Test-optionalED + EA

St. Lawrence University

NY · Private · Mid-Atlantic · Liberal arts college · Top 50 tier · 1,759 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate55.8%
ED rate50.4%139 of 276
Regular round (est.)†56.1%includes Early Action

How much of the class comes from ED

~33% 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%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2542.4%56.5%63.5%58.5%54.3%55.8%74.4%81.1%73.2%62.8%46.6%50.4%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%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2536.5%37.0%37.3%27.8%no 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. Submit all results if you tested more than once. The policy is stated on the counselor page, implicitly ("we will do this").

How to send scores

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

Send all scores? Requested

Admission at risk if self-reported scores differ from official.

School’s words: “Lawrence will accept self-reported scores at the time of your application. ... If you decide to enroll at St. Lawrence, you must submit official test scores via the testing agency, final high school transcript, or your school counselor. ... DO submit all test results if the student took the test(s) multiple times.”

Source 1 ↗ · Source 2 ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡17%SAT 14% + ACT 3%

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

Submitted SAT14%
57 students
Submitted ACT3%
13 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
1270–1380 median 1340
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
630–730 median 670
500800
SAT Math
620–690 median 650
500800
ACT composite
27–31 median 30
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2575.0%22.0%24.0%23.0%20.0%17.0%55.0%18.0%19.0%19.0%15.0%14.0%20.0%4.0%5.0%4.0%5.0%3.0%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251170–134013401170no data1230–1380138012301270–1380138012701260–1395139512601285–1385138512851270–138013801270

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2524–303024no data29–32322929–32322929–32322930–33333027–313127

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 15%
  • 2024: 9%
  • 2023: 17%
  • 2022: 30%
  • 2021: 5%

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 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. No CDS found CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Test-optional2019-20 CDS

Sources