What share of enrolled first-years actually submitted SAT scores, year by year. A collegedata.fyi recipe.
Every line is hand-verified against the collegedata.fyi public API. Click a school in the legend to toggle its line. Gaps in a line mean no CDS was archived for that year.
How to read this chart. The y-axis is the percentage of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores. Higher = more students submitted = closer to a de-facto test-required school. The orange dashed lines mark 85% (above = effectively test-required) and 10% (below = effectively test-blind); anything between is genuinely test-optional. Written policy and effective practice do not always match, which is the whole point.
≥ 85% submissionEffectively test-required. Almost every admit submits; not submitting is a meaningful disadvantage.
10–85% submissionGenuinely test-optional. A real fraction of admits get in without scores.
< 10% submissionEffectively test-blind. Written policy is binding regardless of whether a student submits.