| State | College or University | Essay Policy |
|---|---|---|
| AL | Birmingham-Southern College | Neither require nor recommend |
| AL | Huntingdon College | Neither require nor recommend |
| AL | Lurleen B. Wallace Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| AL | Spring Hill College | Recommend |
| AL | University of Alabama | Neither require nor recommend |
| AL | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Neither require nor recommend |
| AL | University of South Alabama | Neither require nor recommend |
| AL | Wallace State Community College at Hanceville | Neither require nor recommend |
| AR | Arkansas Tech University | Neither require nor recommend |
| AR | Cossatot CC of the Univ Arkansas | Neither require nor recommend |
| AR | Mid-South Community College | Recommend |
| AR | Ozarka College | Neither require nor recommend |
| AR | University of Arkansas | Neither require nor recommend |
| AZ | Prescott College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Azusa Pacific University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | California College of the Arts | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | California Institute of Technology | Require |
| CA | California Lutheran University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | California Polytechnic State Univ San Luis Obispo | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | California State University: Chico | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | California State University: Fullerton | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | California State University: Long Beach | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Claremont McKenna College | Require |
| CA | Dominican University of California | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Humboldt State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Lincoln University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Mills College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Notre Dame de Namur University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Pacific Union College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Platt College: San Diego | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Pomona College | Recommend |
| CA | Santa Clara University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Stanford University | Require |
| CA | Thomas Aquinas College | Recommend |
| CA | University of California:Berkeley | Require |
| CA | University of California:Davis | Require |
| CA | University of California:Irvine | Require |
| CA | University of California:Los Angeles | Require |
| CA | University of California:Merced | Require |
| CA | University of California:Riverside | Require |
| CA | University of California:San Diego | Require |
| CA | University of California:Santa Barbara | Require |
| CA | University of California:Santa Cruz | Require |
| CA | University of Redlands | Neither require nor recommend |
| CA | Whittier College | Recommend |
| CO | Adams State College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CO | Colorado College | Recommend |
| CO | Colorado Mesa University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CO | Colorado School of Mines | Recommend |
| CO | Colorado State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CO | Naropa University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CO | Pueblo Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CO | Regis University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CO | University of Colorado Boulder | Neither require nor recommend |
| CT | Connecticut College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CT | Fairfield University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CT | Holy Apostles College and Seminary | Neither require nor recommend |
| CT | St. Vincent's College | Neither require nor recommend |
| CT | Quinnipiac University | Neither require nor recommend |
| CT | Yale University | Require |
| DC | Georgetown University | Neither require nor recommend |
| DC | Howard University | Require |
| FL | Ave Maria University | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Baptist College of Florida | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Daytona State College | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Edison State College | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Flagler College | Recommend |
| FL | Florida Institute of Technology | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Lynn University | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Miami Dade College | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Rollins College | Recommend |
| FL | University of North Florida | Neither require nor recommend |
| FL | Valencia College | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | College of Coastal Georgia | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | Columbus State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | Emory University | Require |
| GA | Georgia Institute of Technology | Recommend |
| GA | Georgia Southern University | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | Georgia Southwestern State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | Georgia State University | Recommend |
| GA | Kennesaw State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | LaGrange College | Neither require nor recommend |
| GA | Mercer University | Neither require nor recommend |
| IA | Drake University | Neither require nor recommend |
| IA | Grinnell College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IA | Iowa State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| IA | Luther College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IA | North Iowa Area Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| ID | Boise State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| ID | Brigham Young University-Idaho | Neither require nor recommend |
| ID | Idaho State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| ID | University of Idaho | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | DePaul University | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | Illinois College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | Illinois Institute of Technology | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | Lincoln Christian University | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | Quincy University | Recommend |
| IL | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Neither require nor recommend |
| IL | Trinity International University | Recommend |
| IL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Recommend |
| IN | Anderson University | Require |
| IN | Bethel College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IN | Franklin College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IN | Holy Cross College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IN | Huntington University | Recommend |
| IN | Manchester University | Neither require nor recommend |
| IN | Purdue University | Recommend |
| IN | Saint Joseph's College | Recommend |
| IN | Saint Mary's College | Neither require nor recommend |
| IN | University of Notre Dame | Neither require nor recommend |
