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A 4.6 New Hampshire, US
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Overall
A
Matriculation A
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A
Community B
Reviews A-
Holderness is an Episcopal, college-preparatory school. Utilizing its small size and close-knit community, Holderness strikes a balance between academics and sports, including football, nationally recognized ski teams (alpine, nordic, freestyle, freeride, snowboarding), hockey, lacrosse, and soccer. Holderness is known for its unique job and leadership programs, as well as community service and outdoor program. Carpenter Arts Center provides an art gallery, ceramic, photography, and recording studios. Recent additions include Gallop Fitness Center, Alfond Library/Media Center and renovated Schoolhouse.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$76500
Enrollment
304
International Students
15%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
65%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:6
Endowment
$60 millions
AP
23
Average SAT Score
1290
Average ACT Score
29
Class Size
10
Boarding %
88%

Matriculation

(2020-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#3 Stanford University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
#12 Dartmouth College 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#13 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1 +
#25 New York University 5 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#32 Tufts University 1 +
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Brandeis University 1 +
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Villanova University 1 +
#55 Pepperdine University 1 +
#55 University of Washington 1 +
LAC #11 Middlebury College 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 5 +
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
LAC #13 Smith College 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 5 +
#68 St. Lawrence University 5 +
#70 Virginia Military Institute 1 +
#72 American University 1 +
#72 Fordham University 1 +
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 +
LAC #15 Hamilton College 1 +
#77 Clemson University 1 +
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 +
#89 Elon University 1 +
#89 Stonehill College 1 +
#89 Texas Christian University 1 +
#89 University of Delaware 1 +
LAC #18 University of Richmond 1 +
#97 Clark University 1 +
#105 University of Denver 5 +
#105 University of Utah 1 +
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
LAC #24 Colby College 5 +
#121 University of Kansas 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 5 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
#127 Clarkson University 1 +
LAC #27 Colorado College 5 +
#137 University of New Hampshire 5 +
LAC #29 Harvey Mudd College 1 +
#151 Gordon College 1 +
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
#176 University of Massachusetts Lowell 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 5 +
LAC #39 Denison University 1 +
LAC #39 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#202 Loyola University New Orleans 1 +
#234 Suffolk University 1 +
LAC #48 Whitman College 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
#263 Montana State University 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
#285 University of New England 1 +
LAC #60 Bard College 1 +
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
Adrian College 1 +
American University of Paris 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Bentley University 1 +
Bryant University 1 +
Castleton University 1 +
City University of New York: Hunter College 1 +
College of William and Mary 1 +
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Daytona Beach Campus 1 +
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus 1 +
Emmanuel College-Boston-MA 1 +
Endicott College 5 +
Flagler College 1 +
Johnson & Wales University: Providence 1 +
Keene State College 1 +
Marist College 1 +
McGill University 1 +
Merrimack College 1 +
Paul Smith's College 1 +
Plymouth State University 1 +
Providence College 1 +
Regis College 1 +
Saint Bonaventure University 1 +
Saint Joseph's College of Maine 1 +
Saint Michael's College 1 +
Stockholm School of Economics 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 5 +
Wentworth Institute of Technology 1 +
Westminster College 1 +
Wheaton College 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 90 58 57 51 32
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#3 Stanford University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#5 Yale University 1 + 1
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 + 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#9 Brown University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#12 Cornell University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#12 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#18 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#21 University of Michigan 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#22 Georgetown University 1 + 1 + 2
#24 University of Virginia 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 + 2
#24 Emory University 1 + 1
#28 University of Florida 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of Southern California 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#35 New York University 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#39 Boston College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#40 Tufts University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#40 University of Washington 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#43 Boston University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#47 Lehigh University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#47 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 2
#53 Purdue University 1 + 1 + 2
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#53 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#53 College of William and Mary 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#53 Northeastern University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#60 Brandeis University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#60 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 + 2
#67 Villanova University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 7
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#67 Syracuse University 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 + 2
#73 Tulane University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#76 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#76 University of Delaware 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#76 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#86 Clemson University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#89 Fordham University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#98 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#98 Drexel University 1 + 1 + 2
#105 American University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#115 University of New Hampshire 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 7
#115 University of Utah 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#124 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#124 Fairfield University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#124 University of Denver 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#133 Elon University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#133 University of Vermont 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#133 Chapman University 1 + 1 + 2
#142 Clarkson University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#142 Clark University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#142 Loyola University Chicago 1 + 1
#151 University of Rhode Island 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#151 University of Kansas 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#159 University of Massachusetts Lowell 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#163 Seattle University 1 + 1 + 2
#170 Quinnipiac University 1 + 1
#249 Suffolk University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#249 University of Maine 1 + 1 + 2
#260 Loyola University New Orleans 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#260 University of New England 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#303 Montana State University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
University of New Orleans 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 49 33 32 33 20
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 2
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1
#9 Bowdoin College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#11 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 + 2
#11 Middlebury College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#16 Vassar College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#16 Smith College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#16 Davidson College 1 + 1 + 2
#16 Hamilton College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#21 Colgate University 1 + 1 + 2
#24 Bates College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 Colby College 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#25 University of Richmond 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#30 Lafayette College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#30 Bucknell University 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#33 Colorado College 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#35 Occidental College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 Union College 1 + 1
#39 Trinity College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#39 Denison University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#46 Dickinson College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#46 Whitman College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#56 Wheaton College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#59 St. Lawrence University 5 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 8
#63 Virginia Military Institute 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#63 Gettysburg College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#67 Reed College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#72 Bard College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#75 Wheaton College-Norton-MA 1 + 1
#86 Stonehill College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#93 Whittier College 1 + 1
#116 Saint Michael's College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#130 Eckerd College 1 + 1
#152 Emmanuel College-Boston-MA 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#163 Gordon College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2018-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 1 1 1 0 0
#3 McGill University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#21 Concordia University 1 + 1

