Test-optionalED + EA

Rhodes College

TN · Private · South · Liberal arts college · Top 50 tier · 1,715 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate51.5%
ED rate54.6%195 of 357
Regular round (est.)†51.3%includes Early Action

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). It also includes Early Action, because the Common Data Set does not report Early Action counts.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision
0%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2544.7%51.4%56.9%53.9%50.4%51.5%65.9%64.9%64.6%58.2%36.7%54.6%no data

ED share of the enrolled freshman class (% of first-years admitted ED, not an admit rate)

ED admits ÷ enrolled first-years
0%20%40%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2532.2%39.5%no datano datano datano datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision I & II (binding) + Early Action (non-binding) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

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
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. Rhodes uses "the average of your best subscores".

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; school doesn’t say when official scores are due

You can self-report or send official scores. The school’s page doesn’t say when official scores are required.

School’s words: “A student may self-report these scores on their Common Application if the student feels they could strengthen their application for admission by doing so.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡54.9%SAT 19.8% + ACT 35%

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

Submitted SAT19.8%
98 students
Submitted ACT35%
173 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
1360–1470 median 1420
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
670–737.5 median 710
500800
SAT Math
660–767.5 median 715
500800
ACT composite
28–32 median 30
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%44.0%42.0%34.5%50.0%54.9%35.6%40.0%12.0%11.0%8.3%17.0%19.83%72.0%73.0%32.0%31.0%26.2%33.0%35.02%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251250–1400140012501250–1400140012501320–1450145013201315–145014501315no data1352–1478147813521360–147014701360

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'19'20'21'22'23'24'2527–32322727–32322728–32322828–32322827–31312728–32322828–323228

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 5%
  • 2022: 1%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2021 Required2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2020 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources