Test-optional public 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.
11 colleges
- Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL46% admit1260–1390 SATOptional
- University of North FloridaJacksonville, FL53% admit1070–1270 SATOptional
- Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL66% admit1040–1200 SATOptional
- Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, MO73% admit1190–1420 SATOptional
- Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX73% admit1090–1280 SATOptional
- University of HoustonHouston, TX74% admit1160–1340 SATOptional
- Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, OK75% admit1040–1250 SATOptional
- The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL77% admit1170–1400 SATOptional
- Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS82% admit1060–1260 SATOptional
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA87% admit1160–1360 SATOptional
- Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI92% admit1130–1350 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 public 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.