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VISITING YEAR PROGRAMS

Four programs welcome women with strong academic records to Smith for a semester or year. The deadlines for submitting application materials and fees for any of Smith's visiting year programs are July 1 for September entrance and December 15 for January entrance.

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You are welcome to visit Smith before applying for a visiting year. Plan to spend at least three hours on campus. This will give you time for a campus tour, a class visit, a conversation with a professor and perhaps a meal. When college is in session, applicants may also stay overnight in a residential house Monday through Thursday nights from mid-September to mid-December and early February to mid-March. During this busy season, appointments should be made at least three weeks in advance.

Students from historically black colleges and universities, the Pomona-Smith Exchange, and colleges in the Twelve College Exchange must apply through their home college for Smith's visiting year programs. These schools also set their own application filing dates and procedures. The Twelve College Exchange participants are Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Trinity, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Wheaton and Williams, as well as Smith.

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Required application materials

	Application with application fee
	Two letters of recommendation
	Adviser's/Dean's/Registrar's Form
	Official college transcript
	Students whose first language is not English must request TOEFL or IELTS scores.

Mailing address

Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA  01063

Calendar of Deadlines
						September  Entrance
Application and application fee						Jul. 1
Two letters of recommendation						Jul. 1
Adviser's/Dean's/Registrar's Form						Jul. 1
Official college transcript						Jul. 1
TOEFL or IELTS scores *						Jul. 1

*  For students whose first language is not English.

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