By: Caroline Koppelman
Over the past few years, standardized testing has become a heavily contested subject. Although some argue that it is an important data point and equalizer, more and more schools are moving towards becoming test optional. Test optional means students can choose to submit their test scores, and a lack of submissions won’t affect their chances. Here is a list of the top test optional liberal arts schools.
Liberal Arts Schools
- Bowdoin College
- Smith College
- Wesleyan University
- Bates College
- Bryn Mawr
- College of the Holy Cross
- Mount Holyoke College
- Pitzer College
- Skidmore College
- Union College
- Dickinson College
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Trinity College
- Bard College
- Connecticut College
- Sewanee--The University of the South
- Gettysburg College
- Furman University
- Denison University
- St. John’s College
- Lawrence University
- Sarah Lawrence College
- St. Lawrence University
- Beloit College
- Earlham College
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Kalamazoo College
- Agnes Scott College
- Wheaton College
- Willamette University
- Allegheny College
- Knox College
- Lewis & Clark College
- Muhlenberg College
- University of Puget Sound
- Gustavus Adolphus
- College of the Atlantic
- Transylvania University
- Bennington College
- Cornell College
- Ursinus College
- St. John’s College
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Washington College
- Augustana College
- Juniata College
- St. Michael’s College
- Lake Forest College
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Drew University
- Goucher College
- St. Anselm College
- Siena College
- Ripon College
- Stonehill College
- Susquehanna University
- Presbyterian College
- Whittier College
- McDaniel College
- Illinois College
- Marlboro College
- Roanoke College
- Wittenberg University
- Hiram College
- Guilford College
- William Jewell College
- Lycoming College
- Hartwick College
- Warren Wilson College
- College of Idaho