Test-optional colleges in California
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.
13 colleges
- Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA7% admit1490–1560 SATOptional
- Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA10% admit1470–1560 SATOptional
- University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA10% admit1450–1550 SAT~3.80 GPAOptional
- Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CA13% admit1500–1570 SATOptional
- Scripps CollegeClaremont, CA38% admit1440–1540 SATOptional
- Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA44% admit1380–1520 SATOptional
- Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA45% admit1260–1430 SATOptional
- Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA48% admit1350–1490 SAT~3.72 GPAOptional
- University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA62% admit1190–1390 SATOptional
- Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA63% admit1290–1450 SATOptional
- University of La VerneLa Verne, CA71% admit986–1236 SATOptional
- University of the PacificStockton, CA71% admit1183–1480 SATOptional
- University of RedlandsRedlands, CA83% admit1107–1350 SATOptional
Acceptance rate and cost come from U.S. Department of Education reporting. Admitted SAT, ACT and GPA come from each college’s Common Data Set, where it publishes one. Every name links to that school’s full read.
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How was test-optional colleges in california built?
From published federal reporting and each college’s own Common Data Set. It’s filtered and sorted on the number the list is about. It isn’t a ranking, and nobody set the order by hand.
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