Gettysburg College
What Gettysburg College's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.
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Who says yesGettysburg College
84% of students admitted to Gettysburg College go elsewhere.
Only 16% of admits enroll, so Gettysburg College admits far more students than it has seats.
Enroll16%
Go elsewhere84%
Source: Gettysburg College's Common Data Set 2025-26
Test scoresGettysburg College
At most 28% of Gettysburg College's first-years sent an SAT or ACT.
23% sent an SAT and 5% an ACT (some sent both), so most enrolled without a score. SAT middle 50% among those who sent: 1230–1440.
Sent an SAT23%
Sent an ACT5%
Source: Gettysburg College's Common Data Set 2025-26
Early DecisionGettysburg College
59% of Gettysburg College's class is filled in Early Decision.
That leaves about 205 seats for 7,154 applicants outside ED.
Admitted Early Decision59%
Everyone else41%
Source: Gettysburg College's Common Data Set 2025-26
8 more things the data says PRO
- The share of international students in the first-year class has risen from 4% to 16% since 2019-20, about 2.5 points a year.
- Early Decision filled about 59% of the 2025-26 first-year class, more than every similar college.
- After ED, 205 of 497 seats were left for 7,154 other applicants: about one seat for every 35.
- Only 23% of enrolled first-years sent an SAT score, so its SAT range describes a minority of the class.
- ED applicants were admitted at 38%, against 40.3% for everyone else: 1.1 times lower.
- 345 students stayed on the waitlist and 33 were admitted from it (9.6%).
- Men were admitted at a lower rate: 44.7% for women against 36.5% for men.
- Applications rose 26% from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (6,269 to 7,928).
What students say PRO
From students' own posts on Reddit and admissions forums: self-reported, unverified, never used in your odds.
- Three of the 5 admits who posted applied Early Action; one applied Regular Decision, and another poster reports an Early Decision admit.
- All 5 admits who posted submitted test scores (SAT 1180 to 1430, one with an ACT of 29) and had GPAs from about 3.7 to 3.98.
- Admits showed leadership in an academic or service area, such as honor society projects, a business club, quiz bowl, or student government.
- Several admits were first-generation or from underrepresented backgrounds and listed family caregiving or youth leadership programmes.
- Students report international admits often get large aid yet still face a gap of roughly $10,000 to $27,500 a year, and appeals rarely close it.
- Other students report Gettysburg met their full demonstrated need and net cost came in near $14,000 to $18,000 a year.
- Students report merit scholarships worth up to about $38,000 a year, some tied to a separate essay.
- Students report waitlisted applicants wondering whether updated test scores help; some admits also say a strong essay mattered.
- Students report decisions can show up in the portal before any email, and early action results arrived around late January or Feb 1 last cycle.
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