For more than 120 years, Hotchkiss has provided noble
and deserving young people with the opportunity to
discover the world and contribute to its transformation.
Informed by the School’s enduring values—intelligence,
discipline, curiosity, and fidelity—our students study and
live together mindful of what they share and respectful of
their differences, inspired by the proposition that wisdom
and character are realized in action.
School Profile
2014-2015
PMS 654 C PMS 300 PMS 2995 C PMS 316 CHotchkiss School Profile | 2014-2015
The Student Body, 2014-2015
Admissions
• Applicants1,747
• Admitted368 (21%)
• Matriculated198
Enrollment
• Total600
• Boarding557
• Day43
• Grade 12 (Seniors)169
• Grade 11 (Upper Mids)157
• Grade 10 (Lower Mids)156
• Grade 9 (Preps)118
• States represented
38
• Countries and Territories represented
34
• Students of color
19%
• International students
17%
• Students receiving financial aid34%
• Members of class of 2015receiving financial aid
41%
Standardized teSt ScoreS: claSS of 2014
SAT Reasoning Test Scores
• Middle 50% of all students
1840-2180
• Critical Reading610-730
• Math
600-740
• Writing
610-730
2013-2014 SAT Subject Tests Mean Scores
Subject Mean Score # of Tests
Bio - Ecology 659 14
Bio-Molecular 730 14
Chemistry 704 45
Chinese with Listening 723 7
French 696 20
French with Listening 660 9
Latin 570 6 Literature 652 110 Math Level 1 622 57 Math Level 2 686 123 Physics 699 22 Spanish 644 28
Spanish with Listening 621 15
U.S. History 673 41
AP Tests
In May 2014, 292 candidates sat for 658 AP examinations. 73 percent of Hotchkiss students earned a 4 or 5; 94 percent earned a 3 or higher. The overall distribution of scores was:
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4
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257 224 112
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range of cumulative gPas
Class of 2015
range of cumulative gPas # of Students
4-Year Seniors Avg. 9.10 (92 students)
10.50 and Above 9 10.00 to 10.49 12 9.50 to 9.99 13 9.00 to 9.49 15 8.50 to 8.99 17 8.00 to 8.49 12 7.00 to 7.99 12 6.00 to 6.99 2 Below 6.00 0
3-Year Seniors Avg. 8.96 (46 students)
10.50 and Above 7 10.00 to 10.49 3 9.50 to 9.99 5 9.00 to 9.49 8 8.50 to 8.99 8 8.00 to 8.49 3 7.00 to 7.99 10 6.00 to 6.99 2 Below 6.00 0
2-Year Seniors Avg. 8.90 (15 students)
10.50 and Above 1 10.00 to 10.49 0 9.50 to 9.99 3 9.00 to 9.49 2 8.50 to 8.99 6 8.00 to 8.49 1 7.00 to 7.99 2 6.00 to 6.99 0 Below 6.00 0
Class of 2015, Academic Year 2013-2014
40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% A+ A A- B+ B B- Inc.The Hotchkiss Transcript
Hotchkiss does not report class rank or SAT or AP scores on its transcript. As a matter of policy, the School does not weight grades. The School’s grading scale is based on letter grades, A+ to F. 11.50-12.00 A+ 97-100 10.50-11.49 A 93-96 9.50-10.49 A- 90-92 8.50-9.49 B+ 87-89 7.50-8.49 B 83-86 6.50-7.49 B- 80-82 5.50-6.49 C+ 77-79 4.50-5.49 C 73-76 3.50-4.49 C- 70-72 2.50-3.49 D+ 67-69 1.50-2.49 D 63-66 0.50-1.49 D- 60-62 0.00-0.49 F Below 60
Single-year averageS for uPPer-mid year (11th grade)
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college matriculation
10 or more
#
Boston College 13 Brown University 11 Bucknell University 11 Cornell University 14 Dartmouth College 15 Georgetown University 26 Harvard University 19Hobart and William Smith Colleges 12 Johns Hopkins University 19
Middlebury College 27
New York University 16
Princeton University 16 Trinity College 20 Tufts University 11 University of Pennsylvania 15 Wesleyan University 12 Yale University 33
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Amherst College 6 Boston University 9 Bowdoin College 6Carnegie Mellon University 9
Colby College 6 Colgate University 7 Columbia University 7 Connecticut College 7 Duke University 9 Emory University 5
Franklin and Marshall College 8 George Washington University 9
Gettysburg College 7 Hamilton College 9 Kenyon College 5 Lehigh University 6 McGill University 5 Northwestern University 5 Southern Methodist University 7
Stanford University 9
University of Chicago 7
University of Michigan 5
University of Richmond (VA) 9 University of Southern California 8
University of Vermont 7
University of Virginia 9
Vanderbilt University 7
Wake Forest University 8
Williams College 8
American University
The American University of Paris Babson College
Bard College Barnard College Bates College Bryn Mawr College Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University College of Charleston
Claremont McKenna College Clark University
College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary College of Wooster
Colorado College Concordia University
The Culinary Institute of America Dickinson College Drexel University Elon University Emerson College Fairfield University Furman University
Georgia Institute of Technology Goucher College
Grinnell College
Indiana University at Bloomington Iona College
Ithaca College Lafayette College Lake Forest College Lewis and Clark College Long Island University, Post Loyola Marymount University Loyola University - New Orleans Macalester College
Manhattanville College
Marquette University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University, Oxford
Mount Holyoke Muhlenberg College Northeastern University North Park University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Parsons The New School for Design Pennsylvania State University,
