Transgender applicants ====
In 2015, following years of student activism, the admissions policy of Wellesley College was updated in 2015 to allow transgender women and non-binary people assigned female at birth to be considered for admittance. On March 5, 2015, the college announced that any applicant who "lives as a woman and consistently identifies as a woman" would be considered for admission. The first transgender students at Wellesley enrolled in Fall 2017. In 2023, the majority of students voted to allow transgender men to enroll following a student referendum.
==== Nontraditional age applicants ====
Wellesley began its program for non-traditional students in 1971 when the Continuing Education Program was launched. This program was renamed in 1991 for Elisabeth Kaiser Davis, a member of the Class of 1932. Wellesley allows applicants older than 24 who had begun but have not completed a bachelor's degree to apply to the Elizabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program. Davis Scholars are fully integrated into the …