| KS | Barclay College | Recommend |
| KS | Fort Hays State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| KS | Garden City Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| KS | Hesston College | Neither require nor recommend |
| KS | Pittsburg State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| KS | University of Kansas | Neither require nor recommend |
| KY | Alice Lloyd College | Neither require nor recommend |
| KY | Bellarmine University | Neither require nor recommend |
| KY | Centre College | Neither require nor recommend |
| KY | University of Louisville | Neither require nor recommend |
| LA | Centenary College of Louisiana | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Amherst College | Recommend |
| MA | Assumption College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Boston College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Dean College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Emmanuel College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Fitchburg State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Framingham State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Lasell College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Merrimack College | Recommend |
| MA | Mount Ida College | Recommend |
| MA | Nichols College | Recommend |
| MA | Salem State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Smith College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | University of Massachusetts Boston | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Wellesley College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Wentworth Institute of Technology | Require |
| MA | Wheaton College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MA | Williams College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MD | McDaniel College | Neither require nor recommend |
| ME | Beal College | Recommend |
| ME | University of Maine at Augusta | Neither require nor recommend |
| MI | Aquinas College | Recommend |
| MI | Lake Superior State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MI | Michigan Technological University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MI | Northern Michigan University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MI | Oakland University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MI | Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Neither require nor recommend |
| MI | University of Michigan: Dearborn | Neither require nor recommend |
| MN | College of St. Benedict | Neither require nor recommend |
| MN | Concordia College: Moorhead | Recommend |
| MN | Macalester College | Recommend |
| MN | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | Neither require nor recommend |
| MN | St. Catherine University | Recommend |
| MN | St. Olaf College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MN | Winona State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | Kansas City Art Institute | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | Maryville University of Saint Louis | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | Research College of Nursing | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | Saint Louis University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | Truman State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | University of Central Missouri | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | University of Missouri: Columbia | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | University of Missouri: Kansas City | Neither require nor recommend |
| MO | Washington University in St. Louis | Neither require nor recommend |
| MS | Jackson State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| MS | Mississippi College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MT | Dawson Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| MT | Montana State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | Bladen Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | Catawba College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | Duke University | Require |
| NC | North Carolina Central University | Recommend |
| NC | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | William Peace University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | Wingate University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NC | Winston-Salem State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NE | BryanLGH College of Health Sciences | Neither require nor recommend |
| NH | Franklin Pierce University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NH | Keene State College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NH | Manchester Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NH | University of New Hampshire | Neither require nor recommend |
| NJ | Beth Medrash Govoha | Neither require nor recommend |
| NJ | Caldwell College | Recommend |
| NJ | Princeton University | Require |
| NJ | Rutgers University: Newark | Recommend |
| NJ | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Recommend |
| NJ | Stevens Institute of Technology | Neither require nor recommend |
| NM | University of New Mexico | Neither require nor recommend |
| NV | College of Southern Nevada | Require |
| NV | University of Nevada: Las Vegas | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Alfred University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Buffalo State | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Colgate University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | College of Mount St. Vincent | Recommend |
| NY | Columbia University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art | Recommend |
| NY | Cornell University | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Daemen College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Davis College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Elmira College | Recommend |
| NY | Iona College | Recommend |
| NY | Island Drafting and Technical Institute | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Jamestown Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Keuka College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Onondaga Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Sarah Lawrence College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | St. John Fisher College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | St. Joseph's College New York: Suffolk Campus | Recommend |
| NY | St. Joseph's College of Nursing | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | St. Lawrence University | Recommend |
| NY | State University of New York, Empire State College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY C of Agriculture and Technology Morrisville | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY College at Brockport | Recommend |
| NY | SUNY College at Cortland | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY College at Oneonta | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY College at Purchase | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY University at Albany | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | SUNY University at Stony Brook | Recommend |