AP Scores

(2020-2022)
Number of tests taken
863
61%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(23)
Biology
Calculus AB
European History
French Language and Culture
Statistics
English Language and Composition
Biology
Calculus AB
European History
French Language and Culture
Statistics
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Spanish Literature and Culture
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
Physics C: Mechanics
Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A
Macroeconomics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Physics C: Mechanics
Spanish Language and Culture
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Studio Art: 3-D Design
Studio Art: Drawing
Microeconomics
United States Government and Politics
World History
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Sports

(22)
Alpine Skiing
Baseball
Basketball
Climbing
Crew
Cross Country
Alpine Skiing
Baseball
Basketball
Climbing
Crew
Cross Country
Cycling
Field Hockey
American Football
Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding
Golf
Ice Hockey
Kayaking
Lacrosse
Mountain Biking
Mountaineering
Nordic Skiing
Skateboarding
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(16)
Blue Key Tour Guides
Community Service
Diversity Club
Dorm Proctors
Drama
Environmental Club
Blue Key Tour Guides
Community Service
Diversity Club
Dorm Proctors
Drama
Environmental Club
Food Council
Habitat for Humanity
National Honor Society
Outing Club
Peer Tutoring
School Newspaper
Student Activities
Student Government
Work Program
Yearbook
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Arts

(16)
Acting
Band
Music
Music Production
Playwriting
Vocal
Acting
Band
Music
Music Production
Playwriting
Vocal
Ceramics
Drawing
Filmmaking
Photography
2D Art
3D Art
Art
Digital Design
Scene Study
Storytelling
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Contact Info

http://www.holderness.org
33 Chapel Ln, Holderness, NH 03245
603-536-1257
admission@holderness.org
New Hampshire

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1879
Campus Size: 600 acres
Boarding Rate: 88%
Religious Affiliation: Giáo hội Anh

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01
Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,TOEFL,SAT,PSAT
School Code:
TOEFL: 2930
SSAT: 3946
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Frequently Ask Questions about Holderness School

Tell me a bit about Holderness School.
Holderness School is Co-ed private boarding school located in New Hampshire, US. It was founded 1879 , and currently has about 304 students, 15.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.holderness.org.
Does Holderness School have rigorous academic requirements?
Holderness School is offering 23 AP courses.

Holderness School also have 65% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Holderness School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2020-2023, some students attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Williams College, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University.
What is the application requirement for Holderness School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Holderness School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, TOEFL for international students, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Holderness School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Holderness School in 2024 is $76,500 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admission@holderness.org .
Where is Holderness School located?
Holderness School is located in the State of New Hampshire of USA.
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Also it is highly recommended to visit Holderness School’s official site: http://www.holderness.org or call them at 603-536-1257.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Holderness School?
Yes, here are few: New Hampton School, Cardigan Mountain School and Tilton School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for Holderness School?
The overall rating for Holderness School is A.

The section ratings of Holderness School are:
A for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
B for Community
A- for Students and Parents reviews

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