越来越多的大学不再强调SAT分数，而是关注录取过程中的其他因素，如GPA、课程严格程度、课外活动、作文提示和推荐信。尽管可考或盲考政策增多，但许多招生专家建议，如果学校接受SAT分数，学生仍然要参加SAT考试--除非有经济或后勤方面的障碍--因为这对他们的申请是一个积极的补充。虽然2021届学生的SAT平均分是1060分，但根据美国大学理事会的数据，被这份名单上的学校录取的申请人的分数要高得多。在《美国新闻》年度调查排名的大学中，以下31所学校拥有2021年秋季入学学生最高的SAT阅读和数学综合平均分数。考试政策可能会发生变化，因此申请人应参考学校的网站，了解最新的入学要求。
1、Colby College (ME)
Average SAT score: 1465
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 24, National Liberal Arts Colleges
2、Georgetown University (D.C.)
Average SAT score: 1465
Testing policy: Required
U.S. News rank: 22 (tie), National Universities
3、Hamilton College (NY)
Average SAT score: 1465
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 15 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
4、University of Southern California
Average SAT score: 1465
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 25 (tie), National Universities
5、Vassar College (NY)
Average SAT score: 1465
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 13 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
6、Boston College (MA)
Average SAT score: 1466
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 36 (tie), National Universities
7、Emory University (GA)
Average SAT score: 1473
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 22 (tie), National Universities
8、Carleton College (MN)
Average SAT score: 1475
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 6 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
9、Barnard College (NY)
Average SAT score: 1478
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 18 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
10、Amherst College (MA)
Average SAT score: 1480
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 2, National Liberal Arts Colleges
11、Dartmouth College (NH)
Average SAT score: 1481
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 12, National Universities
12、Northeastern University (MA)
Average SAT score: 1481
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 44 (tie), National Universities
13、Tufts University (MA)
Average SAT score: 1485
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 32 (tie), National Universities
14、Cornell University (NY)
Average SAT score: 1488
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 17, National Universities
15、Swarthmore College (PA)
Average SAT score: 1489
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 4, National Liberal Arts Colleges
16、Haverford College (PA)
Average SAT score: 1490
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 18 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
17、New York University
Average SAT score: 1493
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 25 (tie), National Universities
18、Brown University (RI)
Average SAT score: 1495
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 13 (tie), National Universities
19、Northwestern University (IL)
Average SAT score: 1496
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 10 (tie), National Universities
20、Princeton University (NJ)
Average SAT score: 1500
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 1, National Universities
21、Williams College (MA)
Average SAT score: 1501
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 1, National Liberal Arts Colleges
22、Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Average SAT score: 1509
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 22 (tie), National Universities
23、Pomona College (CA)
Average SAT score: 1509
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 3, National Liberal Arts Colleges
24、Harvard University (MA)
Average SAT score: 1510
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 3 (tie), National Universities
25、Yale University (CT)
Average SAT score: 1511
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 3 (tie), National Universities
26、University of Pennsylvania
Average SAT score: 1513
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 7 (tie), National Universities
27、Harvey Mudd College (CA)
Average SAT score: 1520
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 29 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
28、Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Average SAT score: 1522
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 15 (tie), National Universities
29、Stanford University (CA)
Average SAT score: 1528
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 3 (tie), National Universities
30、Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Average SAT score: 1538
Testing policy: Required
U.S. News rank: 2, National Universities
31、University of Chicago (IL)
Average SAT score: 1545
Testing policy: Test-optional
U.S. News rank: 6, National Universities
