Smith College
MA · Private · Northeast · Liberal arts college · Top 25 tier · 2,574 undergraduates (small)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
How much of the class comes from ED
~53% 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
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
Testing
Testing policy
Superscoring
What this means:
- SAT
- Not stated
- ACT
- Not stated
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. Standardized testing policy only mentions TOEFL MyBest; no SAT/ACT superscore statement.
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
Test-optional; the saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT composite, middle 50%
ACT composite, middle 50%
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | ED share of class | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 1,817 | 32.5% | 61.3% | Not reported | Not reported | 54% | Not reported | 1330-1500 | 30-33 | |
| 2020-21 ↗ | 1,917 | 36.5% | 64.6% | Not reported | 80% | 54% | 26% | 1350-1490 | 31-34 | |
| 2021-22 ↗ | 1,814 | 29.9% | 57.5% | Not reported | 54% | 34% | 20% | 1390-1510 | 31-34 | |
| 2022-23 ↗ | 1,662 | 22.9% | 49.2% | Not reported | 55% | 33% | 22% | 1390-1500 | 31-34 | |
| 2023-24 ↗ | 1,947 | 19.7% | 32.6% | Not reported | 48% | 33% | 15% | 1430-1520 | 32-34 | |
| 2024-25 ↗ | 1,820 | 21% | 38.2% | Not reported | 42.9% | 29.3% | 13.6% | 1450-1520 | 32-35 | |
| 2025-26 ↗ | 1,816 | 22.4% | 33.5% | Not reported | 45% | 30% | 15% | 1420-1520 | 32-34 |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
- 2025: 0%
- 2024: 5%
- 2023: 8%
- 2022: 3%
- 2021: 0%
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Required for some2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Required for some2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Required for some2019-20 CDS
From the school's website
Figures from the school’s own pages that add to its Common Data Set. Each links its source.
Smith reports 8,102 applicants, 1,816 admitted (22%) and a class of 703. No score range is published.
Source: Smith: Meet the Class of 2029 (archived Sep 16, 2025) ↗