Schools That Require Or Recommend SAT Subject Tests (“SAT II” Tests)

All data provided on this list are current for the 2007-2008 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 Subject testing is both accurate and up-to-date.

Sources of information consulted in the compilation of this list include:

The College Handbook 2008, published by The College Board

individual college catalogs and web pages; and direct 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 Subject Tests are REQUIRED for admission to that school. The number of SAT Subject Tests required for admission follows the name of the school. If specific SAT Subject Tests are prescribed, this is indicated by <characters in carats>—otherwise, students are free to submit any SAT Subject Tests of their choosing. In all other cases—SAT Subject Tests recommended or known special circumstances—specific information is provided if it is known. If there is a particular number of SAT Subject Tests a school recommends, this is noted; if the school in question does not specify a number, the designation is simply “recommended.”

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 Subject Test requirements (or recommendations) for homeschooled students. The same goes for international students as regards differential expectations and requirements (such as (such as TOEFL, ELPT or additional Subject Tests). Please be sure to check with each individual college or university to which you apply!

NOTE: All references to SAT are to the “new” version of the test (March 2005 and later) containing a Writing section; all references to ACT are to the version with Writing (February 2005 and later)

ALBERTA

University of Alberta [recommended]

CALIFORNIA

California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) <must take Math Level 2 and either Physics, Chemistry or Biology>

Chapman University [recommended and used for placement]

Claremont McKenna College [recommended]

Deep Springs College [recommended]

Harvey Mudd College <must take Math Level 2 and one of student’s choice>

Marymount College [recommended]

Mills College [recommended]

Occidental College [recommended]

Pitzer College [recommended; submission of standardized testing optional if student in top 10% of class or has GPA 3.5 or greater on 4.0 scale—if not, student may submit any one of the following: SAT or ACT or two Subject Tests (one must be in math) or two AP exams with resultant score of 4 or 5 (one in math, one in English) or two IB exams (English 1A HL\ and one math) or two graded papers/exams from junior or senior year (one in advanced math, one in Humanities or Social Sciences]

Pomona College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT Reasoning and two Subject Tests]

Scripps College [recommended in language for placement purposes only]

Stanford University [Math Level 2 and one other recommended]

University of California, Berkeley <two; Math Level 1 cannot be submitted—this is true for all UC schools below as well>
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of California, Merced
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz

University of Southern California [recommended]

University of the Pacific [recommended, especially in math and chemistry for the following majors: science, engineering, allied health]

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut College [two Subject Tests or ACT required—SAT optional]

Fairfield University [Biology and Chemistry Subject Tests recommended for nursing and science majors; three Subject Tests of choice recommended for applicants in other majors; Subject Tests in foreign language and math utilized for placement purposes]

Trinity College [requires one of the following: ACT, SAT or any three Subject Tests]

Wesleyan University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and wo Subject Tests]

Yale University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and three Subject Tests]

DELAWARE

University of Delaware [recommended, especially for candidates to Honors Program]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

American University [recommended]

Catholic University of America [Subject Test or AP/IB exam in Language required for Arts/Sciences and Philosophy candidates; consult proposed major for other recommended SAT Subject Tests]

George Washington University [required for applicants to accelerated degree programs—BA/MD: Math, Science, one of student choice; BA/JD: three of student choice; Integrated Engineering and Medicine: Math, Science, one of student choice: required for Early Admission candidates (those completing high school in fewer than four years—not be confused with Early Decision or Early Action plans)—one math, one of student’s choice; recommended for all other applicants]

Georgetown University <three>

Howard University [recommended]

FLORIDA

University of Miami [Subject Tests required of 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]

GEORGIA

Clark Atlanta University [recommended]

Emory University [recommended]

University of Georgia [recommended]

ILLINOIS

Northwestern University [Math Level 2; Chemistry or Physics; and one other Science Subject Test required of applicants to Integrated Science Program; Math Level 2 and Chemistry required of applicants to Honors Program in Medical Education; recommended for all other applicants]

INDIANA

Indiana University at Bloomington [recommended]

University of Notre Dame [required in French, Spanish, German and/or Italian if student will continue taking language at

ND; other Subject Tests considered in admissions if submitted]

MAINE

Bates College [SAT Reasoning and Subject Tests optional—will be considered in admission process if submitted]

