Undergraduate Admission
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Undergraduate Admission
Standardized Tests
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Standardized Tests
Standardized Tests
Brown is test-optional for transfer applicants. The SAT or ACT, when submitted, will continue to be considered in the context of all the other information we have about a candidate. We accept Score Choice and will always consider a student’s highest scores if multiple results are submitted.
Sending Official and Self-Reported Test Scores to Brown
- If you have test scores to report, please either self-report your scores through the Common Application, upload them via your Brown Applicant Portal or have official test scores sent directly to Brown.
- Admitted transfer students who choose to enroll at Brown and have self-reported test scores will be required to submit official versions of those scores by June 15 for fall entry, and January 6 for Spring entry.
Resubmitting Scores to Brown
If you applied to Brown for first-year admission in the past and you wish to use the official test scores that you submitted with your prior application, then you do not need to resend those scores.
English Language Proficiency
English language proficiency must be achieved before you are admitted. Brown does not offer courses in English as a second language for its undergraduates and does not accept on a provisional basis students who are deficient in English.
We highly recommend that international applicants for whom English is not a first language, a primary language spoken at home, or the primary language of instruction for the duration of their secondary school career submit the results of an English proficiency test. At this time, we accept results for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), the Duolingo English Test, the Pearson Test of English, and Cambridge English. We will also accept the TOEFL IBT Home Edition. Please arrange for Brown to receive the official results.
The following minimum scores are expected in most cases:
- TOEFL internet-based exam taken prior to January 2026: minimum score of 105
- TOEFL internet-based exam taken January 2026 and later: minimum score of 5.5
- IELTS: minimum score of 8.0
- Duolingo Test of English: minimum score of 130
- Pearson Test of English: minimum score of 75
- C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency Cambridge English Exams: minimum score of 191
Official score reports will be required for all matriculating students who self-report an English Proficiency Test result as part of their application. For students enrolling in the fall of 2026, those official score reports will be required in May of 2026. If your English Proficiency Test result will expire before May of 2026, you must ask the testing agency to send the official score report to Brown before expiration. Expired score reports will not be accepted and the Office of College Admission will not waive the EPT official score report requirement for students who self-reported a result that has since expired.