Editing Wellesley College (section)

===Admissions===
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|+ ''Fall Admission Statistics''
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! &nbsp;
!2021<ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/faq|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Wellesley College|language=en}}</ref>
!2019<ref name=CDS/>
!2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/cds_2018-2019-completed_jsj_edits.pdf |title= Wellesley College Common Data Set 2018-19 |publisher=Wellesley College |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
!2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/cds_2017-2018_201802.pdf|title=Wellesley College Common Data Set 2017–2018|publisher=Wellesley College|access-date=September 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918161752/https://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/cds_2017-2018_201802.pdf|archive-date=September 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
!2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/cds_2016-2017_final_0.pdf|title=Wellesley College Common Data Set 2016–2017|publisher=Wellesley College|access-date=September 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519001452/http://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/cds_2016-2017_final_0.pdf|archive-date=May 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
!2015<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/wellesley_cds_2015-2016_corr.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2015–2016 |publisher=Wellesley College |access-date=September 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314225710/http://www.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/instresearch/files/wellesley_cds_2015-2016_corr.pdf |archive-date=March 14, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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! Applicants
|7,920
| 6,395 || 6,631 || 5,666 || 4,854 || 4,555 
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Admits
|1,240
| 1,379 || 1,296 || 1,251 || 1,388 || 1,380 
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! % Admitted
|16
| 21.6 || 19.5 || 22.1 || 28.6 || 30.3 
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! Enrolled
|606
| 612 || 614 || 605 || 590 || 595 
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! Mid 50% SAT range
|1479
| 1370–1510 || 1330–1520 || 1360–1530 || 1970–2250 || 1940–2240 
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! Mid 50% ACT range
|33
| 31–34 || 30–34 || 30–33 || 30–33 || 29–33 
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The 2020 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes admission to Wellesley as "most selective".<ref name=USNWR/> For the Class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), the middle 50% range of [[SAT scores]] was 680–750 for evidence-based reading and 680–780 for math, while the middle 50% range for the [[ACT (test)|ACT]] composite score was 31–34 for enrolled first-year students.<ref name=CDS/> For the incoming class of 2028, Wellesley received a record number of applications, totaling over 8,900 applications, and 13% of applicants were offered admission.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Welcome to Wellesley, class of 2028! |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/news/welcome-to-wellesley-class-of-2028 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Wellesley |language=en-US}}</ref> During the 2023–2024 admissions cycle (enrolling Fall 2024), the college was test-optional and did not publish standardized testing statistics for the class of 2027 as of July 2024. The college is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cost & Financial Aid |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/admission/cost |publisher=Wellesley College |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>

==== Transgender applicants                                                                                                                                ====
Following years of student activism, the college's admissions policy was updated in 2015 to allow [[trans women]] and [[non-binary]] [[Assigned female at birth|people assigned female at birth]] to be considered for admittance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/05/wellesley/1a3eDzywpzF4QAznRuOw3L/story.html|title=Wellesley to accept transgender women - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120113451/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/05/wellesley/1a3eDzywpzF4QAznRuOw3L/story.html|archive-date=November 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The first Wellesley transgender students enrolled in Fall 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbsm.com/all-female-massachusetts-college-welcomes-first-transgender-students/|title=All-Female Massachusetts College Welcomes First Transgender Students|website=1420 WBSM|date=September 5, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307150921/http://wbsm.com/all-female-massachusetts-college-welcomes-first-transgender-students/|archive-date=March 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Nontraditional age applicants ====
Wellesley began its program for [[non-traditional student]]s in 1971 when the Continuing Education Program was launched. This program was renamed in 1991 for Elisabeth Kaiser Davis, a member of the Class of 1932.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1991-03-17|title=Campus Life: Wellesley; A Higher Profile for Older Students|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/17/nyregion/campus-life-wellesley-a-higher-profile-for-older-students.html|access-date=2022-02-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Wellesley allows applicants older than 24 who had begun but have not completed a bachelor's degree to apply to the Elizabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program.<ref name="Davis Degree Program Applicants">{{cite web |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/admission/apply/davis |website=Wellesley College |title = Davis Degree Program Applicants|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> Davis Scholars are fully integrated into the Wellesley community; they take the same classes as traditional students and can choose to live on campus. According to the Wellesley web site, Davis Scholars' "diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives enrich the lives of the whole student body."<ref>[http://www.wellesley.edu/NSP/davisProgram.html Wellesley College. "Davis Degree Program and Postbaccalaureate Study Program."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902042953/http://www.wellesley.edu/NSP/davisProgram.html |date=2006-09-02 }} 24 May 2006.</ref>