Hawai'i Preparatory Academy

B+ 4.6 Recommended Hawaii, US

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http://www.hpa.edu/

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School Overview

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B+

Matriculation A-

Academics B

Extracurriculars A-

Community C

Reviews B

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Hawai’i Preparatory Academy provides boarding students in grades 6-12 (plus Post-Graduate) with a full range of academic and extra-curricular experiences in a safe, small close-knit community. The school takes advantage of its unique location with access to the ocean, volcanoes, biological and climatic diversity, unparalleled opportunities in researching environmental sustainability, as well as a rich Hawaiian history and culture. HPA also offers a summer school for students from around the world. Hawai’i Preparatory Academy consistently provides each student with the academic credentials to gain admission into top U.S. colleges and universities.

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Tuition

$79900

Enrollment

391

International Students

40%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

72%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:12

Endowment

$48 millions

Average SAT Score

1107

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Boarding %

40%

School Materials

Student Testimonials.pdf

HPA Admissions Brochures.pdf

Matriculation

(2020-2024)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#2	Harvard College	1 +
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +
#5	Yale University	1 +
#6	Stanford University	1 +
#6	University of Chicago	1 +
#8	University of Pennsylvania	1 +
#9	Northwestern University	1 +
LAC #2	Amherst College	1 +
#13	Dartmouth College	1 +
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +
#19	University of Notre Dame	1 +
#23	University of Michigan	1 +
#25	Carnegie Mellon University	1 +
#25	University of Virginia	1 +
LAC #5	Wellesley College	1 +
#27	University of Southern California	1 +
#28	New York University	1 +
#28	Tufts University	1 +
#28	Wake Forest University	1 +
#34	University of Rochester	1 +
#38	Georgia Institute of Technology	1 +
LAC #9	Carleton College	1 +
#49	Northeastern University	1 +
#49	Pepperdine University	1 +
#55	Santa Clara University	1 +
#57	Penn State University Park	1 +
#59	University of Washington	1 +
#62	Rutgers University	1 +
#63	George Washington University	1 +
#68	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1 +
#75	Baylor University	1 +
#75	Clemson University	1 +
#75	Loyola Marymount University	1 +
#75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +
#79	Gonzaga University	1 +
#83	Colorado School of Mines	1 +
LAC #17	Barnard College	1 +
	SUNY University at Buffalo	1 +
#93	University of San Diego	1 +
#99	University of Oregon	1 +
#103	University of Arizona	1 +
#103	University of Illinois at Chicago	1 +
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +
#104	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1 +
LAC #22	Vassar College	1 +
#122	Chapman University	1 +
#122	University of Missouri: Columbia	1 +
#127	Seattle University	1 +
#148	San Diego State University	1 +
LAC #30	Mount Holyoke College	1 +
#162	Oregon State University	1 +
LAC #38	Franklin & Marshall College	1 +
LAC #38	Whitman College	1 +
	Academy of Art University	1 +
	Babson College	1 +
	Bard College	1 +
	California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo	1 +
	California State University multiple locations	1 +
	Chaminade University of Honolulu	1 +
	Colorado Mesa University	1 +
	Eastern Washington University	1 +
	Franklin University Switzerland	1 +
	Glion Institute of Higher Education Switzerland	1 +
	Graceland University	1 +
	Grand Canyon University	1 +
	Hawai‘i Pacific University	1 +
	Illinois Wesleyan University	1 +
	Istituto Marangoni Miami	1 +
	Liberty University	1 +
	Linfield College	1 +
	Macquarie University Australia	1 +
	Marist College	1 +
	Mount San Antonio College	1 +
	musicians institute	1 +
	Northern Arizona University	1 +
	Oregon Institute of Technology	1 +
	Rhodes College	1 +
	Ritsumeikan University Japan	1 +
	Temple University Japan	1 +
	The New School College of Performing Arts	1 +
	Trinity College Dublin Ireland	1 +
	University College Dublin Ireland	1 +
	University of Alabama	1 +
	University of British Columbia	1 +
	University of Calgary	1 +
	University of California multiple locations	1 +
	University of Hawaii at Hilo	1 +
	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1 +
	University of Montana	1 +
	University of Nevada: Las Vegas	1 +
	University of Nottingham	1 +
	University of Portland	1 +
	University of Puget Sound	1 +
	University of Tampa	1 +
	University of Victoria	1 +
	Western Washington University	1 +
	Willamette University	1 +
	William Penn University	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2024	2019-2023	2022	2017-2020	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	53	34	52	211	134
#1	Princeton University		1 +		1	1	3
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +	1 +		2	1	5
#3	Stanford University	1 +	1 +		5	7	14
#3	Harvard College	1 +	1 +		2		4
#5	Yale University	1 +	1 +		1	1	4
#6	University of Pennsylvania	1 +	1 +		3	2	7
#7	California Institute of Technology		1 +		1	1	3
#7	Duke University				2	2	4
#9	Brown University		1 +		3	5	9
#9	Johns Hopkins University				1	2	3
#9	Northwestern University	1 +			1		2
#12	Columbia University				1	1	2
#12	University of Chicago	1 +			3	2	6
#12	Cornell University		1 +		1	2	4
#15	University of California: Berkeley			2	5		7
#15	University of California: Los Angeles			1		2	3
#17	Rice University		1 +		1	1	3
#18	Dartmouth College	1 +	1 +		7	6	15
#20	University of Notre Dame	1 +					1
#21	University of Michigan	1 +					1
