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.