Testing Requirements: Representative Sample of 30 Universities and 30 Liberal Arts Colleges

Note: Updated and correct as of June 9, 2013. Please check specific college admissions websites to verify testing requirements of the colleges in which you intend to apply.

Universities Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines Brown SAT + 2 Subject Tests or ACT w / writing. California Institute Two Subject Tests: Writing section of ACT is strongly Level 2 and one of the recommended. of Technology following: Biology (Ecological), Biology (Molecular), Chemistry, or Physics and SAT or ACT. Carnegie Mellon SAT or ACT w / writing and Required Subject Tests: Carnegie Subject Tests (see requirements Institute of Technology (CIT) requires two Subject Tests: Math Level I or II by college/school in next and Physics or Chemistry. School of column) Architecture requires two Subject Tests: Math Level I or II and Physics or Chemistry. School of Art, School of Design, School of Drama, School of Music: no subject tests are required. Dietrich College of the Humanities and Social Sciences requires two Subject Tests: Math Level I or II and one additional test. Mellon College of Science (MCS) requires two Subject Tests: Math Level I or II and Physics, Chemistry, or Biology. School of Computer Science (SCS) requires two Subject Tests: Math Level I or II and Physics, Chemistry, or Biology. Tepper School of Business requires two SAT Subject Tests: Math Level I or II and Any second test but preferably a science. College of William SAT or ACT and Mary Columbia SAT + 2 Subject Tests or ACT Engineering and Applied Science w / writing Applicants who are not providing ACT scores must submit scores on the Subject Tests in Math and in either Biology, Chemistry, or Physics. Applicants to Columbia College must submit two SAT Subject Tests of their choice.

Universities Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines SAT or ACT w / writing Architecture applicants must also take a Cornell Subject Test in mathematics (any level) Arts and Sciences requires two Subject tests. Engineering applicants should take Subject Tests in mathematics (any level) and a science. Hotel Administration applicants should take a Subject Test in mathematics (any level). Human Ecology applicants are required to take Subject Tests in mathematics (any level) and one other subject. Dartmouth Two Subject Test scores from different subjects and SAT or ACT w / writing. Duke SAT + 2 Subjects Tests or ACT Pratt School of Engineering applicants w / writing should present SAT Subject Test in Math. SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Emory recommended. Georgetown SAT or ACT + 3 Subject Tests Writing scores are not reviewed as part strongly recommended of Georgetown’s admissions process. Harvard SAT or ACT w / writing + 2 It is strongly recommended that at least Subject Tests one set of scores be submitted by the application deadline. SAT or ACT w / writing Applicants are strongly encouraged to Johns Hopkins submit up to three Subject Tests. MIT SAT or Act w / writing and Math Level I or Math Level II Subject Test and Biology, Chemistry, or Physics Subject Test New York SAT or ACT w / writing or 3 Business Applicants who submit Subject Tests or 3 AP Exam Subject Tests must submit one math score, one literature or humanities University scores score, and one score from a test of the student’s choice in any subject. Northwestern SAT or ACT w / writing SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Notre Dame recommended. Penn SAT + 2 Subject Tests or ACT Candidates to the School of w / writing Engineering and Applied Science or the Wharton School are encouraged to take a Mathematics Subject Test. Students interested in science-related fields, and especially applicants to the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Nursing, are encouraged to take a Science Subject Test.

Universities Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines Princeton Two Subject Tests and SAT or Applicants who intend to pursue a ACT w / writing B.S.E. degree should take one Subject Test in either physics or chemistry and one Subject Test in mathematics (Level I or II). Rice SAT + 2 Subject Tests in fields related to their proposed area of study or ACT w / writing Stanford SAT or ACT w/writing; 2 SAT Subject Tests strongly recommended Tufts SAT + 2 Subjects Tests or ACT Applicants to the School of w / writing Engineering have two testing options: SAT + 2 Subject Tests: one Math exam (Math Level I or II) and one science exam (either Physics or Chemistry) or ACT w / writing. ACT w / writing or SAT Engineering applicants are strongly UC Berkeley encouraged to take the Subject Test in Math Level II and a Subject Test in science (Biology E.M., Chemistry, or Physics). UCLA SAT or ACT w / writing University of SAT or ACT w / writing Chicago USC SAT or ACT w / writing SAT or ACT Two Subject Tests are strongly University of recommended. Writing section of ACT Virginia is strongly recommended. Vanderbilt SAT or ACT w / writing Wake Forest Standardized Tests are optional. SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Washington recommended. University/St. Louis Yale SAT + 2 Subject Tests or Act w / writing

