We bring to our students this thorough list of schools requiring Subject Tests for Freshman Admissions in 2010-2011. 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.

All data provided on this list are current for the 2010-2011 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 2011, published by The College Board; individual college catalogs and web pages; the Common Data Set of The College Board; 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 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 [optional and used for placement]

Claremont McKenna College [optional—will be used for placement

purposes only if submitted]

Deep Springs College [recommended]

Harvey Mudd College <must take Math Level 2 and one

of student’s choice>

Mills College [recommended if student application “may be enhanced”

by submission of Subject Tests]

Occidental College [recommended]

Pitzer College [recommended; submission of standardized testing optional

if student in top 10% of class or has unweighted 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 or more AP exams with resultant score of 4 or 5 (one in math or science, one in English) or two IB exams (English 1A HL and one math, either Math HL or Math Methods SL) or two graded papers/exams from junior or senior year (one in advanced math, one in Humanities or Social Sciences) with assignment, teacher grade and comments included]

Pomona College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT Reasoning

and two Subject Tests in different areas]

Scripps College [optional in language for placement purposes only]

Stanford University [two “strongly” recommended; if Math, Level 2 preferred]

University of California, Berkeley <two—these must be from different

disciplines (social studies, math, language, English or science—a

student cannot, for example, submit World History and US History,

Chemistry and Biology, or French and Korean) and may not

include Math Level 1; this policy applies to 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: life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, pre-pharmacy and allied health fields]

## — beginning with high school Class of 2012, UC schools will discontinue

policy of requiring Subject Tests; certain departments in certain schools

may recommend Subject Tests for Class of 2012 and beyond; UC will

accept submission of Subject Tests after these are no longer required

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut College [submission of standardized testing optional; if

submitted, student may choose from SAT or ACT or two Subject Tests]

Fairfield University [submission of all standardized testing optional—will

consider Subject Tests if submitted]

Trinity College [requires one of the following: ACT, SAT or any two

Subject Tests]

Wesleyan University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and

two Subject Tests]

Yale University [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and

two Subject Tests]

DELAWARE

University of Delaware [recommended, especially for candidates to

Honors Program]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

American University [recommended; submission of standardized testing

optional for students applying prior to Nov 1]

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 used for placement purposes only]

George Washington University [required for applicants to accelerated

degree programs—BA/MD: any math and any science; BA/JD: two of student choice; Integrated Engineering and Medicine: any math and any science: 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; “strongly” recommended for candidates to University Honors Program—any two of student’s choice; recommended for all other applicants]

Georgetown University <three “strongly recommended”>

FLORIDA

University of Florida [optional and used for placement only]

University of Miami [Subject Tests required in Math and Science of all

applicants to dual degree programs such as biomedical engineering; for all applicants to accelerated degree options such as physical therapy; and for all applicants to Honors Program in Medicine]

GEORGIA

Emory University [“encouraged”—this includes students applying to

Oxford College of Emory University]

University of Georgia [recommended for placement purposes]

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; three recommended for all other applicants]

INDIANA

University of Notre Dame [required in French, Spanish, German and/or

Latin if student will continue taking language at ND; other

Subject Tests “only considered in admission process if

scores enhance an application]

IOWA

Grinnell College [“strongly” recommended]

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]

Colby College [applicants may submit SAT or ACT or three Subject

Tests in different areas (cannot submit Math 1 and Math 2, e.g.)]

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 [optional—will consider if submitted]

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 except for applicants to accelerated medical/dental programs who must take SAT or ACT and Math Level 2 and Chemistry; if ACT not submitted, two required of all applicants except those in Fine Arts, Music and Theater Arts for whom submission of Subject Tests is recommended; world language recommended for accelerated med/dental and communications majors]

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 (preferred)

and Biology, Chemistry or Physics>

Hampshire College [submission of standardized testing optional, Subject

Tests considered if submitted]

Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges <two>

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

Merrimack College [submission of standardized testing optional;

Subject Tests considered if submitted]

Smith College [submission of standardized testing optional—will

consider Subject Tests if submitted]

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; prospective science/math majors

to Arts/Sciences recommended math and science Subject Tests]

Wellesley College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and

two Subject tests; prospective science/math majors are “strongly

suggested” to submit at least one in quantitative subject]

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}]

MINNESOTA

Carleton College [recommended]

Macalester College [optional—will be considered if submitted]

NEVADA

Deep Springs College [recommended]

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Dartmouth College <two>

NEW JERSEY

Princeton University [two; prospective engineers must submit Physics or

Chemistry and Math Level 1 or Math Level 2]

Stevens Institute of Technology [three Subject Tests—science, math

and one other—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

[optional for applicants to Honors Academy and accelerated BA/MD program—will be considered if submitted]

City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College

[strongly recommended for all Honors candidates and scholarship applicants]

Clarkson University [optional—will be considered if submitted]

Columbia University <two; prospective engineering students must submit

Math Level 1 or Level 2 and Physics or Chemistry>

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 [submission of

standardized testing optional but “encouraged”]

Fordham University [optional—will be considered if submitted]

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/

writing and one is quantitative; AP English Literature not accepted

as a verbal/writing submission; AP Statistics not accepted as a

quantitative submission]

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) [must provide one of the following:

SAT or ACT or three Subject Tests (one in literature or humanities:

