What Colleges Require SAT Essay Submission

Everyone knows that, in general, the SAT Essay is an optional section. The College Board doesn’t require students to take it. However, some colleges actually do. What colleges require SAT essay scores is good information to have when sending out applications.

The tables below clarify what colleges require SAT essay scores, and which ones recommend you sending them, in addition to your regular scores.

For clarity, here is how the new SAT Essay is scored by the College Board.

Schools That Require The SAT Essay

School	Required Or Suggested
Benedictine University	Required
City University London	Required
Delaware State University	Required
DeSales University	Required
Dominican University of California	Required
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Required
Howard University	Required
John Wesley University	Required
Kentucky State University	Required
Martin Luther College	Required
Molloy College	Required
Schreiner University	Required
Soka University of America	Required
Southern California Institute of Architecture	Required
Texas A&M University—Galveston	Required
United States Military Academy (West Point)	Required
University of California System Schools	Required
University of North Texas	Required
West Virginia University Institute of Technology	Required
Western Carolina University	Required

Schools That Suggest The SAT Essay

School	Required Or Suggested
Abilene Christian University	Suggested
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Suggested
Allegheny College	Suggested
Amherst College	Suggested
Art Institute of Houston	Suggested
Augsburg University	Suggested
Austin College	Suggested
Caldwell University	Suggested
California State University, Northridge	Suggested
Central Connecticut State University	Suggested
Central Michigan University	Suggested
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania	Suggested
Coastal Carolina University	Suggested
Colby College	Suggested
College of Wooster	Suggested
Colorado School of Mines	Suggested
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	Suggested
Corban University	Suggested
Cornerstone University	Suggested
Dallas Christian College	Suggested
Duke University	Suggested
Eastern Illinois University	Suggested
Eastern Nazarene College	Suggested
Easternn University	Suggested
Endicott College	Suggested
Five Towns College	Suggested
Gallaudet University	Suggested
George Washington University	Suggested
Georgia Highlands College	Suggested
Greenville University	Suggested
Gwynedd Mercy University	Suggested
High Point University	Suggested
Hofstra University	Suggested
Holy Family University	Suggested
Husson University	Suggested
Indiana University South Bend	Suggested
Indiana University Southeast	Suggested
Indiana Wesleyan University	Suggested
Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Barranquitas Campus	Suggested
Juilliard School	Suggested
Keiser University (West Palm Beach)	Suggested
Lehigh University	Suggested
Madonna University	Suggested
Manhattan College	Suggested
Marymount California University	Suggested
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Suggested
McMurry University	Suggested
Mercy College	Suggested
Modern College of Design	Suggested
Montana Tech of the University of Montana	Suggested
Morehouse College	Suggested
Mount Saint Mary College	Suggested
Mount St. Joseph University	Suggested
National-Louis University	Suggested
New Jersey City University	Suggested
Nichols College	Suggested
North Park University	Suggested
Occidental College	Suggested
Ohio University	Suggested
Oregon State University	Suggested
Purdue University Northwest	Suggested
Randall University	Suggested
Randolph-Macon College	Suggested
Reading Area Community College	Suggested
Rowan University	Suggested
Rutgers University—Camden Campus	Suggested
Rutgers University—Newark Campus	Suggested
Saint Michael’s College	Suggested
Sciences Po	Suggested
Seton Hill University	Suggested
Shiloh University	Suggested
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	Suggested
Silver Lake College of the Holy Family	Suggested
Southern Illinois University of Carbondale	Suggested
Southern Oregon University	Suggested
Spring Hill College	Suggested
Sul Ross State University	Suggested
SUNY Farmingdale State College	Suggested
SUNY University at Stony Brook	Suggested
Tarleton State University	Suggested
Texas A&M International University	Suggested
Texas A&M University	Suggested
Texas State University	Suggested
The King’s College	Suggested
United States Air Force Academy	Suggested
University of Evansville	Suggested
University of La Verne	Suggested
University of Mary Hardin—Baylor	Suggested
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Suggested
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities	Suggested
University of New England	Suggested
University of Northwestern—St. Paul	Suggested
University of the Virgin Islands	Suggested
University of Toledo	Suggested
University of Washington Bothell	Suggested
VanderCook College of Music	Suggested
Virginia Union University	Suggested
Wabash College	Suggested
Webb Institute	Suggested
Webber International University	Suggested
Wesleyan College	Suggested
William Jewell College	Suggested

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