Test Optional Schools and Colleges are those which do not require SAT or ACT Test score at the time of admissions. Admissions and Test Score Policy of all Schools, Colleges and Universities in New York are given here. Admissions Test Score Policy of the institutes indicates how the selection criteria of the institution works. Some schools and universities require Admission test Scores including SAT/ACT Scores. Some (Test Optional) recommend students to submit the test scores but not strictly require it while some institutions have a strict admissions policy to submit the test scores.

Some institutions have open admission policy. Open Admission Policy means that all qualifying students who meet the minimum eligibility criteria are offered admission and they start the degree the program without additional qualifications or performance benchmarks. In other words, the institutes having open admission policy have 100% acceptance rate.

Institutions Admission Policy Labels are defined as follows:

Required: The Institute requires the applicants to submit test (SAT/ACT) scores.
Recommeded/ Test Optional: The Institute recommends students provide admission test scores (SAT/ACT), during the application process.
Not Required: does not require admission test scores (SAT/ACT) during the application process and does not recommend that students provide them.
Considered / Test Optional: considers admission test scores (SAT/ACT) during the application process, but does not require them.
Unknown: The admission test score (SAT/ACT) policy for is unknown.

List of all Test Optional Colleges in New York Schools Not Requiring SAT/ACT 2026

Logo	Institute	Test Score Policy	Open Admission Policy
Logo	Institute	Test Score Policy	Open Admission Policy
	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	State University of New York at Cortland	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	SUNY Old Westbury	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Villa Maria College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Wells College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	The College of Westchester	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Derech Chaim	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshivath Viznitz	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshivath Zichron Moshe	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Bais Medrash Elyon	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	School of Professional Horticulture New York Botanical Garden	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshivas Novominsk	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Orange Ulster BOCES	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Eastern Suffolk BOCES	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Talmudical Seminary of Bobov	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Center for Allied Health Education	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	New York Medical Career Training Center	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Sholom Shachna	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Elim Bible Institute and College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva of Ocean	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Ohel Margulia Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	New York Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Derech Hachaim Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Bais Medrash of Dexter Park	Test Optional: Not Required	NO

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