lehigh
UMiami 
Northeastern 
Villanova  
Wake 
Tulane

SLACs:
Bowdoin
Pomona
CMC
Wesleyan
Middlebury



From that list, UMiami and Cornell are no longer test optional. They require scores for next fall's admission season.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 11:33     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:Just don't hold back actual good scores. A 1450 is a really, really good result. Use it. That way the school averages will reflect reality and not just the kids with 99th percentile results.


Whether a 1450 is a good score completely depends on the school you are coming from and the you are applying to.

A 1450 from a school with UMC kids is not competitive for most T20 schools, and would not bolster the student's application.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 11:29     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:Emory, Tufts take a ton. NYU, BU, NEU

You're lying on Emory as per usual
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 11:23     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:Here’s the list I copied from here a while ago:

list of of test optional private schools where more than 50% of the admitted class last year was test optional (private schools with greatest # of admitted TO students):

UChicago  
Cornell (only select colleges)
Vanderbilt 
USC 
WashU
NYU 
BC
Tufts
BU 
Lehigh
UMiami 
Northeastern 
Villanova  
Wake 
Tulane

SLACs:
Bowdoin
Pomona
CMC
Wesleyan
Middlebury




for the person looking for top selective Test Optional schools.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2024 17:25     Subject: Test optional schools
Just don't hold back actual good scores. A 1450 is a really, really good result. Use it. That way the school averages will reflect reality and not just the kids with 99th percentile results.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2024 16:38     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From 23-24 CDS, submitters:

UChicago 46% SAT, 30% ACT
Vandy 25% SAT, 26% ACT
WashU 29% SAT, 28% ACT
BC 28% SAT, 16% ACT
USC 32% SAT/14% ACT

UChicago has never had a class where over 50% of enrolled students were TO. Ever.

Of the others, depends on overlap, which may be a much smaller % than pre-TO.

Policies are in flux. Be aware that BC is now test-recommended ("encouraged"). Vandy is a weird one, as pre-TO they loved strong scores and had a smitch higher reported ranges vs similarly-ranked schools. USC is in CA, which may explain the large % TO.


My DD asked the AO for Vandy, WashU and USC about test scores this summer and fall.

Vandy said do not submit below 50% unless it is a "high score" for your HS.
WashU and USC directly said don't submit below 50% at all. They said your application would not be hurt and they don't "assume" a low score.

Other schools may be different.


Duke AO said not submitting test scores WILL NOT hurt the application. They haven't their published their CDS in a while either....
Also, their scoring rubric has changed.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2024 15:55     Subject: Test optional schools
Ones that I know of, BC, Villanova, Michigan, Wake Forest, UMiami, Northeastern, Boston University, Michigan, Emory, Tufts,
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2024 15:46     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:Which selective schools take the most test optional students?
InT50 or so?
Humanities major (for kid whose math score is tanking submission)…

Anyone have resources?


Adding Minnesota! Ranked #54 - we got an acceptance within 2 weeks!

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities-3969

https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/apply/application-checklist/application-checklist-freshman

Anonymous
Post 10/23/2024 13:06     Subject: Test optional schools
Anonymous wrote:Going TO to selective colleges is fairly common. You just have to have a strong GPA and ECs to offset the TO pathway.

If you have a few Bs or weaker rigor, you need to submit a high SAT/ACT as a counter weight.


Agree with this.
Also if a selective college and TO, you are definitely compared to your peers from your HS.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2024 12:05     Subject: Test optional schools
Going TO to selective colleges is fairly common. You just have to have a strong GPA and ECs to offset the TO pathway.

If you have a few Bs or weaker rigor, you need to submit a high SAT/ACT as a counter weight.