Colleges are reacting to the effects that Coronavirus is having on the long term process of college admissions for the 2021 class. Students across the United States are adhering to stay at home orders, and adjusting to virtual education. Standardized ACT, and SAT testing around the world has seen cancellations. These new realities have led to many colleges making changes to their admissions requirements. The following schools have now moved to test optional.

American 

Amherst

Bard

Bates

Bowdoin

Boston University

Bucknell

Chapman

Clark

Colby

Holy Cross

Dickinson

Franklin & Marshall

George Washington

Gettysburg

Gonzaga

Haverford

IMU

Indiana University

Lewis & Clark

Middlebury

NYU 

Pitzer

Pomona

Santa Clara

Skidmore

Swarthmore

Texas A&M

Trinity College

Tufts

Tulane

University of California School System

U of Chicago

U of Denver

U of Maryland

U of Oregon

Oregon State

U of San Francisco

UT Austin

U of Washington

Vassar

Whitman

Willamette

Williams

Worcester Polytechnic 

It is with the new test optional mandates for colleges that other parts of the admissions process becomes more important. Attitude of Gratitude Consulting helps student-athletes and their families to strengthen these areas of the admissions process that have now gained added importance. This list will continue to be updated as it is released.