@jubilant56 I’m class of 2017 and these were my stats for RD. (I was likely the exception, and not the rule)
SAT: did not submit
ACT: 33
GPA: when I applied it was somewhere around 1.7. Final GPA was 2.03
Class rank: 97/97. Final rank was 97/97
High school: catholic prep school
APs: None. Could not take due to GPA
Note: I was diagnosed with a severe learning disability at the end of 10th grade. Once I had received accommodations for my LD and went to tutoring on how to manage it, my grades went from Ds, to As and Bs. I did sent all of my LD testing to help explain, and on there it included IQ, which was quite high. I think that this is what got me in.
If you have any questions about my stats and how I got in, feel free to ask!
@jubilant56 Class of 2019, also for RD
SAT: 2190
ACT: did not submit
GPA: 3.99 UW; 4.3 Weighted
Class Rank: School did not release rank to students, but it would have been 1-4/63
High School: All-girls Catholic prep school
APs: Calc AB&BC (for my school, AB was a prereq for BC, which was a one semester course in the spring. Weird, but it worked), Human Geography, US History, Biology, and Literature. When I applied, the scores I had were fives from AB and US History (my school only allowed you to begin taking APs junior year)
Extracurriculars: Model UN (Secretary General senior year), extensive theatre, tutoring, volunteer experience at a local historical site
I was a National Merit finalist in my state. It’s worth noting that I had a geographic advantage, since I’m from a western state that is not California. I received a merit scholarship.
@FireflyLights thank you so much!
@greengriffins25 Wow, it’s great you were able to get help with your LD. Thank you for sharing 
Not sure if you’re still looking for stats, but I was accepted ED for the class of 2020 with these:
SAT: 2090
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.55 UW, 4.15 W.
Class rank: I was in the top 6-10% of my graduating class of about 500, which was a public high school in a large town outside of Boston.
APs: US History, Psych, English Lang, BC Calculus (AB is not a prerequisite, so I did not have to take it), Biology, and English Lit. I took the most rigorous course load available to me at my school.
Extracurriculars: I swam for both my high school team and a club team, tutoring, teach swim lessons, lifeguard, ran a fundraiser teamed with Dana Farber a few times, and had an internship at Johns Hopkins in a microbiology lab for a few summers.
Congratulations! You will LOVE Mount Holyoke!
There’s a cool new interactive floor-plan for the new Blanchard with concepts of what everything will look like. I’m a bit of an architecture dork so I’m really enjoying playing around with it.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/communitycenter/interactive-floor-plan
At this point many of my concerns about inadequate size have been allayed; I like the idea of separate dining rooms with different noise levels, since I was worried about a huge cafeteria being too loud. Fingers crossed they figure out trays will be useful with seating so distributed, and provide multiple places to get silverware. Having grab&go separate from the main dining room is a great idea; it will reduce crowding and expedite the grab&go process since everyone in that line is moving fast. I’m still somewhat dubious about breakfast plans; I think having continental breakfast available in dorms during weekdays (like they do in Torrey right now) would be a great addition to the overall plan and reduce crowding during the packed morning hours. I don’t really want a hot breakfast most of the time; I want a piece of bread, a banana, and access to a toaster. Most people I know are the same - cereal & milk, or toast, or a hard-boiled egg is fine most days.
I’m also hoping that traditions like Gracious Dinners and Dessert Dilemma will be able to adapt well to the new space.
Happy Mountain Day!
I went on a trip to Bryn Mawr recently and everyone warned me about going to MHC. Is there really nothing to do in South Hadley?
IDK what goes on in South Hadley but MHC students have free bus service all over the valley, including to Amherst and Northampton, where lots of cool stuff goes on.
@jubilant56 There isn’t really anything exciting going on in the town of South Hadley, which has two stoplights and about fifteen stores. There is a lot going on on the Mt. Holyoke campus, and as OHmom pointed out, we have access to the other towns and schools in the valley, which provides a lot. It’s true the social life is more low-key than at other schools, which I personally prefer. Whether or not it’s going to work for you is going to depend on your preferences. There are parties, although not a ton, and there are some really great clubs. I mentioned a lot of this in post #2, so I won’t repeat all of that here. I will point out that you spend way more out-of-class time on homework than you might think. You spend less time in class in college, so in order to make the class sessions more productive you use more time to prepare for each one.
As an aside, it’s annoying that people who go to Bryn Mawr think they know what it’s like to go to Mount Holyoke. Are they seriously warning you off of a school the vast majority of them have only visited once or twice, at the absolute maximum? Apart from the very few transfer students (the schools are so small I’m willing to bet it’s not even one a year) none of those people have actual experience here.
Hey @FireflyLights , did you have an interview for MHC? I have mine coming up on the 11th (I’m a FP applicant) and was wondering if you had any advice!
@mjstewart1224 Yes, I did! Senior student fellows in the office of admissions do the interviews, so they’re pretty relaxed. They want to get to know you and see if you’d be a good fit on campus. The FP interview might work a bit differently, I’m not sure. My interviewer was great; she sent me a little card afterwards which I still have (it was so sweet!) and answered a few questions later in the year; I accidentally contacted her after she graduated (I misremembered her class year) and she directed me to another student who was also lovely.
ill try to answer the concern about “noting to do in South Hadley” best I can. first off, Im not a student. My daughter attends MHC. Compared to my younger daughter who attends a large Uni in philadelphia, my MHC daughter reports attending more college-related social events (aka parties,events, concerts,etc) than her sister at a BIG school. South hadely is a cute little town that really supports the college students. For example the local Church runs a free midnight breakfast for students during exam weeks. The free bus is easy for trips into the “commercial areas”, like if your need to go to CVS. and it runs until 2 am on the weekends.The bus also allows MHC students to access the offerings at the other five colleges. Clubs and activities abound for all interest.
@mjstewart1224 I hope you see this in time for your interview. Congrats on pursuing the FP program! Good for you. My impression is that MHC tends to select students who demonstrate o serious of purpose and desire to learn above simple stats. like test scores. I can only image that this even more important for the FP scholars. Best of Luck.
Thank you for the advice, both of you! The interview was really great!
@mjstewart1224 Great! I wish you luck!
Have any of you MoHo students stayed for a January intersession? If so, what classes did you take and how was it on campus?
I haven’t stayed for intersession - it’s not super common, at least among most people I know. My impression is that most people who take those classes either live in the area or are international students - all my friends who’ve taken non-online intersession classes are in one of those two categories. Most of us want a bit of a break, and J-term is pretty short. That said, there are some classes which are 1 and 2 credits (normal courses are 4) which are good if you have very targeted interests.
I’ll be staying on campus for j term! I’m not taking a class as I’ll be there for sports, but I can let you know what the campus is like and things like that if you want!
I GOT IN AND NOW I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS.
Haha, ok but seriously. I am so happy. I won’t be able to visit the campus before the Fall, so my main question involves the campus.
I’m a FP Scholar, so I’ll be living in Dickinson. Where is that located? The website says it’s “a bit further from the center of campus than other housing” but my main interest is how far it is from the athletic complex. (I’ll be playing volleyball at MHC this fall). Am I going to have to walk 30 minutes to class/practice every day?
I am so excited, my stomach hurts. In a good way.