GOLD STANDARD SCHOOL Type: College Size: Small (1,791 Undergraduate Only); Style: STEM-Weighted Liberal Arts with Thesis/Capstone Honors College: Yes Affiliations: Tri-College Consortium (Haverford/Bryn Mawr); University of Pennsylvania Student Body: Undergraduate Only (1620 Students) Testing: SAT/ACT Admissions: 13% (Class Size 415); Early Decision 33% Students of Color: 36.8% Male-Female: 49.5%-50.5% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 98% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 87% […]
Type: College Size: Small Style: Non-Traditional/Outside-the-Box Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Five College Consortium (UMass Amherst; Amherst College; Smith; Mount Holyoke) Student Body: Undergraduate (1376 Students) Testing: NO SAT/ACT Required Admissions: Applied: 2671; Accepted: 1789 (67%); Class Size: 331; Early Decision 81% Average GPA: 3.45 Students of Color: 31% Male-Female: 41%-58% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10.6:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 82% Freshman Graduating […]
TOP STEM SCHOOL Type: College Size: Small (800 Undergraduate); Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Claremont College Consortium (Pomona College, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, Scripps) Student Body: Undergraduate (851 Students) Testing: SAT Reading: 670-760; Math: 730-800; ACT: 29-33 Math II Subject Test: 750-800 Admissions: Applied: 4119; Accepted: 533 (12.9%); Class Size: 215; Early Decision 25% Average GPA: 3.9 (70% over 3.75) […]
Type: College Size: Small (1,430 Undergraduate; 23 Graduate); Style: Gold Standard School/Mini-Ivy Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Student Body: Undergraduate (1453 Students) Testing: SAT: 1930-2210; ACT: 29-33 (SAT/ACT Optional School) Admissions: Applied: 5,396; Accepted: 1888 (34.9%); Class Size: 421; Early Decision 70% Average GPA: 3.9 (70% over 3.75) Students of Color: 18.96% Male-Female: 46.5%-53.5% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 90% Freshman […]
Type: College Size: Very Small (1,000) Style: Hands On/Engaged Affiliations: N/A Honors College: N/A Student Body: Undergraduate: 950; Graduate: 50 Testing: SAT:1460-2360/ACT: 28-35 Admissions: 30 in Architecture, 65 in Art and 125-145 in Engineering Students of Color: 45.7% (His.: 12%; AA: 6.4%; AS:23.6%) Male-Female: 66%-34% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 16:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 97.0% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 68%; 6 Years: 81% Attend […]
GOLD STANDARD SCHOOL / MINI IVY Type: College Size: Small (1,791 Undergraduate); Style: Liberal Arts with Thesis/Capstone Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Student Body: Undergraduate (1773 Students) Testing: Test Optional Admissions: 21.6% (Class Size 517); Early Decision 51.1% Students of Color: 22.8% Male-Female: 49%-51% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 94.6% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 83.5% Attend a Graduate School within 10 Years: […]
Hampshire College is for “out of the box” students who may or may not love school, but are smart and like to forge their own path, including designing their own major.Hampshire was founded by Amherst College and U. Mass Amherst, in their 5 college consortium (group) with Smith and Mount Holyoke. Many Hampshire grads have started pioneering, […]
An interesting article from the Washington Post about why Hampshire College dumped the SAT/ACT. No, not “optional.” They dumped it, dropping themselves off of US News & World Report’s college ranking system in the process, and THEY DON’T CARE, because they’re happier with the students that they’re seeing apply. Hampshire is an excellent school started by Amherst […]
Gold Standard School Type: Liberal Arts Size: Small (1,800 Undergraduate); Style: Formal, Focused and Motivated Affiliations: Five College Consortium (Take courses at Hampshire, Smith, UMass Amherst, Mount Holyoke); Participant in the Twelve-College Exchange Program; Student Body: Undergraduate Testing: SAT/ACT; 2 SAT Subject Tests Admissions: 14% Accepted; 10% of the 14% Early Decision; 41% of Accepted Matriculate Students of Color: 45% […]
Wesleyan University is a great school but buyer beware: We drop them two diamonds because of their apparent donut hole in funding, the two-tiered tuition cost structure, and a less-than-candid total cost structure that is nestled into their admissions pitch.
