Admissions Factors

Colleges That Consider Talent

140 of 151 colleges say they weigh talent or ability. 29 rate it very important and 11 do not consider it.

Considered (61)

Not considered (11)

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Which colleges do not consider talent or ability?

11 of the 151 colleges here rate it "not considered": Arizona State University Campus Immersion, Boston University, California State University-Long Beach, Kansas, Mississippi State University, Ole Miss, San Diego State, San Jose State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of South Florida, West Virginia.

Which colleges rate talent or ability as very important?

29 colleges: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Brown, Carleton, Cincinnati, College of William & Mary, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Florida, Georgetown University, Miami University-Oxford, Middlebury, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, Stanford University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University-College Station, UC Irvine, UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Chicago, Vassar, WashU, 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.