SCHOOLS WHICH REQUIRE OR RECOMMEND SAT II TESTS

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1 SCHOOLS WHICH REQUIRE OR RECOMMEND SAT II TESTS All data provided on this list are current for the school year. Special circumstances and unusual conditions are indicated wherever known, so please read this list carefully. In all cases, however, be certain to double-check with the school(s) to which you are applying to assure that information on SAT II testing is both accurate and up-to-date. Sources of information consulted in the compilation of this list include: The College Handbook 2004, published by The College Board; individual college catalogs and web pages; and direct telephone contact with individual admission offices The list is organized by state with colleges and universities listed alphabetically within each section. If no bracketed statement follows the name of the college, SAT II tests are REQUIRED for admission to that school. In all other cases SAT II recommended or known special circumstances specific information is provided A special note to homeschooled students: your requirements may be somewhat more extensive than those for individuals that attend public or private school. Please be certain to check with each individual college or university regarding SAT II requirements (or recommendations) for homeschooled students CALIFORNIA California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) <must take Writing; Math IIC; and either Physics, Chemistry or Biology> California Polytechnic Institute at Pomona [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I and SAT II] Chapman University [recommended] Claremont McKenna College [recommended] Deep Springs College [recommended] Harvey Mudd College <Writing; Math IIC; student choice> Life Pacific College [SAT II may be submitted in lieu of SAT I or ACT] Occidental College [recommended] Pitzer College [recommended] Pomona College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I and II] Queen of the Holy Rosary College [recommended] Scripps College [recommended for placement purposes only] Stanford University [recommended] University of California, Berkeley <Writing; Math IC or IIC; and a third SAT II of student s choice this is true for all UC schools below as well> University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

2 CALIFORNIA (continued from previous page) University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of San Diego [SAT II Writing or AP English (Literature or Language) required for placement purposes; other SAT II tests recommended] University of San Francisco [recommended] University of Southern California [recommended] CONNECTICUT Connecticut College [three SAT II or ACT required SAT I optional] Fairfield University [Biology and Chemistry SAT II recommended for nursing and science majors; three SAT II of choice recommended for applicants in other majors; SAT II in Writing, foreign language and math utilized for placement purposes] Trinity College [requires one of the following: ACT; SAT I and SAT II Writing; SAT II Writing and two additional SAT II tests] Wesleyan University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Yale University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] DELAWARE University of Delaware [recommended, especially for candidates to Honors] DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA American University [recommended] Catholic University of America [SAT II Writing required for all admitted students; SAT II Language required for Arts/Sciences and Philosophy candidates; consult proposed major for other recommended SAT II tests] George Washington University [SAT II required for Early Decision candidates and for applicants to accelerated degree programs; recommended for all other applicants] Georgetown University [recommended] Howard University [SAT II Writing required] Eckerd College [SAT II Writing and either Math IC or Math IIC recommended] St. Thomas University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II]

3 FLORIDA (continued from previous page) GEORGIA ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA MAINE University of Miami [SAT II required for all applicants to dual degree programs such as biomedical engineering; for all applicants to accelerated degree options such as physical therapy; and to all applicants to Honors Medicine Program] University of Georgia [recommended] Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) [recommended] Northwestern University [two science SAT II tests required of applicants to Integrated Science Program; SAT II Writing, Math IIC and Chemistry required of applicants to Honors Program in Medical Education; recommended for all other applicants] Wheaton College [SAT II in foreign language recommended] University of Notre Dame [required in French and Spanish if student will continue taking language at ND; other SAT II s considered in admissions if submitted] Allen College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Bates College [SAT I and II optional will be considered in admission process if submitted] Bowdoin College [SAT I and II optional will be considered in admission process if submitted] MARYLAND Goucher College [SAT II optional, considered in admission if submitted] Johns Hopkins University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] MASSACHUSETTS Amherst College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Babson College [recommended]

4 MASSACHUSETTS (continued from previous page) MICHIGAN Boston College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Boston University [SAT II Writing, Math IC or IIC and Chemistry required of applicants to accelerated medical/dental programs; SAT II Writing and foreign language recommended for communications majors; SAT II foreign language recommended for applicants to College of Arts and Sciences; SAT II foreign language, literature and math recommended for applicants to University Professors program; SAT II Writing recommended for all other applicants to all other schools] Brandeis University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] College of the Holy Cross Franklin Olin College of Engineering <Writing; Math IC or IIC; either Biology, Chemistry or Physics> Hampshire College [SAT II optional will be considered if submitted] Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Smith College [SAT II Writing and two other tests recommended] Tufts University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II; if SAT I/II option chosen, prospective engineering majors required to submit either SAT II Math IC or IIC and either SAT II Chemistry or SAT II Physics] Wellesley College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Wheaton College [SAT II optional, considered in admission if submitted] Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Hillsdale College [recommended] MINNESOTA NEVADA Carleton College [recommended] Deep Springs College [recommended] NEW HAMPSHIRE Dartmouth College St. Anselm s College [recommended]