US History, World History or Literature; one in math or science; and

one in non-language test of student’s choice) or three AP Exam

scores (one in literature or humanities: English Literature [not

English Language], US History, World History, European History;

one in math or science: Calculus AB or BC [not Statistics], Biology,

Chemistry, Physics B or C; one in non-language of student choice;

AP exams must be taken prior to senior year to be applicable

during the admissions cycle.  Applicants to the Stern School of

Business who do not provide SAT or ACT scores must provide

a score from a mathematics examination.  Note also this statement

on the NYU website: “Students who can demonstrate evidence

of an extraordinary accomplishment outside of normal classroom

or scholastic activity (such as a major publication in a national or

international journal; a published book; a film or other outstanding

visual or performing artistic accomplishment; a scientific or other

remarkable discovery; winning a national competition; or the

equivalent will be required to provide only an SAT or two

Subject Tests or two AP exam scores]

Pratt Institute [Level 1 or 2 math “strongly recommended” for applicants

to architecture program]

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 “strongly recommended”—Subject Tests in

language used for placement]

State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo [recommended in

world language for placement]

State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook [math and one other

recommended]

Union College [standardized testing optional, except: applicants to six-

year BA/JD Law and Public Policy program must submit both SAT and two Subject Tests or ACT; applicants to eight-year BS/MD program in Leadership in Medicine and Health Management must submit SAT and one math, one science Subject Test or ACT]

University of Rochester [Math and Biology or Chemistry Subject Tests

“highly recommended” of all applicants to Rochester 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 submitted, Arts/Sciences applicants are “encouraged” to take Subject Tests in World Language; 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 1 or 2; an AP Calculus exam

(AB or BC); or completion of NC State Online Math Skill Test

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—“you may send them if you feel

they strengthen your application” {from website}]

Oberlin College [two 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 submit Subject Tests in “subjects appropriate to their area of study” or any combination of three AP exams, IB exams or Subject Tests>

OREGON

Reed College [optional—will be considered if submitted]

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 or student may submit a combination

of three AP and/or Subject Tests—one in English, history or world

language; one in math or science; and one of student choice “in

a subject different from the other two” (only one exam in a

World Language will be considered)]

Bucknell University [optional—will be considered if submitted]

Carnegie Mellon University [required or otherwise as below]

Carnegie Institute of Technology [Math Level 1 or 2 and

Chemistry or Physics required]

College of Fine Arts: Architecture [same as above]

College of Fine Arts: Other [neither required nor recommended]

College of Humanities and Social Sciences [Math Level 1 or 2

and one of student’s choice required]

Information Systems [same as above]

Mellon College of Science [Math Level 1 or 2 and one of the

three sciences: Biology, Physics, Chemistry required]

School of Computer Science [same as above]

Tepper School of Business [Math Level 1 or 2 and one of

student’s choice, preferably a science]

Dickinson College [optional—considered if submitted; 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’s strength within academic subjects”]

Haverford College [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT and

two Subject Tests]

Lafayette College [Subject Tests recommended, considered for placement

“in some academic departments” if submitted]

Lehigh University [Subject Tests or AP/IB exams in world language

recommended for placement; Subject Tests in literature and

chemistry recommended for university credit and/or placement]

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 [one of three options: SAT and two Subject Tests of

student’s choice; or ACT; or SAT and ACT without Writing; engineering applicants “encouraged” to submit Math Level 2 regardless of whether SAT or ACT is presented]

University of Pennsylvania [ACT may be submitted in lieu of both SAT

and two Subject Tests; if submitting SAT and Subject Tests, students applying to Wharton and Engineering/Applied Science

“encouraged” to submit a math test; students in Arts/Science who

plan to major in science, Engineering/Applied Science applicants

and Nursing applicants “encouraged” to submit a science test]

PUERTO RICO

University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon University College [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: two of the following–

Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics

Architecture: Math; Chemistry or Physics

Arts: any two Subject Tests

Arts and Science (BA): Math and one other of student’s choice

Dietetics/Nutrition: two of the following—Biology, Chemistry,

Math, Physics

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 [optional—will be considered if submitted and will

be used for placement purposes; “applicants to the School of

Engineering who choose to take Subject Tests are “strongly

encouraged” to submit Math Level 1 or 2”]]

TEXAS

Rice University <two—“subjects related to student’s proposed area of

study”>

Trinity University [optional—considered if submitted]

University of Texas at Austin [prospective engineering students must submit

one of the following: Math Level 1 or Level 2; an AP Calculus AB or BC exam score “3” or above; or a grade of “C” or better on a college level precalculus or calculus course; Subject Tests in Latin,

Physics and Math used for placement purposes if submitted]

VERMONT

Bennington College [all standardized testing optional; Subject Tests

will be considered if submitted]

Middlebury College [SAT or ACT or three Subject Tests “in different

areas of study”]

VIRGINIA

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

for placement purposes]

George Mason University [submission of SAT and ACT optional if student is

in top 20% of class; Subject Tests used for placement

in World Languages if submitted]

University of Mary Washington [optional—will be considered if submitted]

University of Richmond [optional—will be considered if submitted and

used for placement in World Languages]

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>

DISCLAIMER: While information is current with the compilation of this list in August 2010, always double check with the individual college in question to assure that SAT Subject testing requirements are being met.  Taking requisite SAT Subject Tests and submitting these to appropriate colleges and universities will not guarantee admission to those schools

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