Bowdoin College [SAT Reasoning and Subject Tests optional—will be considered in admission process if submitted ]

MARYLAND

Goucher College [Subject Tests optional, will be considered in admission if submitted]

Johns Hopkins University [three recommended; if applying in Engineering, Math Level 2 and one science recommended]

MASSACHUSETTS

Amherst College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of SAT and two Subject Tests]

Babson College [recommended, particularly in Math]

Boston College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests]

Boston University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests; if not ACT, two required of all applicants except those in Fine Arts, Music and Theater Arts; Math Level 1 or Level 2 and Chemistry required of applicants to accelerated medical/dental programs; foreign language recommended for accelerated med/dental and communications majors; foreign language recommended for applicants to College of Arts and Sciences; foreign language, literature and math recommended for applicants to University Professors program]

Brandeis University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests]

College of the Holy Cross [all standardized testing optional, will consider Subject Tests in admission if submitted]

Franklin Olin College of Engineering <Math Level 1 or Level 2 and Biology, Chemistry or Physics>

Hampshire College [Subject Tests optional, considered if submitted]

Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges <three>

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) <one Math, one Science>

Smith College [recommended]

Tufts University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests; if SAT option chosen, prospective engineering majors required to submit either Math Level 1 or Level 2 and
either Chemistry or Physics]

Wellesley College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject tests, one quantitative (math or science), the other of student’s choice]

Wheaton College [Subject Tests optional, considered if submitted]

Williams College <two>

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) [math and science recommended; “scores only used if they benefit applicant” {from website}]

MICHIGAN

Calvin College [recommended]

Hillsdale College [recommended]

MINNESOTA

Carleton College [recommended]

MONTANA

University of Great Falls [recommended]

NEVADA

Deep Springs College [recommended]

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Dartmouth College <two>

NEW JERSEY

Princeton University [three; prospective engineers must submit Math Level 1 or Level 2; Physics or Chemistry; and one of student choice]

Stevens Institute of Technology [Subject Tests in Science and Math required of all applicants to accelerated and dual degree programs; recommended for all other applicants]

NEW YORK

Barnard College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of SAT and two Subject Tests]

City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College [required for all Honors and some scholarship candidates]

City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College [recommended for all Honors candidates]

Clarkson University [recommended]

Columbia University, Columbia College <two>

Columbia University, Fu Foundation College of Engineering <Math Level 1 or Level 2 and Chemistry or Physics>

Cooper Union [Math Level 1 or Level 2 and Physics or Chemistry required of engineering applicants]

Cornell University [required or recommended as below]
Agriculture and Life Sciences: recommended Science and Math
Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture applicants required Math Level 1 or Level 2
Arts and Sciences: two required
Engineering: required Science and Math

Hotel Administration: required Math Level 1 or Level 2

Human Ecology: required Math and one of student choice
Industrial and Labor Relations: required Math—ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and Subject Test]

Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester [recommended]

Fordham University [recommended and used for placement]

Hamilton College [submit one of the following: ACT; SAT; three SAT Subject 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 [submission of standardized testing optional—will be considered if submitted]

Hofstra University [recommended]

Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Albert List College [two Subject Tests required for applicants to Double Degree Program with Barnard]

New York University (NYU) <two, with the exception of Fine/Performing Arts candidates whose audition/portfolio will be used in lieu of Subject Tests
(applicants to the following schools and programs: Tisch School of the Arts; the Studio Arts major in the Steinhardt School; and any music major in the Steinhardt School)

Pratt Institute [two Subject Tests recommended for all applicants to program in architecture; math strongly recommended]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) [Subject Tests in Math and Science required of all applicants to accelerated degree programs if submitting SAT instead of ACT]

Skidmore College [two recommended—Subject Tests in language used for placement]

State University of New York (SUNY) at Old Westbury [recommended]

State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook [recommended]

Union College [standardized testing optional, except: applicants to six- year BA/JD program must submit both SAT or ACT and two Subject Tests; applicants to eight-year BS/MD program in
Leadership in Medicine and Health Management must submit SAT and 1 math, 1 science Subject Test or ACT]

University of Rochester [Math and Science Subject 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 and two Subject Tests]

