今年五月初，一份来自哈佛的调查报告称：美国超过850所可授予学位的学校不再强制要求申请者提供SAT或者ACT的考试成绩，其中包括200所排名靠前的学校。

在长长的list中，纽约大学（New York University）、布兰迪斯大学（Brandeis University）、罗切斯特大学（University of Rochester）、乔治·华盛顿大学（The George Washington University）、鲍登文理学院（Bowdoin College）、米德尔伯里文理学院(Middlebury College)、汉密尔顿文理学院（Hamilton College）等老牌名校赫然在列。

一些大学的“SAT/ACT非必要化”政策较为独特。例如，纽约大学、罗切斯特大学和汉密尔顿文理学院，接受申请者提供跳级或者国际文凭证明（Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams），代替SAT/ACT考试成绩。

一些公立大学，如乔治·梅森大学，要求申请者SAT/ACT成绩达到合格等级即可。还有一些大学，如德克萨斯大学（the University of Texas）, 为高中阶段排名靠前的优等生开通了直接录取的绿色通道。

下面是195所不再强制要求SAT/ACT成绩的比较好的高校，以供参考：

National Liberal Arts College

5. Bowdoin College (ME)

7. Middlebury College (VT) “Test Flexible”

15. Colby College (ME) “Test Flexible”

15. Hamilton College (NY) “Test Flexible”

15. Wesleyan University (CT)

19. Bates College (ME)

19. Smith College (MA)

27. Bryn Mawr (PA)

27. Colorado College (CO) “Test Flexible”

34. College of the Holy Cross (MA)

35. Pitzer College (CA)

37. Dickinson College (PA)

37. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)

41. Mount Holyoke College (MA)

41. Union College (NY)

45. Bard College (NY)

45. Connecticut College (CT)

45. Sewanee — The University of the South (TN)

45. Trinity College (CT) “Test Flexible”

50. Gettysburg College (PA)

51. Denison University (OH)

51. Furman University (SC)

56. St. John’s College (MD)

56. St. Lawrence University (NY)

59. Lawrence University (WI)

59. Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

61. Beloit College (WI)

61. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)

64. Gustavus Adolphus (MN)

64. Kalamazoo College (MI).

64. Muhlenberg College (PA)

69. Wheaton College (MA)

73. Agnes Scott College (GA)

73. Earlham College (IN)

77. Lewis and Clark (OR)

81. Allegheny College (PA)

81. Knox College (IL)

81. Transylvania University (KY)

81. University of Puget Sound (WA)

89. Bennington College (VT)

89. St. John’s College (NM)

96. Washington & Jefferson College (PA)

99. College of the Atlantic (ME)

99. Drew University (NJ)

99. Ohio Wesleyan (OH)

99. St. Michael’s College (VT)

105. Augustana College (IL)

105. Goucher College (MD)

105. Juniata College (PA)

105. Stonehill College (MA)

105. Washington College (MD)

113. Siena College (NY)

116 Susquehanna University (PA)

120. Lake Forest College (IL)

120. St. Anselm College (NH)

124. Presbyterian College (SC)

129. McDaniel College (MD)

139. Wittenberg University (OH)

155. Illinois College (IL)

155. William Jewell College (MO)

159. Lycoming College (PA)

165. Hartwick College (NY)

165. Warren Wilson College (NC)

172. Guilford College (NC)

177. Albright College (PA)

National Universities

27. Wake Forest University (NC)

32. New York University (NY) “Test Flexible”

33. University of Rochester (NY) “Test Flexible”

35. Brandeis University (MA)

47. Northeastern University (MA)

53. Univ. of Texas – Austin (TX) “Top 8%”

54. George Washington University

68. Texas A & M (TX) “Top 10%”

68. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)

71. American University (DC)

76. Clark University (MA)

116. Duquesne University (PA)

121. DePaul University (IL)

121. Temple University (PA)

121. University of Arizona (AZ)

129. Arizona State University (AZ)

135. Hofstra University (NY)

135. New School (NY)

138. George Mason University (VA)

142. Kansas State University (KS)

145. Univ. of Texas – Dallas (TX) “Top 15%”

149. University of Mississippi (MS)

156. Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)

