Mount Holyoke College
Location: Hadley, MA (suburban large town)
Size: 2,220 students
Avg percent need-met: 100%
Acceptance rate: 53%
Middle 50% ACT: 27-32 **Test Optional**
Middle 50% SAT: 1270-1490 **Test Optional**
Mount Holyoke is one of the nation's premier colleges for women. The school fosters a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere and embraces diversity. The student body itself is very active and intellectually engaged on the whole; diverse, open, and friendly. They boast a rigorous liberal arts education paired with career experience, classes are small with passionate discussion, and there are plentiful study abroad opportunities.
Popular majors / known for: English, Computer Science, Psychology, Biology, Economics
Academic approach: Liberal arts
“The Lynx” connects students academic work with practical applications for liberal arts and sciences
Curriculum-to-career opportunities
48 departmental and interdepartmental majors, with option to design your own major
Fun fact / campus tradition: Mountain Day; Mount Holyoke’s oldest tradition of an unscheduled day off from classes to hike to the Summit House on top of Mt. Holyoke where ice cream is served
More traditions and annual events here!
Check out campus photos here!
Additional Info:
Member of 5 College Consortium with Amherst College, Hampshire College, Smith College, and University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Note: this might look different now, given Hampshire's presumed closing
Member of 12 College Exchange with Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Connecticut College, Dartmouth College, O'Neill National Theatre Institute, Smith College, Trinity College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, Wheaton College (MA), and Williams/Mystic Seaport Program in Maritime Studies
Member of Women's College Exchange Program with Mills College and Spelman College
Application Details
RD deadline: January 18th
Early Action deadline: November 15th
Supplemental essays: Optional
Application fee: $60 (waivers available)
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: Yes, February 1st
Interviews: important
School also featured in: Women's Colleges