Yes. Yale requires SAT or ACT scores for first-year and transfer applicants. Science and Writing on the ACT are optional. Super-scoring is allowed.
Yes. Yale requires first-year and transfer applicants to include scores from the ACT or SAT. The admissions office does not prefer one exam. ACT Science and Writing are optional. You may super-score SAT or ACT results.
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Include scores in the testing section of the application or send an update through the status portal. Yale reviews self-reported scores. If you matriculate, official results of all self-reported scores are required. A mismatch can cost the offer. SAT code 3987, ACT code 0618. If you report ACT, include English, Math, Reading, and a Composite. Do not mix an old four-section ACT composite with a new three-section composite when you super-score. Non-native English speakers without two or more years in an English-medium school also send an English proficiency test. That is in addition to SAT or ACT, not instead of it.
October or November SAT/ACT dates are generally in time for Yale Single-Choice Early Action. January or February dates are generally in time for Regular Decision. March is the transfer conversation. If you need a 2026 fall EA file, October 3 and November 7 are the dates that still exist.
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.
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The score page is the band. This page is: Yale 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.
Yale's operational rules, in order. Self-report on the application; official scores at matriculation, and Yale warns that discrepancies may result in the withdrawal of an offer. SAT code 3987, ACT code 0618. Timing is published per round: October or November exams for Single-Choice Early Action, January or February for Regular Decision, March for transfers. ACT Science and Writing are optional, but if you super-score an ACT composite it must match what the agency provides, so do not recalculate across a required-Science test and an optional-Science one.
The Yale-specific miss is mixing an old four-section ACT composite with a new three-section composite when you super-score. Yale says the super-scored ACT composite must match what the agency provides. The second miss is sending TOEFL and omitting SAT or ACT. For some applicants English proficiency is extra, not a substitute. The third miss is taking the March test and expecting Single-Choice Early Action to wait. Yale says October or November dates are generally in time for SCEA. Science and Writing on the ACT are optional; do not delay a test date to hunt an optional section. Self-report is allowed. Official scores of everything you reported are required if you matriculate, and a mismatch can cost the offer.
Yale requires SAT or ACT for first-year and transfer applicants. You may send ACT instead of SAT.
No. Science and Writing are optional.
Yes. You may report super-scored SAT or ACT results, with the ACT composite matching what the agency provides.
Yes for review. Official scores are required if you enroll, matching what you reported.
No. English proficiency is extra for some applicants. SAT or ACT is still required.
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