Webb Institute (of Naval Architecture) <Chemistry or Physics; and Math Level 1 or Math Level 2>

NORTH CAROLINA

Davidson College [two recommended, one Math and one of student choice if submitting SAT instead of ACT]

Duke University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and Subject Tests; if ACT is submitted, it is required that enrolled students submit SAT Subject Tests in math and in foreign language or comparable AP tests for placement purposes; if ACT not submitted, Arts and Sciences applicants required to submit two Subject Tests; Engineering applicants required to submit Math Level 1 or Math Level 2 and one other of student’s choice]

North Carolina State University [Math Level 2 or AP Calculus AB exam required of accepted students who wish to enroll in a university calculus course]

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [Math Level 2; AP Calculus AB or BC; or IB Math HL exams required of accepted students for placement purposes only if student will enroll in a Calculus course; Math Level 1 required of accepted students for placement purposes only if student does not intend to enroll in a Calculus course]

Wake Forest University [optional—will be considered if submitted]

OHIO

Case Western Reserve University [optional—will be considered if submitted]

Oberlin College [three recommended]

ONTARIO

University of Toronto <three—applicants to Applied Science and Engineering must take Math; Chemistry or Physics; and one of student’s choice; other applicants are encouraged to take “subjects appropriate to their area of study”; alternatively, students may submit three AP or IB exam results in lieu of Subject Tests>

OREGON

Reed College [recommended]

PENNSYLVANIA

Allegheny College [optional and used for placement purposes]

Bryn Mawr College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests]

Bucknell University [required in World Language for students who will be studying that language at Bucknell]

Carnegie Mellon University <three—consult individual departments; not required for drama, design art and music majors>

Dickinson College [SAT and ACT optional though required for scholarship consideration]

Franklin and Marshall College [submission of testing optional—if not submitted, student must submit two recent (junior or senior year) graded writing samples;; Subject Tests recommended to demonstrate student’strength within academic subjects]

Haverford College <two>

Lafayette College [Subject Tests recommended, considered for placement in math and in languages if submitted]

Susquehanna University [recommended for placement purposes and as adjunct support for IB/AP scores; students may submit two graded writing samples in lieu of SAT or ACT]

Swarthmore College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests; engineering majors “strongly encouraged” to submit Math Level 2 test]

University of Pennsylvania [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests]

PUERTO RICO

University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon Campus [recommended; exams in Spanish and in math required from English speaking US applicants]

QUEBEC

McGill University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and Subject Tests; if submitting Subject Tests, see below]
Agricultural/Environmental Sciences. Dietetics, Nutrition:one math, one science
Architecture: Math; Chemistry or Physics
Arts: any two Subject Tests
Arts and Science (BA): Math and one other of student’s choice
Education: any two Subject Tests
Engineering: Math and Chemistry or Physics
Kinesiology: two of the following—Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics
Management: Math and one other of student’s choice
Music: Subject Tests neither required nor recommended
Nursing: two of the following—Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics
Religious Studies: neither required nor recommended
Science (BS): two of the following—Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics

RHODE ISLAND

Brown University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and two Subject Tests]

TENNESSEE

Vanderbilt University [recommended, particularly in math and languages]

TEXAS

Rice University <two>
Trinity University [optional—considered if submitted]

VERMONT

Bennington College [all standardized testing optional; Subject Tests will be considered if submitted]

Middlebury College [SAT/ACT optional—applicants must submit one of the following: three Subject Tests; three Advanced Placement (AP) exams; three International Baccalaureate (IB) exams; SAT;
ACT—students may “mix and match” among these items as well]

VIRGINIA

College of William and Mary [optional—will consider if submitted]

George Mason University [submission of SAT and ACT optional if student is in top 20% of class; Subject Tests recommended]

Hampden-Sydney College [recommended, especially Math Level 1]

University of Mary Washington [recommended, especially in Math]

University of Richmond [Subject Tests in foreign language recommended for accepted students for placement purposes]

University of Virginia [two strongly recommended]

Washington and Lee University <two “unrelated” exams—can’t submit Math Level 1 and Math Level 2, for example>

This list was compiled by Cigus Vanni, New Jersey Association for College Admissions Counseling Executive Board Member and member of the Professional Development Committee of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling.

Permission to duplicate is freely and happily granted