#22	Georgetown University		1 +				1
#24	Emory University		1 +				1
#24	Carnegie Mellon University	1 +	1 +	1	1		4
#24	University of Virginia	1 +			1		2
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +	1 +		1	1	4
#28	University of Southern California	1 +	1 +	3	6	5	16
#28	University of California: Davis				4	4	8
#28	University of California: San Diego					1	1
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	1 +			1		2
#33	University of California: Irvine					2	2
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara			1			1
#35	New York University	1 +	1 +	3	6	6	17
#39	Boston College				1	1	2
#40	University of Washington	1 +	1 +		4	3	9
#40	Rutgers University	1 +					1
#40	Tufts University	1 +	1 +	1	3	1	7
#43	Boston University				1	2	3
#47	Lehigh University		1 +			5	6
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +	1 +		1	1	4
#47	Wake Forest University	1 +	1 +		1	1	4
#47	Texas A&M University			1			1
#47	University of Rochester	1 +			2	1	4
#48	University of Texas at Austin				1		1
#53	Purdue University				2	2	4
#53	Northeastern University	1 +	1 +		5	5	12
#56	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus					5	5
#57	Penn State University Park	1 +			3	2	6
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute				1	1	2
#60	Brandeis University				2	3	5
#60	North Carolina State University			1			1
#60	Santa Clara University	1 +	1 +	1	5		8
#67	Syracuse University				3	4	7
#67	University of Miami					1	1
#67	George Washington University	1 +	1 +		2	2	6
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1 +					1
#73	Indiana University Bloomington				1		1
#73	Tulane University		1 +		1	1	3
#76	Pepperdine University	1 +					1
#76	SUNY University at Buffalo	1 +					1
#76	Colorado School of Mines	1 +			3	1	5
#82	University of Illinois at Chicago	1 +					1
#86	Clemson University	1 +					1
#89	Fordham University					1	1
#89	Temple University			1			1
#93	Gonzaga University	1 +			1		2
#93	Loyola Marymount University	1 +		2	7		10
#93	Baylor University	1 +			1	2	4
#98	Drexel University		1 +		3		4
#98	Illinois Institute of Technology					1	1
#98	University of San Diego	1 +	1 +	2	6	6	16
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology				1		1
#98	University of Oregon	1 +	1 +		10		12
#105	Arizona State University			1			1
#105	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1 +		1			2
#105	San Diego State University	1 +		1	4		6
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +	1 +	3	1	6	12
#105	American University				1	1	2
#115	University of Arizona	1 +			4		5
#115	University of San Francisco			2	8	10	20
#124	University of Missouri: Columbia	1 +					1
#124	University of Denver			1	3	6	10
#124	Creighton University		1 +		1		2
#133	Chapman University	1 +	1 +	3	5		10
#133	University of Vermont		1 +		1	1	3
#142	Oregon State University	1 +			4		5
#142	University of the Pacific				1		1
#151	Simmons University			1			1
#151	Seton Hall University			1			1
#151	Colorado State University		1 +	3	8		12
#163	Seattle University	1 +			12		13
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1 +		3	11		15
#178	Washington State University				3		3
#195	University of Nevada: Reno			1			1
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts	1 +					1
#216	West Virginia University			1			1
#236	Azusa Pacific University			1			1
#249	Northern Arizona University	1 +			7		8
#249	Pace University			1			1
#249	Suffolk University			1			1
#269	University of Nevada: Las Vegas	1 +					1
#269	Seattle Pacific University			1			1
#332	Boise State University				2		2
#361	University of Montana	1 +					1
	University of Alabama	1 +		1			2
	University of California: Santa Cruz			1	4	3	8
	Grand Canyon University	1 +		1			2
	Liberty University	1 +					1
	Iowa State University			2			2
	University of Colorado Colorado Springs			1			1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2024	2019-2023	2022	2017-2020	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	13	10	9	40	19
#2	Amherst College	1 +	1 +		1	1	4
#3	United States Naval Academy				1	1	2
#4	Pomona College		1 +				1
#4	Swarthmore College				1	1	2
#4	Wellesley College	1 +					1
#7	United States Air Force Academy		1 +				1
#9	Carleton College	1 +	1 +		3	3	8
#9	Bowdoin College				1	2	3
#11	Barnard College	1 +	1 +		1		3
#11	Claremont McKenna College				2		2
#16	Davidson College			1			1
#16	Smith College					1	1
#16	Vassar College	1 +					1
#21	Colgate University				1	1	2
#24	Bates College				1	2	3
#27	Macalester College					1	1
#30	Lafayette College			1			1
#33	Colorado College		1 +			1	2
#34	Mount Holyoke College	1 +					1
#35	Franklin & Marshall College	1 +			1		2
#35	Occidental College			1			1
#35	Scripps College				1		1
#38	Skidmore College				1	1	2
#39	Pitzer College		1 +		1	1	3
#39	Denison University				1	1	2
#39	Trinity College		1 +			1	2
#46	Whitman College	1 +			1	1	3
#56	Rhodes College	1 +			1		2
#56	Wheaton College				1		1
#59	Trinity University			1			1
#67	Reed College		1 +		1		2
#72	Bard College	1 +					1
#75	Willamette University	1 +	1 +	2	3		7
#89	University of Puget Sound	1 +			2		3
#93	Lewis & Clark College			1	2		3
#93	Whittier College				3		3
#100	Sarah Lawrence College			1	1		2
#107	Linfield College	1 +			7		8
#139	University of North Carolina at Asheville			1			1
#167	The King's College				1		1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2024	2019-2023	2022	2017-2020	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	3	2	0	1	0
#2	University of British Columbia	1 +	1 +		1		3
#3	McGill University		1 +				1
#7	University of Calgary	1 +					1
#13	University of Victoria	1 +					1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2024	2019-2023	2022	2017-2020	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	1	1	0	0	0
#17	University of Nottingham	1 +					1
#33	University of St. Andrews		1 +				1

