{"id":28058,"date":"2023-11-06T11:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=28058"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:35:32","slug":"sat-scores-needed-for-top-liberal-arts-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/sat\/sat-scores-needed-for-top-liberal-arts-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"SAT Scores Needed for Top Liberal Arts Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top liberal arts colleges may not offer the same name recognition as Ivy Leagues or other top universities like Stanford or MIT, but they do give students a similarly excellent education. There are a few ways in which liberal arts colleges and big universities differ in how they approach education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First, liberal arts colleges are usually very small, with a low student-to-faculty ratio. Because of this, students have easier and more frequent access to professors than they might get at a big university. And because liberal arts colleges focus almost exclusively on undergraduate education, you\u2019ll have opportunities to perform research and work on projects during your undergrad that are exclusively reserved for graduate students at larger universities.<\/p>\n

Second, liberal arts colleges focus more on interdisciplinary studies, encouraging students to take classes from multiple majors and even, in some cases, allow students to design their own program of study to fit their exact interests.<\/p>\n

Third, you usually won\u2019t find pre-professional majors at liberal arts colleges. Majors like accounting, nursing, and engineering are hard to find, but you\u2019ll always find majors like classical studies, biology, and humanities.<\/p>\n

The best liberal arts colleges are just as competitive as the best universities. We\u2019ve taken a list of the <\/span>top 10 liberal arts colleges<\/span><\/a> (as ranked by <\/span>U.S. News and World Report<\/span><\/i>) in the United States and are giving you the SAT scores of recently admitted students to each. <\/span><\/p>\n

Keep in mind, though, that none of these colleges have an SAT minimum score cutoff, and your SAT score is far from the only factor considered in your application. Each of these schools views your application holistically, meaning that other factors such as GPA, extracurriculars, and who you are as a person will also come into play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[ RELATED: <\/strong><\/span>SAT Scores Needed for Top Universities<\/span><\/a> ]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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#1: Williams College<\/a><\/h2>
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\nWilliams College<\/a> was founded in 1793 in Williams, Massachusetts. It has three academic branches: arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics. Within these three branches, there are 36 majors students can choose from. Instead of a minor, students at Williams chose a \u201cconcentration,\u201d which is a grouping of classes spanning multiple disciplines centered on a broad topic such as Maritime Studies or Public Health. <\/span><\/p>\n

As is typical of liberal arts colleges, the focus of Williams is undergraduate education, though there are graduate degrees offered in economics and art history.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Class of 2022 had an average SAT ERW score of 733 and an average Math score of 747.<\/span><\/p>\n

#2: Amherst College<\/a><\/h2>
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\nAmherst College<\/a> in Amherst, Massachusetts doesn\u2019t have any core requirements, which allows students to completely create their own curriculum. There are 40 total majors offered at Amherst in the arts, sciences, social studies, and humanities. Thanks to small class sizes\u2014the average is 19 students per class\u2014and an 8:1 student to faculty ratio, students at Amherst have lots of opportunities for discussion with classmates and faculty members.<\/span><\/p>\n

The middle 50% of admitted students of the Class of 2022 got an ERW score of 700-770 and a Math score of 720-790.<\/span><\/p>\n

#3 (tie): Swarthmore College<\/a><\/h2>
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\nSwarthmore<\/a> is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and is a somewhat unique liberal arts school for a couple of reasons. First, Swarthmore wants students to explore their interests and see what Swarthmore has to offer. To encourage this, first-semester classes are essentially pass\/fail\u2014the classes you take go on your transcript, but your grades don\u2019t. <\/span><\/p>\n

Second, you can study engineering at Swarthmore, whereas usually liberal arts colleges don\u2019t have pre-professional programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 2017-2018 admissions cycle, the middle 50% of admitted applicants got an ERW score of 680-760 and a Math score of 700-790.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

#3 (tie): Wellesley College<\/a><\/h2>
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\nWellesley<\/a> is a women\u2019s college in the educational hub of Wellesley, MA. Located not far from Babson College, MIT, Brandeis University, and Olin College of Engineering, a Wellesley education includes opportunities to study at\u2014and even get a joint degree with\u2014any of the aforementioned schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

The average composite SAT score of the Class of 2023 was 1438.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

#5 (tie): Bowdoin College<\/a><\/h2>
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\nStudents at Bowdoin College<\/a> in Brunswick, Maine, begin their studies with foundational courses in each of the following basic disciplines: mathematics, computational or statistical reasoning, inquiry in the natural sciences, exploring social differences, international perspective, and visual and performing arts. Students declare majors as sophomores. <\/span><\/p>\n

The admissions process at Bowdoin is unique in that most applicants aren\u2019t required to submit GPAs or standardized test scores. They can submit scores if they wish, but Bowdoin hasn\u2019t required (or even encouraged!) applicants to submit scores since 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the Class of 2021 applicants who did choose to submit SAT scores, though, the middle 50% of ERW scores was 640-760, and Math was 650-750.<\/span><\/p>\n

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