Test-optional private colleges
Schools that will read your application without an SAT or ACT score. Where they publish it, you can see how much of the class actually submitted one.
5 colleges
- Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT4% admit1470–1570 SATOptional
- New York University Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi4% admit1350–1550 SATOptional
- Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA39% admit1270–1460 SATOptional
- Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO75% admit1200–1410 SATOptional
- University of RedlandsRedlands, CA83% admit1107–1350 SATOptional
Acceptance rate and cost from U.S. Department of Education reporting; admitted SAT, ACT and GPA from each college’s Common Data Set where it publishes one. Every name links to that school’s full read.
Check your own numbers
Where do you stand at these schools?
Add your GPA and scores once and get a read on every school on this list, plus whether the list you are building adds up. No account.
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How was test-optional private colleges built?
From published federal reporting and each college's own Common Data Set, filtered and sorted on the number the list is about. It is not a ranking and there is no editorial judgment in the order.
What should I do with a list like this?
Use it to find candidates, then check each one against your own numbers. A school being on a list says nothing about whether it fits you, and the fit question is the one that matters.
What Spike does with this
A list is a start, not a plan.
Spike reads your whole profile against every school on it, then works on the parts a list cannot show.
One email when Spike opens. No card, no account. About the waitlist.