Hampshire College

• The Common Application (including the personal essay)
• Hampshire Supplement (including the analytical essay)
• $60 nonrefundable application fee (waived if submitted online)
• Teacher recommendation (pdf)
• School Report: counselor recommendation (pdf)
• Official high school transcript
• Official transcript(s) from any and all colleges attended (if applicable)
• Certification of Finances (pdf)
• TOEFL test results or acceptable equivalent (required if your native language is not English, unless you completed grades 11 and 12 in the United States)
  

Requirements for International Transfer Students

• The Common Application (including the personal essay)
• Hampshire Supplement (including the analytical essay and proposed program of study)
• $60 nonrefundable application fee (waived if submitted online)
• Official high school transcript reflecting date of graduation*
• Official transcript(s) from any and all colleges attended
• Instructor Recommendation (pdf)
• Progress Report Form for courses currently in progress (pdf)
• Certification of Finances (pdf)
• TOEFL test results or acceptable equivalent (required if your native language is not English, unless you completed grades 11 and 12 in the United States)

*Transfer students who have earned 60 or more transferable semester credits are not required to submit a high school transcript.

Proposed Program of Study
As part of Hampshire's Common Application Supplement, transfer students must submit a general proposed program of study.

Transfer students who are currently enrolled in college must submit a list of currently enrolled courses and courses they plan to take prior to matriculation at Hampshire.

TOEFL
Applicants whose home language is not English are required to provide evidence of their English proficiency by submitting official TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores obtained within the past two years.

A minimum TOEFL score of 577 (233 on the computer version, or 91 on the Internet version) is usually required for admission to Hampshire. Results from other standardized tests (such as SAT, ACT, ELPT), or predicted grades for IB English A1 or A2, or for A-level English, will also be considered.

Optional Application Materials for International Applicants

Interviews
Interviews are strongly encouraged. If you are unable to interview on campus, we will make every effort to arrange a local interview with a graduate of the college or an admissions counselor visiting your area.

To schedule an interview, call the admissions office at 877.937.4267 at least two weeks in advance. Interviews must be completed by the admissions deadline.

Test Scores
College Board number: 3447; ACT number: 1842
Although Hampshire does not require submission of standardized tests, SAT or ACT scores can sometimes help assess your abilities more fully. Please forward exam results directly to the admissions office.

Sample of Creative Work
Although submissions of creative work rarely determine an admissions decision, it can add another dimension to your application and give a fuller picture of your interests and talents.

Please note that we can only review items that are no larger than three sheets of letter size (8 1/2” x 11”) pieces of paper.

Following are examples of creative work that can be submitted on up to three separate sheets of letter size paper:

• Creative writing
• Slides of paintings, drawings, sculpture, or craft work (Mounted and labeled in a letter size slide sleeve)
• Photographs
• CD or DVD (no longer than fifteen minutes), or multimedia portfolio (please use a thin CD sleeve)

GIven the volume of mail that we receive, we regret that we cannot return samples of creative work.