Colorado Rocky Mountain School

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Overall

B+

Matriculation B+

Academics B+

Extracurriculars B+

Community C

Reviews B-

Intentionally sized at 180 students, relationships are at the core of the CRMS experience. The curriculum is a perfect blend of traditional college-prep academics infused with project-based learning and teaching excellence -- your teachers will know you, engage you, and inspire you to think in ways you haven’t before. Learning at CRMS also means experiencing outdoor adventure through trips (four trips per year), mountain sports (climbing, skiing, biking and kayaking) and service learning programs (domestic and international). Students at CRMS learn by doing and creativity is celebrated throughout the program including an unrivaled art offerings (blacksmithing, glassblowing, silversmithing, ceramics, and graphic design) and a school-wide passion for music production and performance.

If you are ready to explore a small school, in an unrivaled mountain setting, offering college-prep academics, in partnership with a powerful outdoor and service learning program; where relationships are the foundation for growth -- please visit crms.org to learn more.

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Current School

Tuition

$74500

Enrollment

177

International Students

15%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:5

Endowment

$30 millions

Average SAT Score

1354

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Boarding %

Matriculation

(2021-2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	1 +
#5	Yale University	1 +
LAC #1	Williams College	1 +
#14	Brown University	1 +
LAC #4	Pomona College	1 +
#21	Emory University	1 +
#22	University of California: Berkeley	1 +
#23	Georgetown University	1 +
#23	University of Michigan	1 +
#25	University of Virginia	1 +
#27	University of Southern California	1 +
#28	New York University	1 +
#28	Tufts University	1 +
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +
#28	University of Florida	1 +
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	1 +
#34	University of Rochester	1 +
#42	Boston University	1 +
#42	Brandeis University	1 +
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +
LAC #9	Carleton College	1 +
LAC #9	Middlebury College	1 +
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1 +
#49	Northeastern University	1 +
#49	Purdue University	1 +
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1 +
#55	Santa Clara University	1 +
#55	University of Miami	1 +
#59	Syracuse University	1 +
#59	University of Washington	1 +
#63	George Washington University	1 +
#63	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1 +
LAC #13	Grinnell College	1 +
LAC #13	Hamilton College	1 +
#68	Fordham University	1 +
#68	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +
#75	Baylor University	1 +
#75	Loyola Marymount University	1 +
#79	American University	1 +
#79	Gonzaga University	1 +
#83	Colorado School of Mines	1 +
#83	Elon University	1 +
LAC #17	Barnard College	1 +
LAC #17	Colby College	1 +
#93	University of Delaware	1 +
#93	University of Denver	1 +
#93	University of San Diego	1 +
#99	University of Oregon	1 +
#99	University of Utah	1 +
#103	Clark University	1 +
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +
#103	University of San Francisco	1 +
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +
#117	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	1 +
#117	University of Vermont	1 +
#122	Chapman University	1 +
LAC #25	Bates College	1 +
#127	Seattle University	1 +
LAC #26	Colorado College	1 +
#148	San Diego State University	1 +
LAC #30	Mount Holyoke College	1 +
LAC #30	Scripps College	1 +
#162	Oregon State University	1 +
LAC #35	Pitzer College	1 +
LAC #36	Oberlin College	1 +
LAC #38	Franklin & Marshall College	1 +
LAC #38	Skidmore College	1 +
LAC #38	Whitman College	1 +
LAC #42	Denison University	1 +
LAC #42	Occidental College	1 +
LAC #46	Trinity College	1 +
LAC #50	Connecticut College	1 +
LAC #50	Dickinson College	1 +
LAC #50	The University of the South	1 +
	Alcorn State University	1 +
	Bard College	1 +
	Bennington College	1 +
	Bentley University	1 +
	Berklee College of Music	1 +
	Champlain College	1 +
	College of the Atlantic	1 +
	Colorado State University	1 +
	Eckerd College	1 +
	Emerson College	1 +
	Fort Lewis College	1 +
	Hendrix College	1 +
	Hobart and William Smith Colleges	1 +
	Hope College	1 +
	Ithaca College	1 +
	Lewis & Clark College	1 +
	Montana State University	1 +
	Northern Arizona University	1 +
	Northern Michigan University	1 +
	Prescott College	1 +
	Reed College	1 +
	Rhode Island School of Design	1 +
	Sarah Lawrence College	1 +
	Savannah College of Art and Design	1 +
	Southwestern University	1 +
	St. John's College	1 +
	St. Lawrence University	1 +
	St. Olaf College	1 +
	The New School College of Performing Arts	1 +
	University of British Columbia	1 +
	University of Colorado Denver	1 +
	University of Montana	1 +
	University of Puget Sound	1 +
	University of St. Andrews	1 +
	University of Tampa	1 +
	University of Victoria	1 +
	Western Washington University	1 +
	Westminster College-Salt Lake City-UT	1 +
	Willamette University	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2021-2023	2020-2022	2020	2016-2019	2015-2018	Total
	All schools	51	44	23	27	36
#1	Princeton University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#2	Columbia University				1 +	1 +	2
#5	Yale University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#9	Northwestern University				1 +	1 +	2
#13	Dartmouth College				1 +	1 +	2
#14	Washington University in St. Louis				1 +	1 +	2
#14	Brown University	1 +admitted					1
#17	Cornell University				1 +	1 +	2
#20	University of California: Los Angeles				1 +	1 +	2
#21	Emory University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +		3
#22	University of California: Berkeley	1 +admitted					1
#23	University of Michigan	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#23	Georgetown University	1 +admitted					1
#25	University of Virginia	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +		3
#27	University of Southern California	1 +admitted			1 +	1 +	3
#28	Tufts University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#28	New York University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#28	University of Florida	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#34	University of California: San Diego					1 +	1
#34	University of Rochester	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#36	Boston College				1 +	1 +	2
#38	University of Texas at Austin			1 +			1
#42	Brandeis University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#42	Case Western Reserve University					1 +	1
#42	Tulane University				1 +	1 +	2
#42	Boston University	1 +admitted			1 +	1 +	3
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#49	Northeastern University	1 +admitted			1 +	1 +	3
#49	Purdue University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#49	Lehigh University				1 +	1 +	2
#55	University of Miami	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#55	Santa Clara University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#59	Syracuse University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#59	University of Washington	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#63	George Washington University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#63	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#68	Fordham University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#68	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#75	Baylor University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University					1 +	1
#75	Loyola Marymount University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#79	Gonzaga University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#79	American University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#83	Colorado School of Mines	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +		1 +	4
#83	Elon University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#93	University of San Diego	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#93	University of Delaware	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#93	University of Denver	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	3 +	1 +	1 +	7
#99	University of Oregon	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#99	University of Utah	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#103	Clark University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#103	University of San Francisco	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	7 +	1 +	1 +	11
#117	Arizona State University			1 +			1
#117	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	1 +admitted					1
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#117	University of Vermont	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	3 +	1 +	1 +	7
#122	Chapman University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#127	Seattle University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#148	San Diego State University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#162	Oregon State University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2021-2023	2020-2022	2020	2016-2019	2015-2018	Total
	All schools	25	22	3	16	20
#1	Williams College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#4	Pomona College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +			3
#5	Wellesley College				1 +		1
#6	Bowdoin College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#8	Claremont McKenna College					1 +	1
#9	Carleton College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#9	Middlebury College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#13	Grinnell College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#13	Hamilton College	1 +admitted					1
#16	Haverford College					1 +	1
#17	Smith College				1 +	1 +	2
#17	Colby College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +		3
#17	Barnard College	1 +admitted					1
#25	Bates College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#26	Colorado College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted	1 +		1 +	4
#30	Scripps College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#30	Kenyon College					1 +	1
#30	Mount Holyoke College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +		3
#35	Pitzer College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#36	Oberlin College	1 +admitted				1 +	2
#38	Lafayette College				1 +	1 +	2
#38	Franklin & Marshall College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#38	Skidmore College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#38	Whitman College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#39	Union College				1 +		1
#42	Occidental College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#42	Denison University	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +		3
#46	Trinity College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#50	The University of the South	1 +admitted	1 +admitted				2
#50	Dickinson College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3
#50	Connecticut College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted		1 +	1 +	4
#62	Bard College	1 +admitted	1 +admitted			1 +	3

