United States

Mount Holyoke College

Verified 3 Nov 2026 against official sources

Funding

Mount Holyoke provides need-based financial aid to qualifying international first-year students, and all first-year applicants are automatically considered for separate merit scholarships. International aid can include college grants, student employment, and possibly a college loan; neither automatic merit consideration nor meeting assessed need is a guaranteed full ride. Applicants must ask for need-based aid when applying for admission and cannot seek that aid for the first time later.

Eligibility

Selectivity context: Selective. Mount Holyoke is a gender-diverse women's college welcoming eligible women, transgender and nonbinary students; check applicant eligibility. Bangladeshi first-year applicants can use Common App or Coalition on Scoir; there is no admission application fee. SAT/ACT optional (except special cases such as exclusively homeschooled students). Non-native English speakers may require proficiency testing. International need-based aid applicants complete 2027–28 CSS Profile (no generic ISFAA substitute listed on official current international aid checklist) and translated parent tax returns or employer salary verification. FAFSA is only for eligible domestic students.

Deadlines

Fall 2027 admission AND international CSS Profile and financial aid deadlines: ED I November 15, 2026; ED II January 5, 2027; RD January 15, 2027. For international students only CSS Profile and translated parental income verification, not FAFSA. Late aid considered on a funds-available basis.

What Mount Holyoke College needs for Fall 2027

Draft research from official pages (checked 14 Nov 2026). Not yet verified by a bdesh editor — confirm every date and prompt on the official page. 7 details still being checked.

Rounds and deadlines

Round	Application	Financial aid	Decision
Early Decision Ibinding	not confirmed	not confirmed	late December
Early Decision IIbinding	not confirmed	not confirmed	late January
Regular Decision	not confirmed	not confirmed	late March

Essays and short answers

No college-specific essays found — only the Common App personal statement.

Testing

SAT/ACT optional
English tests: TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo English Test, PTE Academic, Cambridge Academic English (IELTS over 7.0 (average, not a minimum) · TOEFL 100 (average, not a minimum) · DET over 130 (average, not a minimum))
Non-native speakers may request a waiver if they attended a U.S. high school since 9th grade, or non-U.S. high school(s) since 9th grade where English was the primary language of instruction, or believe their academic background shows strong proficiency. Not guaranteed; reviewed after application received. Only Cambridge (185) has a stated minimum.

Recommendations · Interview

counselor + 2 teacher
Interview: Optional
Application fee: No fee · Apply through Common App, Coalition App with Scoir

Financial aid for international students

Need-blind or need-aware: not stated
✓ Meets full demonstrated need
Forms: CSS Profile, International Financial Declaration (IFD)
Documents: Most recent parental tax return, translated into English; if none was filed, a letter from parents' employers stating gross salary and deductions
CSS Profile code: 3529

The aid page says the College is committed to meeting the full calculated need of every enrolled student and that most admission decisions are made without regard to financial need; it does not use the terms need-blind/need-aware and does not state the policy for international applicants explicitly, so international_policy is left unclear. International students file once; family contribution stays the same for four years. Packages typically include grants, a fixed-interest loan and campus employment (loans rise by about USD 1,000 yearly). All applicants are automatically considered for merit aid.

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