Amherst College Acceptance Rate Drops to 12.8% for Class of 2015

I recently looked at the Ivy League acceptance rates for the class of 2015, and the numbers are discouragingly low. The country's top liberal arts colleges are seeing similar trends as the number of applicants continues to creep upwards. Amherst College received 8,438 applications from which 1,077 students were accepted.

That comes out to an acceptance rate of 12.8%, down from last year's 15.3%.

The Amherst Student also reports that the admitted students had an average ACT composite score of 32, SAT critical reading of 728 and SAT math of 726. The class of 2015 is diverse with over 50% of accepted students identifying themselves as students of color. Read the full story on the Amherst College class of 2015 in The Amherst Student.