Dewey Smart
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Admissions Factors

Colleges That Consider Course Rigor

147 of 151 colleges say they weigh rigor of high school courses. 128 rate it very important and 4 do not consider it.

Very important (128)

Important (12)

Considered (7)

Not considered (4)

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Frequently asked questions

Which colleges do not consider rigor of high school courses?

4 of the 151 colleges here rate it "not considered": California State University-Long Beach, Kansas, San Jose State University, West Virginia.

Which colleges rate rigor of high school courses as very important?

128 colleges: Amherst, Arizona, Barnard College, Bates, Binghamton, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Brown, Buffalo, California Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western, Claremont McKenna, Clemson, Colgate, College of William & Mary, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, Columbia, Cornell, CU Boulder, Dartmouth, Davidson, Delaware, Denver, DePaul University, Drexel, Duke, Emory, Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, George Mason, George Washington, Georgetown University, Georgia Tech, Grinnell College, Hamilton, Harvey Mudd, Haverford, Hofstra, Howard, Indiana University-Bloomington, Iowa, Iowa State, James Madison, Johns Hopkins, Kentucky, Lehigh, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Loyola Chicago, Marquette, Miami, Miami University-Oxford, Michigan, Middlebury, NC State, New Hampshire, North Texas, Northeastern, Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Oberlin, Ohio State, Penn, Pitt, Pomona, Princeton, Purdue, Rhode Island, Rice, Rochester, RPI, San Diego State, Southern Methodist University, Stanford University, Stony Brook, Swarthmore, Syracuse University, Temple, Texas A&M University-College Station, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech, The University of Alabama, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, The University of Texas at Dallas, Tufts, Tulane, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UGA, UIC, UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, University at Albany, University of Central Florida, University of Chicago, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus, University of Oregon, University of South Florida, USC, Utah, UW, UW-Madison, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Vermont, Villanova, Virginia Commonwealth University, Wake Forest, Washington State University, WashU, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams, Yale University.

Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. Each rating is the college’s own answer on its Common Data Set. Colleges that left the row blank are left out.

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