MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE E-5

50 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Tel: (413)538-2000
Admissions: (413)538-2023
Fax: (413)538-2409
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, women only. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1837. Setting: 800-acre small town campus with easy access to Springfield. Endowment: $397.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $2.7 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $13,438 per student. Total enrollment: 2,073. Faculty: 249 (209 full-time, 40 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 9:1. 2,912 applied, 56% were admitted. 44% from top 10% of their high school class, 74% from top quarter, 92% from top half. 2 National Merit Scholars, 26 valedictorians, 142 student government officers. Full-time: 2,001 students. Part-time: 70 students. Students come from 48 states and territories, 72 other countries, 74% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 4% black, 11% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 14% international, 6% 25 or older, 93% live on campus, 2% transferred in. Retention: 92% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; biological/life sciences; interdisciplinary studies. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. Services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at members of the Twelve College Exchange Program, Five Colleges, Inc., Spelman College, Mills College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations. Recommended: interview. Required for some: SAT Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/15, 11/15 for early decision plan 1, 1/1 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 4/1, 1/1 for early decision plan 1, 2/1 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. Comprehensive fee: $39,998 includes full-time tuition ($30,770), mandatory fees ($168), and college room and board ($9060). College room only: $4430. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $965 per credit hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $168 per year.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 145 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, WMHC (radio station), Mount Holyoke News, cultural organizations, a cappella groups. Major annual events: A Cappella Jams, Junior Show, Las Vegas Night. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, police officers on-campus. 2,022 college housing spaces available; 1,983 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Option: women-only housing available. Williston Memorial Library plus 2 others with 909,720 books, 23,088 microform titles, 2,325 serials, 6,453 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $3.8 million. 561 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Across from campus in South Hadley Center is the Village Commons, apartments, movie theaters, a restaurant, an ice cream shop, a pub, a video rental shop, clothing stores, and offices, all attract people from across the five college areas. South Hadley is approximately 3 hours from the city of New York and only an hour and 30 minutes away from Boston. The Bradley International Airport is 40 minutes away and serves the Hartford and Springfield areas. Springfield, only 12 miles away, is accessible by Amtrak. There are buses running from Boston, Hartford, and Springfield to the campus gates. A free bus runs every half hour, taking students to the four other schools (Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and The University of Massachusetts at Amherst).