Is SAT required for Harvard 2024?
 Show Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photographer: Adam Glanzman/BloombergBy Janet Lorin December 17, 2021, 12:00 AM UTC Harvard College is dropping its requirement for SAT or ACT scores for future applicants as young as those currently in 8th grade. “Students who do not submit standardized test scores will not be disadvantaged in their application process,” William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid at the Ivy League school, said Thursday in an emailed statement. Highly selective universities including The Ivy League, Stanford, Northwestern, and Boston University, all have announced that they will remain test optional through the high school class of 2024. We expect other highly selective institutions to follow suit, but we can’t make any guarantees (with the exception of MIT which announced it will require tests). Our assessment is that Test Optional is here to stay, and we are thrilled! At this point, we are recommending that the high school class of 2024 still consider taking the ACT or SAT, but whether or not they submit their scores should depend on test availability and personal performance. Our advice is that: 1. Students should not be engaged in herculean efforts to take a test (e.g., travel great distances to find a test or sacrifice your mental/physical health); 2. If your test score does not fall within the upper 50% range of your desired school OR it doesn’t reflect your academic school performance, you have the option not to submit; 3. You must enter the college admissions cycle with your eyes wide open. Remember, if you decide not to submit your test score, everything else will matter more in the admissions process. Rigor and grades continue to matter the most supported by a compelling story. We are encouraged by the number of schools that already have announced a test optional policy through high school class of 2024 and beyond. Combined with the schools that have been traditionally (and permanently) test optional, there are many test optional choices for the high school class of 2024. The College Curators have successfully advised 100s of students on navigating the test optional environment. We expertly guide our students to build a balanced college list supported by an authentic and verifiable application. To set up a complimentary consultation click HERE.List of SAT and ACT Test Optional Colleges for 2023-2024**updated as of 6/27/22** Allegheny College* American University* Amherst Bard College* Barnard College Bates College* Baylor University Bennington College* Binghamton University Boston University Boston College Bowdoin College Brandeis University* Brown University Bryn Mawr College* Bucknell University* California Institute of Technology Cal State System Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Clark University* Claremont McKenna College Colby College* Colgate University Colorado College* Columbia University College of Charleston Connecticut College* Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University* DePaul University Dickinson College* Drexel University Earlham College* Elon University Emerson College Franklin and Marshall College* Furman University* George Washington University* Gettysburg College* Hamilton College Harvard University Harvey Mudd Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges* Indiana University – Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Knox College* Lafayette College Lawrence University* Lehigh University Lewis and Clark College* Loyola Marymount University Macalester College* Marquette University Michigan State University Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College* Muhlenberg College* Northeastern University Northwestern University Occidental College Penn State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Princeton University Providence College Pomona College Rutgers University Santa Clara University Sewanee – The University of the South Stanford University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas Christian University Tufts University (3-year pilot) University of California System (all campuses test blind) University of Chicago* University of Miami University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Texas at Austin Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Yale University *Colleges with Permanently Test Optional Policy **Go to fairtest.org for complete list Book Your Free College Admissions Consultation HERE.Does 2024 require SAT?The University of California Regents, for example, voted in May 2020 to suspend SAT and ACT testing requirements through 2024 and eliminate them altogether for California students in 2025. This movement has not been without controversy.
Can you go to Harvard without SAT?We will allow students to apply for admission without requiring ACT or SAT test results. Consistent with Harvard's whole-person admissions process, standardized tests are only one factor among many.
Does Harvard need SAT 2023?Since Harvard College is not requiring applicants to submit standardized test scores for the 2022-2026 application cycles, your standardized scores will not display in the Common Application PDF preview, even if you have chosen to submit them.
Does Yale require SAT for 2024?All of Yale's Ivy League peers have suspended test requirements for the next round of applications. Harvard University and Cornell University have extended this policy through students enrolling in the fall of 2026 and the fall of 2024, respectively.
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