| NY | Union College | Neither require nor recommend |
| NY | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Art Institute of Cincinnati | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Bowling Green State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Capital University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Cleveland Institute of Music | Recommend |
| OH | Columbus College of Art and Design | Recommend |
| OH | Kent State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Marion Technical College | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Ohio Northern University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Ohio University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | Rosedale Bible College | Neither require nor recommend |
| OH | School of Advertising Art | Recommend |
| OH | University of Cincinnati | Recommend |
| OH | Ursuline College | Recommend |
| OK | Oklahoma Baptist University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OR | George Fox University | Recommend |
| OR | Lewis & Clark College | Neither require nor recommend |
| OR | Linfield College | Neither require nor recommend |
| OR | Multnomah University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OR | Western Oregon University | Neither require nor recommend |
| OR | Willamette University | Recommend |
| PA | Alvernia University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Arcadia University | Recommend |
| PA | Carlow University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Dickinson College | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | DuBois Business College: Huntingdon | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Geneva College | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Holy Family University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Lycoming College | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Marywood University | Recommend |
| PA | Messiah College | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Require |
| PA | Pennsylvania State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Reading Area Community College | Recommend |
| PA | Robert Morris University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Saint Joseph's University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Susquehanna University | Recommend |
| PA | University of Pennsylvania | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Villanova University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Washington & Jefferson College | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Waynesburg University | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | Wilson College | Neither require nor recommend |
| PA | York College of Pennsylvania | Neither require nor recommend |
| RI | Providence College | Neither require nor recommend |
| RI | Roger Williams University | Neither require nor recommend |
| SC | Anderson University | Recommend |
| SC | Clemson University | Neither require nor recommend |
| SC | Coastal Carolina University | Recommend |
| SC | College of Charleston | Require |
| SC | Columbia College | Neither require nor recommend |
| SC | Columbia International University | Neither require nor recommend |
| SC | Francis Marion University | Neither require nor recommend |
| SC | Newberry College | Neither require nor recommend |
| SC | The Citadel | Neither require nor recommend |
| SD | Mitchell Technical Institute | Neither require nor recommend |
| SD | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | Neither require nor recommend |
| TN | Maryville College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TN | Rhodes College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TN | Sewanee: The University of the South | Neither require nor recommend |
| TN | Tennessee Technological University | Neither require nor recommend |
| TN | Vanderbilt University | Recommend |
| TN | Visible Music College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TN | Watkins College of Art, Design & Film | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Alvin Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Amarillo College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Arlington Baptist College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Baylor University | Recommend |
| TX | Panola College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Rice University | Require |
| TX | Southern Methodist University | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Southwestern University | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Sul Ross State University | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Texas A&M University | Require |
| TX | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Trinity University | Require |
| TX | University of North Texas at Dallas | Recommend |
| TX | University of St. Thomas | Recommend |
| TX | University of Texas at Arlington | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Wade College | Neither require nor recommend |
| TX | Wayland Baptist University | Recommend |
| VA | Bridgewater College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | Central Virginia Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | Ferrum College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | Hampden-Sydney College | Recommend |
| VA | Hampton University | Recommend |
| VA | Liberty University | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | Longwood University | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | Old Dominion University | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | Patrick Henry College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VA | University of Mary Washington | Neither require nor recommend |
| VT | Bennington College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VT | Marlboro College | Require |
| VT | Middlebury College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VT | New England Culinary Institute | Neither require nor recommend |
| VT | Saint Michael's College | Recommend |
| VT | Southern Vermont College | Neither require nor recommend |
| VT | University of Vermont | Neither require nor recommend |
| VT | Vermont Technical College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WA | Bellingham Technical College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WA | Gonzaga University | Neither require nor recommend |
| WA | Seattle Central Community College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WA | University of Washington Tacoma | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | Beloit College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | Carthage College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | Lawrence University | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | Waukesha County Technical College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WI | Wisconsin Lutheran College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WV | Appalachian Bible College | Neither require nor recommend |
| WV | Concord University | Neither require nor recommend |
| WV | Marshall University | Neither require nor recommend |
| WV | Potomac State College of West Virginia University | Neither require nor recommend |