Liberal Arts Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines Colleges Amherst SAT Reasoning + 2 Subject Tests or ACT w / writing Barnard SAT + 2 Subject Tests or ACT with writing Bates Standardized Tests are optional Bowdoin Standardized Tests are optional SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Bucknell recommended. Bryn Mawr SAT + 2 Subject Tests or AP Writing section of ACT is strongly Tests in two different disciplines recommended. or ACT or a combination of 3 SAT Subject Tests and/or AP tests in the following categories: 1. Science or math 2. English, history, languages, arts or social sciences 3. Student’s choice: One test of the student’s choice but in a discipline different from the other two Carleton SAT or ACT w / writing SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Claremont recommended. McKenna Colorado College SAT or ACT or 3 Exams of your Category A (Quantitative Test): ACT choice, which must include at Math; AP Computer Science; AP Chemistry; AP Macroeconomics; AP least one quantitative test from Microeconomics; AP Calculus AB; AP Category A, at least one verbal Calculus B;, AP ; AP Physics or writing test in Category B, B; AP Physics C: Mechanics; AP and a third test of the student's Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism; choice among those tests listed SAT Math; SAT Subject tests in Math – Level 1 or Level 2; SAT Subject test in category C. in Chemistry; SAT Subject test in Physics. Category B (Verbal/ Writing): ACT English; ACT Writing; AP English Language and Composition; SAT Critical Reading; SAT Writing. Category C ( Any Approved Test): Any ACT test (English, Math, Science, Reading, Writing); Any score; Any SAT test (Critical Reading, Math, Writing); Any SAT Subject test (TOEFL) or Pearson Test of English or IELTS (international students only) Liberal Arts Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines Colleges Colby SAT or ACT or Subject Tests in Writing section of ACT is strongly 3 different subject areas recommended. SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Colgate recommended. SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Davidson recommended. Two SAT subject Tests (mathematics and one of your choosing) recommended; ACT w / Writing recommended. SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Grinnell recommended. Hamilton SAT or ACT or 3 exams of your Writing section of ACT is strongly choice, which must include a recommended. Acceptable Quantitative Tests: SAT Math; SAT quantitative test, a verbal or Subject Tests in Math, Chemistry, or writing test, and a third test of Physics; AP Computer Science, student’s choice. Chemistry, Economics, Math, or Physics. Acceptable

Verbal/Writing Tests: SAT Critical Reading; SAT Writing; ACT Writing; AP English Language and Composition. Harvey Mudd Two (2) Subject Tests (one must be in Math level 2) and SAT or ACT w / writing Haverford SAT and 2 Subject Tests (in any two subjects) or ACT w / writing SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly Macalester recommended. ACT or SAT or 3 Subject Tests Writing section of ACT is strongly Middlebury recommended. Oberlin SAT or ACT w / writing Pomona SAT + 2 Subject Tests (not in Writing section of ACT is strongly the same field) or ACT recommended. Scripps SAT or ACT w / writing Smith SAT, Subject Tests, and ACT all optional Swarthmore SAT + 2 Subject Tests or ACT Prospective engineers, regardless of w / writing or SAT and ACT whether they opt for the SAT or ACT, are encouraged to take the Math Level (with or without writing) 2 SAT Subject Test. SAT or ACT Writing section of ACT is strongly University of recommended. Richmond

Liberal Arts Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines Colleges Vassar SAT + 2 Subject Tests (in different academic subjects) or ACT w / writing Washington and SAT or ACT w / writing Two SAT Subject Tests recommended Lee University Wellesley SAT + 2 Subject Tests or ACT w / writing Williams Two (2) Subject Tests and SAT or ACT w / writing ACT or SAT + 2 Subject Tests Writing section of ACT is strongly Wesleyan recommended.

Regional Testing Requirements Additional Guidelines Universities Oregon State SAT or ACT w / writing University Oregon State SAT or ACT w / writing University Honors College University of SAT or ACT w / writing Oregon University of SAT or ACT w / writing

Oregon – Robert D. Clark Honors College University of SAT or ACT w / writing Washington