Test-optionalED

Mount Holyoke College

MA · Private · Northeast · Liberal arts college · Top 50 tier · 2,126 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate38.4%
ED rate50.6%208 of 411
Regular round (est.)†37.2%estimated, see note below

How much of the class comes from ED

~39% of enrolled freshmen were admitted through Early Decision.

This is a share of the freshman class, not an admit rate.

† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted students − Early Decision admits) ÷ (all applicants − Early Decision applicants).

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision
0%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2538.2%52.5%52.3%39.8%38.3%36.0%38.4%57.2%66.8%54.3%61.8%57.9%46.2%50.6%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision I & II, binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalHomeschooled applicants with self-study/online curricula must submit scoresSchool 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 page only says not to superscore self-reported scores yourself ("Do not superscore or recalculate your scores in any way"); no statement on whether Mount Holyoke superscores.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “Students who are submitting standardized test scores may submit self-reported or official scores at the point of application. ... Early Decision students must submit official scores in January (ED 1) or February (ED 2), and Regular Decision enrolling students must do so in May.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡17%SAT 15% + ACT 2%

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

Submitted SAT15%
83 students
Submitted ACT2%
10 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

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

SAT composite
1365–1485 median 1420
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
700–755 median 730
500800
SAT Math
640–755 median 690
500800
ACT composite
30–32 median 32
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2577.0%68.0%35.0%62.0%60.0%15.0%17.0%50.0%43.0%24.0%43.0%46.0%13.0%15.0%27.0%25.0%11.0%19.0%14.0%2.0%2.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600150014001300'19'20'21'22'23'24'251320–1450145013201320–1450145013201340–1470147013401370–1500150013701360–1470147013601410–1510151014101365–148514851365

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'19'20'21'22'23'24'2527–32322727–30302731–35353130–34343031–33333132–35353230–323230

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 5%
  • 2024: 4%
  • 2023: 0.3%
  • 2022: 2%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 2024 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Test-optional2019-20 CDS

Sources