School Fit
School fit
Questions to answer together before you apply.
Checked against Hotchkiss's published admissions pages on November 4, 2026.
School fit
Is Hotchkiss the right fit?
Selectivity is only one question. Fit is the other.
- School
- Hotchkiss has been educating students since 1891.
- Campus
- The campus covers 827 acres.
- Grades
- Grades 9 through 12, plus a postgraduate year
- 01
Ask your student what kind of week they want: the pace, the workload, the free time.
- 02
Visit or take the virtual option, then compare how each school feels to them.
- 03
List what you would want from a school besides the name.
Boarding life
What dorm life asks of a student.
Most students live on campus, so boarding readiness matters.
- Who boards
- 96 percent of students live in a dorm.
- Residence halls
- Hotchkiss has 13 residence halls.
- Faculty in dorms
- Faculty members live in each dorm.
- Housing by grade
- Students are housed by grade: preps live with lower mids, and upper mids live with seniors.
- Dorm size
- Residence halls range from 6 to 65 rooms, with common rooms for relaxing and dorm gatherings.
- Rooms
- Most rooms are singles, and many students have a roommate for at least one year.
- Security
- Dorms are locked around the clock.
- 01
Talk through routines your student already manages without reminders.
- 02
Decide together how your family will handle distance, weekends and check-ins.