Yes. Brown requires SAT or ACT for first-year applicants, reinstated for 2024-25. Brown superscores. Essay and ACT Science are optional.
Yes. Brown requires standardized test scores, SAT or ACT, for first-year applicants beginning with the 2024-25 admission cycle. Brown will superscore SAT or ACT, or both. The SAT Essay and ACT Writing remain optional. ACT Science is optional beginning in spring 2025, matching the redesigned ACT.
Ranges: SAT ACT score for Brown University. Policy: Brown standardized tests.
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Self-report on the Common App, upload in the Brown portal, or send official scores. If you self-report and then enroll, official agency scores are required. Early Decision testing must be done by the last October date. Regular Decision by the last December date. Codes: SAT 3094, ACT 3800. Brown says there are no minimum scores. Scores are one factor in a whole-person read.
If you are applying ED, October 3, 2026 is the last SAT that fits Brown's own October rule. November 7 is a Regular Decision test date. Do not wait for a minimum that Brown says does not exist. Sit, then decide whether a retake is worth it.
The next SAT dates after this update are October 3, 2026, November 7, 2026, and December 5, 2026. The next ACT dates are September 19, 2026 (registration closed), October 17, 2026, and December 12, 2026. Register on the official site, not through a prep company. If this school is required, a test date you cannot enter is not a plan. If this school is optional, sit only if you will use the score somewhere.
The bank is 25,000+ questions on iPhone, Android, and the web with the same account. Free accounts get three quizzes a day, five questions by default. Ace at $19/month removes both daily caps. Official full-length practice stays in Bluebook. Daily practice is start a free practice set.
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The score page is where 1500-land sits. This page is: Brown will not read a first-year file without SAT or ACT.
A required school does not grade your homework. An optional school does not forbid a test date. A test-free campus will not read the SAT in admissions even if the PDF is in the portal. The work is still five questions a day if any campus on the list will use a number. The bank is 25,000+ questions on iPhone, Android, and the web with the same account. Free accounts get three quizzes a day, five questions by default. Ace at $19/month removes both daily caps. Official full-length practice stays in Bluebook. Khan Academy Official SAT Prep is the lesson when a named miss needs a teacher. Larry Learns is the dose. The next SAT dates after this update are October 3, 2026, November 7, 2026, and December 5, 2026. The next ACT dates are September 19, 2026 (registration closed), October 17, 2026, and December 12, 2026. Registration is on College Board or ACT, not inside a quiz app. October 3 regular registration closes September 18. Late registration for that date stays open through September 22. If you still need October 3 for Early Action or Early Decision, use the late window. After September 22, November 7 is the live target (regular deadline October 23). December 5 remains if you need two months.
Brown's operational rules, in order. Self-report through the Common Application or upload in the portal; official scores only if you are admitted and enrolling. SAT code 3094, ACT code 3800. Brown super-scores the SAT, the ACT, or both, and the SAT Essay and ACT Writing stay optional. There are no minimum scores. Timing is stated by round: testing must be complete by the last October test date for Early Decision and the last December date for Regular Decision, which makes October 3 the last SAT that fits an ED application this cycle.
The Brown-specific miss is waiting for a minimum score Brown says does not exist. Sit, then decide on a retake. The second miss is missing the last October date for Early Decision. Brown's page is explicit: ED testing by the last October date, Regular Decision by the last December date. October 3, 2026 is the last SAT that fits ED. The third miss is treating optional Essay or ACT Science as a reason to delay. Both are optional. Self-report on the Common App, upload in the portal, or send official scores. If you self-report and enroll, official agency scores are required. Codes 3094 and 3800. Brown superscores SAT or ACT or both, so a second test date can still help a section without erasing a good one.
Brown requires SAT or ACT for first-year applicants, reinstated for 2024-25.
Yes, SAT or ACT or both.
No. It is optional beginning spring 2025.
The last October test date, per Brown's testing page.
Brown says there are no minimum scores required to be considered.
Brown is required. October 3 is the ED test date. start a free practice set until then.
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