Most selective colleges in Massachusetts
Ranked by how few applicants they admit. Every one of these is a reach for every applicant, whatever the numbers say.
13 colleges
- Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA4% admit1510–1580 SATRequired
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA5% admit1520–1580 SATRequired
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA5% admit1440–1540 SATOptional
- Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA8% admit1490–1570 SATOptional
- Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA9% admit1490–1580 SATOptional
- Boston UniversityBoston, MA11% admit1420–1530 SATOptional
- Tufts UniversityMedford, MA11% admit1470–1560 SATOptional
- Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA14% admit1460–1560 SATOptional
- Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA16% admit1440–1540 SATOptional
- Babson CollegeWellesley, MA17% admit1390–1530 SATOptional
- College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA18% admit1240–1410 SATOptional
- Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA21% admit1420–1540 SATOptional
- Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA25% admit1493–1558 SATOptional
Acceptance rate and cost come from U.S. Department of Education reporting. Admitted SAT, ACT and GPA come from each college’s Common Data Set, where it publishes one. Every name links to that school’s full read.
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From published federal reporting and each college’s own Common Data Set. It’s filtered and sorted on the number the list is about. It isn’t a ranking, and nobody set the order by hand.
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