Keep the next deadline in view.

Use a simple checklist to connect your testing plan with each college’s actual requirements.

Build your college-specific checklist

  • Record application and financial-aid deadlines directly from each college.
  • Check its current testing policy for your entry year, program and applicant category.
  • Confirm whether it accepts self-reported scores, which score reports it needs and the last accepted test date.
  • Track recommendations, transcripts, essays and portfolio requirements separately.
  • Save the source link and the date you checked each requirement.

Policies vary

Test requirements, superscoring and scholarship rules differ by college and may change. This site provides general planning resources; it does not provide an admissions decision, personalized admissions counseling or a promise of acceptance.

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