Hampshire College

Hampshire College is known for being a somewhat selective school. They receive about 2,100 applications annually. The acceptance rate tends to be 75 percent which equals about 1,610 students who passed the admission process of the institution. But, when the semester begins, only about 160 or 10% of the candidates would have picked Hampshire College as their future school. Based on the institution’s application data, 35% of the applicants were men while 48% were women, however, after receiving the letter of acceptance, only 57 percent of the women chose Hampshire College as compared to 42 percent of men who decided to enroll. Hampshire College’s undergraduate application fee is $0. First-year students are asked to submit their ACT or SAT scores to Hampshire College when filling out the application. Most often, an ACT score of 24 - 29 or a 1,160 - 1,350 SAT score is the range in which students have greater chances to be accepted. This school also allows submissions of Advanced Placement (AP) credits.