Macalester College is a extremely selective school. They receive roughly 8,820 applications each year. With regards to the acceptance rate, it tends to be around 28 percent which equals about 2,500 students being accepted to the institution. Around 21 percent of the 2,500 applicants who received the acceptance letter from Macalester College decided to attend. The school tends to have 46 percent of the students who applied are men compared to 53 percent who are women. When the year commences, about 55 percent of those accepted females decided to study at Macalester College and 44 percent were males. Macalester College’s undergraduate application fee is unknown. Students are requested to submit their ACT or SAT scores to Macalester College when filling out the application. Usually, an ACT score of 29 - 34 or a 1,350 - 1,490 SAT score is the range that students have greater chances to be accepted. This school also accepts Advanced Placement (AP) credits.

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Student ACT Scores

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Student SAT Scores

25th %
75th %



First-Year Admission Statistics

Application, Acceptance, Enrollment Statistics from the
Applications
8,819
Male 4,067
Female 4,738

 

Acceptance
2,481
Male 995
Female 1,478

 

Enrollment Total
520
Male 230
Female 290


Acceptance Rate
28.1%
Male
24.5%
Female
31.2%

 

Yield
21%
Male
23.1%
Female
19.6%


Application Fees and Other Information

Credit from AP or Pre-college classes

  • Advanced Placement (AP) credits


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