Smith acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Smith admitted 1,816 of 8,102 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 22.4%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Smith counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Smith acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 8,102 | 1,816 | 22.4% | 698 | 38.4% |
| 2024-25 | 8,666 | 1,820 | 21.0% | 645 | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 9,869 | 1,947 | 19.7% | 649 | 33.3% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Smith
Smith waitlist
Smith SAT and ACT scores
What Smith says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Smith rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Recommendations, Application essay, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability
Smith testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional (since 2009). Submitting SAT or ACT scores is optional for all applicants, US and international, and non-submitters are not disadvantaged.
From Smith’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Some page footers in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 documents still print the prior year's label; years follow the file names. For 2023-24 the gender table gives 9,869 applied and the residency table 9,868; 9,869 is shown. The 2025-26 C2 prints 0 admitted from the waitlist.
Smith acceptance rate questions
- What is the Smith acceptance rate?
- Smith's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 8,102 first-year applicants and 1,816 admitted, an acceptance rate of 22.4%. It was 21.0% in 2024-25 and 19.7% in 2023-24.
- What is the Smith early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 371 of 1,107 early decision applicants were admitted (33.5%), against 22.4% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Smith students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1420 to 1520, and ACT submitters scored 32 to 34. 30.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Smith waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Smith offered 1,440 applicants a place on the waitlist; 741 accepted one, and 0 were admitted from it.
- Does Smith require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional (since 2009). Submitting SAT or ACT scores is optional for all applicants, US and international, and non-submitters are not disadvantaged.
Applying to Smith?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Smith says it weighs.
Source: Smith Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Smith. All official acceptance rates