Wellesley College
Wellesley publishes 15% (Fall 2025). In-State applicants got in at 22%; international at 3.4%.
Acceptance rate
What Wellesley's 15% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Wellesley reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
"Wellesley College will continue to be test optional for those applying for entry in fall 2027." ~45% of enrolled students submit no scores. College states it will "communicate updates for future application cycles as they become available" — no reinstatement announced.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1460–1560sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (ED); Jan 5, 2027 (ED2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 8, 2027Source
- Supplemental essays
- 1 required
One required Wellesley-specific essay (in addition to the Common App personal essay) responding to a prompt about working with/alongside people of different backgrounds. Two letters of recommendation required (one more than most peer schools).
- AI use in essays
No Official Policy
We reviewed Wellesley's admission FAQ, first-year applicant page, and its dedicated application-advice essay page — no mention of AI, ChatGPT, or generative AI.
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 2,300
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $67,176
- Category
- Liberal Arts
- Admissions site
- www.wellesley.edu
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Dewey students who got into Wellesley
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Sources
- Wellesley test policy (2026-27)
- Wellesley deadlines
- Wellesley admissions pages
- Wellesley admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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