194. University of Nevada – Reno (NV)

Regional Universities – North

2. Providence College (RI)

3. College of New Jersey (NJ)

3. Fairfield University (CT)

3. Loyola University (MD)

7. University of Scranton (PA)

9. Ithaca College (NY)

11. Bryant University (RI)

11. Marist College (NY)

11. Saint Joseph’s University (PA)

19. Le Moyne College (NY)

19. Rowan University (NJ)

28. Wagner College (NY)

31. Assumption College (MA)

31. Hood College (MD)

31. Nazareth College (NY)

38. Sacred Heart University (CT)

41. College of Saint Rose (NY)

41. King’s College (PA)

41. Roger Williams University (RI)

50. Montclair State University (NJ)

50. Salve Regina University (RI)

56. Chatham University (PA)

56. Mercyhurst University (PA)

60. Emmanuel College (MA)

65. Johnson and Wales University (RI)

65. Salisbury University (MD)

83. Manhattanville College (NY)

87. SUNY Potsdam (NY)

87. The Sage Colleges (NY)

103. Eastern Connecticut State University (CT)

103. Plymouth State University (NH)

120. Utica College (NY)

125. Keuka College (NY)

135. Cabrini College (PA)

Regional Universities — South

2. Rollins College (FL)

6. Stetson University (FL)

13. University of Mary Washingotn (VA)

17. Christopher Newport University (VA)

18. Hampton University (VA)

34. Radford University (VA)

65. St. Leo University (FL)

65. St. Thomas University (FL)

Regional Universities –Midwest

3. Drake University (IA)

14. Baldwin-Wallace College (OH)

48. University of Wisconsin –Whitewater (WI)

80. Northwest Missouri State University (MO)

80. Robert Morris University (IL)

84. Wayne State College (NE)

Regional Universities –West

9. Whitworth University (WA)

35. California State Univ. – Chico (CA)

38. San Jose State University (CA)

40. California State Univ. – Fullerton (CA)

43. Sonoma State University (CA)

46. California State Univ. – Fresno (CA)

55. California State Univ. – Stanislaus (CA)

58. California State Univ. – Sacramento (CA)

58. Humboldt State University (CA)

58. San Francisco State University (CA)

58. Walla Walla University (WA)

66. California State Univ. – San Bernadino (CA)

68. California State Univ. – Monterey Bay (CA)

68. California State Univ. – Northridge (CA)

68. University of Alaska – Anchorage (AK)

68. Weber State University (UT)

75. California State Univ. – Channel Islands (CA)

80. California State Univ. – Bakersfield (CA)

80. Hawaii Pacific University (HI)

84. California State Univ. – Los Angeles (CA)

84. California State Univ. – San Marcos (CA)

84. Western Oregon University (OR)

Regional Colleges – North

4. Elizabethtown College (PA)

6. Lebanon Valley College (PA)

7. University of Scranton (PA)

9. Merrimack College (MA)

12. Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA)

17. Wilson College (PA)

18. University of Maine – Farmington (ME)

24. Cazenovia College (NY)

26. Dean College (MA)

28. Pennsylvania College of Technology (PA)

31. Unity College (ME)

33. SUNY College of Technology – Delhi (NY)

37. University of Maine – Fort Kent (ME)

40. Nichols College (MA)

46. University of Maine – Presque Isle (ME)

46. Washington Adventist University (MD)

Regional Colleges – South

16. Catawba College (NC)

37. Belmont Abbey College (NC)

40. Keiser University (FL)

54. Lees-McRae College (NC)

64. Indian River State College (FL)

70. Everglades University (FL)

Regional Colleges – Midwest

47. Olivet College (MI)

64. Dunwoody College of Technology (MN)

Regional Colleges — West

6. Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OK)

25. St. Gregory’s University (OK)