AP Scores

(2019-2020)

Number of students took AP test

Number of tests taken

20%

31%

21%

Score 5

Score 4

Score 3

Other scores

Academics

AP

(5)

Environmental Science	Calculus AB
Calculus BC	United States History
English Language and Composition

Sports

(11)

Canoeing	Climbing
Cross Country	Kayaking
Mountain Biking	Riding

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(30+)

Community Service Club	Diversity Club
International Club	Peer Tutoring
Recycling	Student Government

Arts

(7)

Drama	Music
Animation	Ceramics
Painting	Photography

School Link

Official website

Contact Info

http://www.crms.org

500 Holden Way Carbondale, CO 81623

970-963-2562

mdorais@crms.org

Colorado

Basic Info

Co-ed

Boarding Grades: 9-12

Rural

IB: No

ESL: Yes

Year Founded: 1953

Campus Size: 300 acres acres

Boarding Rate: 60%

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01

Interview: Skype, On Campus, International Admission Visits, Zoom

Other Accepted Scores: TOEFL Jr.

School Code:

TOEFL: 6782

SSAT: 2506

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Denver, Colorado

Denver, the capital of Colorado, is a vibrant city blending modern culture with Old West heritage. Known for its historic Larimer Square and iconic 19th-century architecture, Denver offers a rich arts scene with institutions like the Denver Art Museum, celebrated for its indigenous collections. The city is also a gateway to outdoor adventures, with nearby ski resorts in the Rocky Mountains. Denver’s diverse neighborhoods, craft breweries, and cultural landmarks make it a dynamic hub for both residents and visitors.

Population (2022) 598,707

Cost of Living Higher than average 12%

Nearby Airport Denver International Airport

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