Pitzer in the News 2005-2006 Academic Year

Snubbing the SAT

Copyright 2006
The Washington Post

April 25, 2006 Tuesday
Final Edition

SECTION: A Section; A14

FairTest, a nonprofit group that opposes overemphasis on testing, reports that 23 of the top 101 liberal arts schools ranked by U.S. News & World Report do not use SAT or ACT scores for admitting substantial numbers of students. Here they are, with their ranks. All but Bowdoin are tied with other schools:

6. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
8. Middlebury College, Vermont
15. Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.
21. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
23. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
32. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.
36. Connecticut College, New London
36. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
39. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
39. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.
45. Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
49. Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y.
53. Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.
53. Pitzer College, Claremont, Calif.
61. St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.
66. Drew University, Madison, N.J.
66. Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
71. Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa.
73. Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.
73. Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
81. Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Ore.
100. Bennington College, Vermont
100. Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa.