Generally you will first need to read the schools testing policy because, even though that school is test-optional, their policy may be written in a way that suggests that you should be submitting a score unless “x” circumstances are applicable. Read into their tone, does their policy actively support submitting test-optional policy or is it mainly cut and dry fact? Here are two examples below for your reading pleasure:
https://admission.brown.edu/first-year/standardized-tests/testing-requirements-2023-24#:~:text=Brown%20will%20maintain%20a%20test,we%20have%20about%20a%20candidate.
https://admissions.upenn.edu/blog/penn-extends-test-optional-policy-through-2023-24
It’s also important to remember that at times even decently good score can help given the the US and World Report’s ranking methodology.
From their website:
“Standardized tests (5%): U.S. News factors average test scores for all enrollees who took the mathematics and evidence-based reading and writing portions of the SAT and the composite ACT. Both SATs and ACTs were converted to their 0-100 test-taker percentile distributions and weighted based on the proportions of new entrants submitting each exam. For example, if a school had two-thirds of its test-takers submitting ACT scores and one-third submitting SAT scores, its ACT scores would weigh twice as heavily as its SAT scores toward this ranking factor.
For schools reporting SAT/ACT on less than 50% of both their fall 2021 and fall 2020 entering classes – including test-blind schools – we did not assess them on standardized tests at all. Instead, for those schools we increased the weights of two other ranking factors that have historically correlated with standardized testing: high school class standing and average graduation rate.”
So if they are looking for kids off the waitlist with a score you might just get lucky. Consult with an admissions specialist before strategizing!
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