Campus Tours
Join us for a campus visit! Our tours are a great way to learn about academics and student life, and to envision yourself as a future Gryphon.
Undergraduate Admission
The daring to explore without limits.
At Sarah Lawrence, the undergraduate admission process is an opportunity: to showcase your talents, to explore potential disciplines, and to begin shaping your education.
There is no formula for an ideal Sarah Lawrence student. We want to get to know the real you—and help you envision your future here.
Scientists and dancers. Writers and mathematicians. Filmmakers and educators. Our students arrive from around the world and bring with them layered identities, deep curiosity, and uncommon drive.
If you’re ready to join them, you’re in the right place.
Sarah Lawrence At-a-Glance
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12
average class size
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11:1
student-to-faculty ratio
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50+
academic disciplines
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0
required courses
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30
minutes from the heart of NYC
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75%+
of students receive financial assistance
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100%
of students have the opportunity to do an internship
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85%+
of students live on campus
Test-optional. For decades.
At Sarah Lawrence, you decide how to best represent your strengths.
We became test-optional long before it became common practice because we believe intellectual potential cannot be reduced to a score.
Here, you’ll submit the Common App and your transcripts. Beyond that, you’re invited share what makes you proud: creative portfolios, writing samples, audio or video projects, research abstracts, independent work, or anything else that showcases your talents.
This is your story. We want you to tell it fully.
Let's Get to Know Each Other
Admission Interviews
Our optional interviews are a great way for SLC to get to know you, off paper, and for you to meet someone with a connection to the College.
Ask a Current Student
We get it, sometimes a website just isn't enough. Connect with a real human who’s been in your shoes! Our current students are happy to answer your questions and share their experiences.
Experience Sarah Lawrence
Wherever you are in the college search process, we've got a way for you to get to know SLC. And if you can't make it to campus, no problem — we've got plenty of videos and other ways for you to experience what it's like to live and learn here.
Experiential Learning
Connect what you know to what you can do.
At Sarah Lawrence, learning has always extended beyond the classroom. Students connect ideas to experience through internships, research, community partnerships, global study, creative practice, and hands-on fieldwork—applying what they learn while discovering where their interests can take them next.
Outcomes
This degree works.
A Sarah Lawrence degree opens doors to meaningful, lifelong careers. Our outcomes data shows what we consistently hear from our alumni: Sarah Lawrence graduates successfully pursue a wide range of careers and enroll in graduate programs at higher-than-average rates compared with our peers.
Applying to Sarah Lawrence
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First-year applicants are those students who are still in high school at the time they apply, or have completed high school but have not yet enrolled in a credit earning college course.
There are four application cycles for first-year students: Early Action, Early Decision I & II, and Regular Decision.
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We welcome transfer applications from students who have successfully completed any college courses for credit after earning their high school degree or equivalency.
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Sarah Lawrence College is a small liberal arts and sciences college with outstanding global connections and networks. Current Sarah Lawrence students come from more than 50 countries.
Connect With Your Admissions Counselor
Real People. Real Conversations. Our admissions counselors are here to answer questions, review your materials, and help you navigate every step from your first inquiry to your final decision. Our counselors work with students from specific states and regions around the world based on the location of your high school.
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Sarah Lawrence on The College Tour
Inside the Admission Process
All Things Admission: Director of Admission Jennifer Gayles
Jennifer Gayles, Director of Admission & Inclusive Outreach, shares practical guidance on essays, interviews, and presenting an authentic voice throughout the application process on The College Admissions Process Podcast.
In Conversation with Dean Kevin McKenna
Is there a quintessential Sarah Lawrence student? Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admission & Financial Aid Kevin McKenna answers that and many other pressing questions (including how he manages to make stats so interesting!) in this episode of the Sarah Lawrence College Podcast.
For College Counselors
Sarah Lawrence partners with Slate to provide school counselors with access to applicant-related information.