How to Apply

For students interested in applying for the 2022-23 school year, please note that we are currently fully enrolled. Late applicants will be reviewed once they are completed, but it is unlikely space will be available for the 2022-23 school year.

For students interested in applying for the 2023-24 school year, our application will be available July 1st.

Required Steps and Materials Checklist

1. Tell Us About You: Complete an Admission Inquiry Form

2. Optional: Special Interests Forms

3. Schedule an Interview

4. Take a Standardized Test

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the day-to-day for all of us, and as we look forward to the coming academic year at Hotchkiss, we have a number of changes for the 2021-22 application cycle (to welcome students for the 2022-23 academic year) that are intended to ensure fairness, access, and greater convenience for applicants and their families. Please follow the link below to learn more about our updated standardized tests policy.

information on requirements and tests

5. Complete the Application

Your Hotchkiss application helps us get to know you and evaluate how you might fit with the School. Hotchkiss uses “Gateway to Prep Schools," an online common application that consists of these main sections:

Candidate Profile (basic information about where you live, family)
Candidate Project (formal application, essay questions, activities)
Parent Statement
School Record
Teacher Recommendations

The application fee, payable online, is $70 for each applicant. To request an application fee waiver, contact our office at 860-435-3102 or admission@hotchkiss.org.

Due to COVID-19, our office is working remotely and we ask that all application materials are submitted preferably via the Gateway to Prep Schools portal or emailed to us at admission@hotchkiss.org.

Gateway Online Application

Deadlines

Application deadline	January 15, 2022
Financial Aid Application deadline	January 15, 2022
Admission decisions available online and mailed	March 10, 2022
Student reply deadline	April 10, 2022

Other Dates to Know

Interviews are available from mid-September through mid-January.
Please note: there are no interviews during our Thanksgiving or Winter Breaks.

Required Materials

Online Application “Gateway to Prep Schools” Candidate Profile (Please submit as soon as possible, preferably before your interview.)
Application fee is $70.
To request an application fee waiver, contact our office at admission@hotchkiss.org
Candidate Essays
Parent Statement
Standardized Testing (SSAT, ISEE, SAT, ACT, TOEFL)
- Optional for 9th and 10th grade applicants
Principal/Counselor Recommendation Form
(sent directly by your school)
Transcript Report Form (official transcript)/report card copies (must contain current and past grades and be sent directly by your school)*
English and Math Recommendation Forms (completed by last year's or this year's teachers)
Personal Recommendation Form (written by an adult who knows you well)

*Please know that when submitting transcripts via Gateway, the upload file must be under 1 MB. Also, the system will only take one file upload per form. If your recommenders are having issues with uploads, please have them scan and email the documents to admission@hotchkiss.org.

For reference, here is a PDF of our application.

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