For Counselors
Counselors are a vital part of what we do in college admission. We want you to be well served by our office. You are an important partner in this process, which each year becomes increasingly more complicated and anxiety producing. If hearing from an admission officer can be of benefit to your students and their parents, please contact admission@smith.edu.
The student’s responsibility is to provide a thoughtful, thorough, authentic application. The college’s responsibility is to be deliberative and fair, and to make the right match.
Admission Statistics
Class of 2020
| Size of class | 660 |
| Number of transfers entering in September | 34 |
| Number of states represented (including D.C.) | 41 |
| Number of foreign countries represented (by citizenship) | 35 |
| Percentage of students of color (excluding international) | 38% |
| Regular decision | 424 |
| Early decision | 237 |
Forms & Deadlines
Deferred applicants are reconsidered with regular decision applications in the spring. Decision mailings are sent mid-December.
| Early Decision Agreement | November 15 | |
| Common Application or Coalition Application |
November 15 | |
| Smith Writing Supplement | November 15 | |
| Secondary School Report | November 15 | |
| Counselor Recommendation | November 15 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | November 15 | |
| Standardized Test Scores (optional) | November 15 | |
| Interview (recommended) | November 15 | |
| Financial Aid Materials | See Tuition & Financial Aid for deadlines | |
| Enrollment Decision | January 15 |
Where to Send Forms
You can send your documents to us through the mail or via fax. Please make copies of all documents submitted.
Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA 01063
Fax: 413-585-2527
Deferred applicants are reconsidered with regular decision applications in the spring. Decision mailings are sent in late January.
| Early Decision Agreement | January 1 | |
| Common Application or Coalition Application |
January 1 | |
| Smith Writing Supplement | January 1 | |
| Secondary School Report | January 1 | |
| Counselor Recommendation | January 1 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | January 1 | |
| Midyear School Report (if available) | January 1 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | January 1 | |
| Standardized Test Scores (optional) | January 1 | |
| Interview (recommended) | January 1 | |
| Financial Aid Materials | See Tuition & Financial Aid for deadlines | |
| Enrollment Decision | February 15 |
Where to Send Forms
You can send your documents to us through the mail or via fax. Please make copies of all documents submitted.
Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA 01063
Fax: 413-585-2527
Decision mailings are sent in late March.
| Common Application or Coalition Application |
January 15 | |
| Smith Writing Supplement | January 15 | |
| Secondary School Report | January 15 | |
| Counselor Recommendation | January 15 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | January 15 | |
| Midyear School Report | February 2 | |
| Standardized Test Scores (optional) | January 15 | |
| Interview (recommended) | January 15 | |
| Financial Aid Materials | See Tuition & Financial Aid for deadlines | |
| Enrollment Decision | May 1 |
Where to Send Forms
You can send your documents to us through the mail or via fax. Please make copies of all documents submitted.
Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA 01063
Fax: 413-585-2527
Smith at a Glance
Enrollment
About 2,500 undergraduates in Northampton and 260 studying elsewhere
Tuition and Fees, 2017–18
Tuition: $49,760
Room and Board: $16,730
Student Activities Fee: $284
Financial Aid to the Class of 2020
Recipients of need-based gift aid from Smith: 60%
Recipients of aid from any source: 71%
Smith grant range: $849-$68,282
Average need-based grant: $43,839
Smith guarantees to meet the full documented need, as determined by college policy, of all admitted students who apply for aid by the published admission and financial aid deadlines.
President
Kathleen McCartney is Smith’s president.
Faculty
298 professors in 44 academic departments and programs; student-faculty ratio of 9:1.
Courses of Study
1,000 courses in more than 50 areas of study.
Library Holdings
More than 1 million items. Special-subject libraries for the fine and performing arts and the sciences; distinguished collection of women's history manuscripts; nationally prominent rare book collection.
International Study
Each year nearly half of Smith juniors study abroad in Smith programs in Florence, Geneva, Hamburg and Paris, or in programs in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and English-speaking countries in both hemispheres.
Residential Life
37 self-governing houses accommodate between 12 and 100 students; most houses include women from all four classes.
Athletics
11 varsity sports and extensive intramural and club sport programs.
Success After Smith
Almost 70 percent of each year’s senior class step from graduation right into good jobs, while 25 percent go directly to graduate school.
Five College Consortium
Student and faculty exchanges, joint faculty appointments, joint course offerings, Ph.D. programs, combined library catalogues and borrowing privileges between Smith and nearby Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire colleges and the University of Massachusetts.
Alumnae
More than 48,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate degree recipients in all 50 states and more than 120 countries.
Support for Smith
In 2016 Smith concluded the Women for the World campaign, raising a total of $486 million for the college’s key priorities. It was the largest and most successful campaign ever undertaken by a women’s college.
Graduation Rates
In accordance with the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act, the average graduation rate as of 2014 for students who enter Smith College as first-year students is 86 percent. The period covered is equal to 150 percent of the normal time for graduation.