5 NEW JERSEY NEW YORK Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison [recommended] Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck [recommended] New Jersey Institute of Technology [recommended] Princeton University Stevens Institute of Technology [SAT II required of all applicants to accelerated and dual degree programs; recommended for all other applicants] Alfred University (private division, not state-school division) [recommended] Barnard College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II; if SAT I/II submitted, must take SAT II Writing; SAT II Literature; and one of student choice] City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn and Queens campuses [required for all Honors and scholarship candidates, recommended for all other applicants] Colgate University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Columbia University, Columbia College Columbia University, Fu Foundation College of Engineering <Writing; Math IC or IIC; Chemistry or Physics> Cooper Union [SAT II Math IC or IIC and Physics or Chemistry required of engineering applicants] Cornell University [required of the following schools and majors: Arts and Sciences; Human Ecology; Engineering; Industrial/Labor Relations; Hotel Management; and Architecture] Fordham University [recommended] Hamilton College [submit one of the following: ACT; SAT I; three SAT II tests; three Advanced Placement (AP) tests; three International Baccalaureate (IB) tests; or a combination of any three of the preceding exams, provided that at least one is verbal and one is quantitative] Hobart and William Smith Colleges [SAT II optional, considered for admission if submitted by February 15] Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Albert List College [SAT II Writing required; three SAT II tests required for applicants to Double Degree Program with Barnard] New York University (NYU) [SAT II Writing and two other SAT II tests required of applicants to accelerated BA/MD program, recommended for all other applicants] Polytechnic University, Brooklyn and Long Island campuses [recommended] Pratt Institute [SAT Writing and Math IC required for all applicants to program in architecture]

6 NEW YORK (continued from previous page) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) [SAT II in math and science required of all applicants to accelerated degree programs and must be taken by November 1 of senior year] Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing [recommended] Saint Thomas Aquinas College [recommended] Sarah Lawrence College [three SAT II tests may be submitted in lieu of SAT I or ACT] Skidmore College [recommended] State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook [recommended] Union College [three SAT II tests may be submitted in lieu of SAT I or ACT; applicants to accelerated degree programs must submit both SAT I and SAT II tests] University of Rochester [two SAT II tests required of all applicants to Early Medical Scholars Program; recommended for all other applicants] Vassar College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Wagner College [SAT II Biology required of all applicants to Physician Assistant program; recommended for all other applicants] Webb Institute (of Naval Architecture) <Writing; Chemistry or Physics; and Math IC or Math IIC> NORTH CAROLINA OHIO Davidson College [recommended] Duke University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II; if ACT is submitted, students who enroll are also required to submit SAT II in math and in foreign language for placement purposes; if ACT not submitted, Arts and Sciences applicants take SAT II Writing and two others; Engineering applicants take SAT Writing, Math IC or Math IIC and one other] Johnson C. Smith University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] North Carolina State University [SAT II Math IIC required of accepted students for placement purposes only] University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [SAT II Math IIC required of accepted students for placement purposes only] Wake Forest University [recommended] Case Western Reserve University [recommended] Oberlin College [recommended, especially SAT II Writing] Ohio Wesleyan University [recommended] Wittenberg University [recommended]

7 OREGON Reed College [recommended] Western Oregon University [recommended] PENNSYLVANIA Allegheny College [SAT II Writing test and one other SAT II test in intended major recommended] Bryn Mawr College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] California University of Pennsylvania [recommended] Carnegie Mellon University Cheyney University of Pennsylvania [recommended] Dickinson College [SAT I and ACT optional, SAT II recommended] Franklin and Marshall College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II; SAT II Writing required if not in top ten percent of class or if submitting ACT] Haverford College Kutztown University of Pennsylvania [SAT II Biology and SAT II Chemistry required of all applicants to Medical Technology program] Lafayette College [SAT II optional, considered for placement in math and in languages if submitted] Lehigh University [recommended] Saint Joseph s University [recommended] Susquehanna University [recommended] Swarthmore College University of Pennsylvania [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Ursinus College [recommended] Valley Forge Christian College [recommended] Villanova University [required for placement in French and Spanish] PROVINCE QUEBEC McGill University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] PUERTO RICO University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon Campus [recommended] University of Puerto Rico, Ponce University College RHODE ISLAND Brown University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II] Providence College [recommended]

8 SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE TEXAS VERMONT VIRGINIA Charleston Southern University [recommended] Vanderbilt University [recommended] Rice University Texas Christian University [recommended] University of Houston [recommended] University of Texas, Dallas [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II; SAT II Writing and Math IC or IIC required if submitting SAT II] Middlebury College [SAT I optional applicants must submit one of the following: three SAT II tests; three Advanced Placement (AP) exams; three International Baccalaureate (IB) exams; or ACT] College of William and Mary [recommended] George Mason University [recommended] Hampden-Sydney College [recommended] Hollins University [recommended] Lynchburg College [recommended] Mary Washington College [recommended] Randolph-Macon College [recommended] Sweet Briar College [recommended] University of Richmond [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT I/II; SAT II in foreign language recommended of accepted students for placement purposes] University of Virginia Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) [SAT II US History and SAT II Writing recommended] Washington and Lee University DISCLAIMER: While information is current with the compilation of this list in August 2003, always double check with the individual college in question to assure that SAT II testing requirements are being met. Taking requisite SAT II tests and submitting these to appropriate colleges and universities do not guarantee admission to those schools