Academics

AP

(17)

Art History	Biology
Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Environmental Science	Psychology

Sports

(17)

Baseball	Basketball
Cheerleading	Cross Country
Diving	American Football

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(29)

Baseball conditioning	Basketball Conditioning
Dance	Environmental Club
Go Green Club	Hawaiian Club

Baseball conditioning	Basketball Conditioning
Dance	Environmental Club
Go Green Club	Hawaiian Club
Individual Music Lessons	Individual Vocal Lessons
Intramurals	Ka Makani Flyers
Literary Magazine	Marine Expeditions
Outrigger canoe paddling	Paper Brigade (recycling club)
Photography Club	Recreational golf
Recreational Tennis	Red Cross Youth Group
Robotics Club	School of Rock (rock band)
Scuba	Soccer conditioning
Student Ambassadors	Student Council (government)
Students Against Destructive Decisions	Swimming conditioning
Vocal ensemble	Weights and conditioning
Yoga

Arts

(17)

Jazz	Music
Musicianship	Art History
Acting	Band

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Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, is located on the south shore of Oahu. It serves as the gateway to the U.S. Pacific islands. The city’s iconic Waikiki neighborhood is a hub for dining, shopping, and nightlife, with its famous crescent-shaped beach bordered by palm trees and high-rise hotels. The towering Diamond Head crater provides a striking backdrop. Honolulu also features historical sites, including the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, commemorating the events of World War II. Honolulu is a vibrant and welcoming destination with a blend of cultural landmarks, beautiful beaches, and modern amenities.

Population (2022) 374,676

Cost of Living Higher than average 95%

Nearby Airport Honolulu International Airport

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Art History	Biology
Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Environmental Science	Psychology
English Literature and Composition	Spanish Language and Culture
United States History	Human Geography
Physics 1	Comparative Government and Politics
Chemistry	Physics 2
Precalculus	Statistics
English Language and Composition

Baseball	Basketball
Cheerleading	Cross Country
Diving	American Football
Golf	Paddling
Soccer	Softball
Swimming	Tennis
Track and Field	Volleyball
Water Polo	Wrestling
Lacrosse

Jazz	Music
Musicianship	Art History
Acting	Band
Music Production	Recording
Songwriting	Drawing
Painting	Printmaking
Sculpture	Costume Design
Mixed Media	Storytelling
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