University Park Pomona College Pratt Institute Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College
Rice University
Ringling College of Art and Design Rutgers, the State University of
New Jersey Santa Clara University
Savannah College of Art and Design Sciences Po - Columbia University
Dual BA Program Scripps College
Sewanee: The University of the South Skidmore College
Smith College St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College Stetson University SUNY College at Postdam Swarthmore College Syracuse University
Temple University Texas Christian University Tsingua University Trinity College Dublin Tulane University Union College
United States Naval Academy University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara University of Colorado at Boulder University of Denver
University of Guelph University of Hartford University of Illinois at Chicago University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame University of Oxford University of Rochester University of St. Andrews The University of Texas, Austin University of Wisconsin, Madison Ursinus College
Utica College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Washington University in St. Louis Washington and Lee University Wellesley College
Wheaton College, MA Whittier College Wittenberg University Wofford College
The Gap Year
Hotchkiss encourages students to consider a Gap Year, a year between high school and
college designed to enable reflection on goals for college and focus on areas of further intellectual
pursuit. Students can experience opportunities such as internships, service, and learning—in the U.S.
or abroad—living independently and taking responsibility for their choices. In the past four years, 50
students have chosen to take a Gap Year.
Hotchkiss School Profile | 2014-2015
our education
Our goal is to produce graduates who are well-trained for the academic and intellectual demands of college study, as well as the social and emotional challenges they’ll face wherever they go next. Our students learn how to take risks, fail, persist, and succeed. Along the way, and in keeping with the School’s finest traditions, they pursue global literacy, are enlisted as environmental stewards, and learn the complexities of authentic civic engagement. Our core academic program involves six departments: English, Arts, Classical and Modern Languages, Humanities and Social Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Science. Below are other programs that engage students in further academic pursuits.
featureS Beyond the core curriculum
The Humanities Program
builds the skills and knowledge that students need to become learners, scholars, and informed citizens of the world. Students follow an interdisciplinary curriculum that spans academic departments, studying with faculty members from the following disciplines: English, History, Arts, Economics & Social Science, and Philosophy & Religion. The Humanities Program awards three credits for each of the Prep and Lower Mid years.Applied Scientific Research
is a two-semester, laboratory-based research course in which students design, execute, and formally present their own research project in the areas of molecular biology and biochemistry. For students interested in continuing their research, Hotchkiss has established relationships with several colleges and universities to host upper-mid and senior Hotchkiss students for four weeks during the summer.AP Physics 1
is a one-year course of a two-year, algebra-based physics program. Students study primarily Newtonian mechanics; work, energy and power, with mechanical waves and sound; and electric circuits. A working knowledge of algebra and basic trigonometry is required for this course. In a student-centered approach, topics will be explored with physical, analytic, and occupational models to “discover” physical laws. This class prepares students for the AP Physics 1 exam.Human Development Teaching Assistants (TAs)
are a selected group of seniors who assist with the teaching of Human Development, a 10th-grade requisite non-credit course that examines community life, family dynamics, learning styles, sexuality, drug use, physical wellness, and emotional health. They also study theories of adolescent development, and are introduced to peer counseling skills, including group facilitation. They guide group discussions, readings, and research, with increasing teaching responsibilities throughout the year.Classics
A student may qualify for a Classics Diploma with extensive work in Latin and Greek by completing one of the following: four levels of Latin and three of Greek; five levels of Latin and two of Greek; or four levels of Latin and two of Greek in addition to a classics independent study.Independent Study Course (ISC):
Seniors who have demonstrated high achievement by excelling within an academic department can design a semester for independent study. Qualified students submit a proposal of a syllabus and project outline. Each student is expected to define and meet parameters of successful course completion under the supervision of a course advisor.diPloma requirementS
Below are requirements for those entering Hotchkiss in 9th grade. Requirements may vary for students entering after 9th grade. For more details about any variation of these requirements, visit http://www.hotchkiss.org/academics/online-school-publications/index.aspx.
