Mount Holyoke College: Acceptance Rate, Fees & Courses

The transportation options on the campus of the University include Northampton Taxi, Northampton, (413) 584-6244, Yellow Cab, Springfield, (413) 739-9999, JoEZ Ride, Holyoke, (413) 563-9635, Seemo Shuttle, and (413) 586-1120 - airport shuttle serving Logan, JFK, and Newark.

• Mount Holyoke College campus includes two theatres, a 250-seat auditorium, computer labs, a 900-seat Abbey Chapel, and a teahouse.

• The campus, with its neo-Gothic buildings, and two small lakes, is home to 40 academic buildings and provides student housing in the USA through various residence halls.

• The University has a community centre that features the Dining Commons and serves as the campus' centralized dining facility along with other components such as a student art gallery, residential life, student government, and religious life.

• The library of the University has a collection of 700,000 volumes of books, access to 200 scholarly research databases, and thousands of ebooks and journals.

• The college has Kendall Sports and a Dance Complex with a swimming pool, a gymnasium, volleyball, badminton courts, squash courts, a weight room, and tennis courts.

• The campus of the University has a Weissman Student Commons, which serves as a base for 100 student organizations and provides an opportunity for making connections for the students at several parties, exhibits, special events, and lectures.

• The Junior Show is a show created by Juniors who parody life at the University. 

• Holiday Vespers is a Christmas concert held each year since the year 899. Along with the performance held on campus in Abbey Chapel, the students perform in either Boston or New York City.

• Pay Day has been a springtime tradition at the University for decades. It is about celebrating the spring after a long winter and various festivities, including games and face-painting.

• Elfing is a tradition that is shared between the sophomores and first-years. Sophomore "elves" treat their first years throughout the week-long event. The first years meet their elves in person.

The college provides housing facilities to the students in its IN Residence Hall Apartments and Non-Residence Hall Apartments, along with suite-style options and doubles, triples, and quads rooms.

First-year student accommodation is available in the traditional space, and the returning sophomores, juniors, and seniors can select their room type through the housing lottery. Each of the residential halls is unique with basic amenities. The IN Residence Hall apartments include Ham, Mead, North Rockefeller, Torrey, and Wilder, which are accessible to the students through a lottery.

Accommodation Expense

• The on-campus accommodation expense amounts to USD 7,504( INR 6,00,563).