Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and the oldest member of the Seven Sisters. Mary Lyon founded it as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which opened on November 8, 1837. It received its collegiate charter in 1888 and was renamed Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Undergraduate admissions are open to female, transgender and nonbinary students, a policy announced in 2014. In October 2025 the college announced that it would end its professional and graduate degree programs. It belongs to the Five College Consortium in Western Massachusetts with Amherst, Smith, Hampshire and UMass Amherst. First-year applicants use the Common App or the Coalition App, and standardized test scores are optional.
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Mount Holyoke welcomes first-year applications from female, transgender and nonbinary students, through the Common App or the Coalition App (submit only one). Standardized test scores are optional, and interviews are not part of the review.
Dates, fees and criteria change every session. Always confirm them on the official admissions page before applying.
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50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075, United States, Massachusetts
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