English:
Prep and Lower-Mid Humanities and Upper-Mid and Senior English.Mathematics and Computer Science:
through the third level of Hotchkiss mathematics or equivalent.Classical and Modern Languages:
through the third level of one language or the equivalent.Humanities and Social Sciences:
Prep and Lower-Mid Humanities.Science:
2 years of a laboratory science.The Arts:
Prep and Lower-Mid Humanities.Human Development:
Pass/Fail course required of all 10th-graders. Each section of HD250 is taught by one faculty member and two senior teaching assistants.off-camPuS and co-curricular ProgramS Students have opportunities to spend a marking period, semester, or year away from campus, on an exchange, semester or yearlong program.
Sanctioned off-campus semester and yearlong programs
are designed and run by other institutions and organizations, and are considered unqualified extensions of the Hotchkiss program. Course work completed during these off-campus programs receives full credit, is incorporated into Hotchkiss grade point average calculations, and satisfies Hotchkiss distribution requirements. The grades received at a sanctioned program appear on the student’s Hotchkiss transcript, with appropriate program and semester/year notations. These semester programs are sanctioned by Hotchkiss:
CityTerm: http://www.cityterm.org
Chewonki School: http://www.chewonki.org/mcs Island School: http://www.islandschool.org High Mountain Institute: http://www.hminet.org The yearlong program sanctioned by Hotchkiss is School Year Abroad (SYA).
Environmental Stewardship
is integrated throughout School life—from dorm life and the dining hall, to Hotchkiss’ 280-acre Fairfield Farm. Both as academic and residential initiatives, complex environmental issues, such as climate change, are presented as related and relevant to students’ everyday lives. Regenerative practices (e.g. producing energy and food, restoring ecosystems, building soil, and achieving carbon neutrality) instill a constant awareness and mindfulness of the environment, which can be carried on beyond academic life.FFEAT
(Fairfield Farm Ecosystems and Adventure Team) is a unique after-school program that provides students with a hands-on experience at the farm and the work involved in agriculture. The 280-acre Fairfield Farm provides a scenic setting for students to learn concepts and current practices in sustainability, to understand various aspects of food and ecosystem management and their impact on the world, and to enjoy teamwork in a shared working experience.advanced Placement and intenSive courSeS
All Advanced Placement and intensive courses are denoted on the transcript by the asterisk. Individual departments determine such designations.
Classical and Modern Languages Classics Greek (GK) 451, 452 Latin (LA) 282, 380, 550, 651, 652 Modern Languages Chinese (CN) 280, 380, 490, 550, 650 French (FR) 280, 380, 490, 520, 650 German (GM) 280, 380, 490, 520 Spanish (SP) 280, 390, 520, 550, 650 English (EN) 350, 540, 550
Humanities and Social Sciences Economics (EC) 551, 552 History (HI) 390, 490, 582 Philosophy (PL) 481, 482, 581 Social Studies (SS) 492 Mathematics and Computer Computer (CO) 552 Mathematics (MA) 280, 370, 383, 482, 510, 540, 550, 580, 651, 652, 661, 662, 671, 672 Science Biology (BI) 541, 550 Chemistry (CH) 541, 550 Environmental Science (ES) 540 Physics (PY) 540, 550, 581, 582 Science (SC) 650
Visual and Performing Arts
Art (AR) 520, 530, 532, 561, 562 Dance (DA) 531, 532
Music (MU) 551, 552 Photography (PO) 471, 472 Theatre (TH) 471, 482, 585
