Test-optionalNo early plan

City College of New York (CUNY)

NY · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · 13,047 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate58%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†58%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2023–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%35%70%'23'24'2560.7%60.0%58.0%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (Feb. 1 priority deadline, then rolling) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

CUNY says uploaded score copies are unofficial; it does not say whether they are used for admission or when official scores are required.

School’s words: “Copies of scores uploaded to the application are considered unofficial.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡Not reported 

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SATNot reported
Submitted ACTNot reported

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
Not reported
SAT Reading & Writing
Not reported
SAT Math
Not reported
ACT composite
Not reported

Trends, Fall 2023–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

Not reported in any year shown.

SAT composite, middle 50%

Not reported in any year shown.

ACT composite, middle 50%

Not reported in any year shown.

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Not reported

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. No CDS found CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. No CDS found CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. No CDS found CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. No CDS found CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources