Watkinson School

B+ 4.8 Connecticut, US

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School Overview

Overall

B+

Matriculation A-

Academics B

Extracurriculars C

Community B+

Reviews B

Watkinson School founded in 1881 is Hartford's only independent school. Serving 260 students from over forty Connecticut towns in grades six through twelve, including a unique post graduate program, Watkinson is also a founding member of the Hartford independent schools initiative. Watkinson's mission is to develop in our students the power to shape their own lives and the world around them.

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Current School

Tuition

$49700

Enrollment

213

International Students

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

58%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:5

Average SAT Score

1200

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Matriculation

(2019-2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#3	Yale University	2
#7	Johns Hopkins University	1
#13	Brown University	1
#15	Washington University in St. Louis	1
#17	Cornell University	3
#22	Emory University	1
#25	New York University	5
#25	University of Michigan	1
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	1
#32	Tufts University	1
#34	University of California: Irvine	4
#34	University of California: San Diego	1
#36	Boston College	1
#36	University of Rochester	2
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2
#41	Boston University	5
#44	Brandeis University	2
#44	Northeastern University	1
#55	University of Miami	2
LAC #11	Middlebury College	2
#62	George Washington University	3
#62	Syracuse University	2
#62	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1
LAC #13	Smith College	1
LAC #13	Vassar College	1
#67	University of Connecticut	11
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1
#68	St. Lawrence University	1
#72	American University	3
#72	Sarah Lawrence College	1
LAC #15	Hamilton College	1
#76	College of Wooster	1
#76	Muhlenberg College	1
#83	Marquette University	1
#83	Stevens Institute of Technology	1
#89	Elon University	1
#89	Stonehill College	1
LAC #18	Colgate University	1
LAC #18	Wesleyan University	2
#97	Clark University	4
#105	Rochester Institute of Technology	3
#111	Susquehanna University	1
#115	Fairfield University	2
#121	Temple University	3
#121	University of Vermont	2
LAC #25	Bates College	1
#130	Eckerd College	1
LAC #27	Macalester College	1
#136	SUNY College at Purchase	1
#137	University of New Hampshire	1
#151	University of Mississippi	1
LAC #31	Bryn Mawr College	1
#166	Hofstra University	2
#166	Quinnipiac University	1
#166	Xavier University	1
LAC #36	Mount Holyoke College	1
LAC #39	Skidmore College	1
LAC #39	Trinity College	4
#202	Loyola University New Orleans	1
#202	Springfield College	1
#202	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	1
#219	Sacred Heart University	4
#219	University of Maine	1
#234	Suffolk University	1
#234	University of Hartford	11
#234	Western New England University	1
LAC #51	Dickinson College	1
LAC #55	Connecticut College	4
LAC #60	Bard College	4
	Barry University	1
	Bentley University	2
	Berklee College of Music	2
	Bethune-Cookman University	1
	Bryant University	2
	Cazenovia College	1
	Central Connecticut State University	4
	Champlain College	3
	College of William and Mary	2
	Eastern Connecticut State University	4
	Emerson College	1
	Endicott College	2
	High Point University	2
	Ithaca College	1
	Johnson & Wales University: Providence	2
	Kettering University	1
	LIM College	2
	Lynn University	4
	Manhattanville College	1
	Marist College	2
	Nichols College	1
	Oberlin College	1
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	2
	Providence College	3
	Queens University of Charlotte	1
	Rhode Island School of Design	2
	Roger Williams University	1
	Saint Michael's College	1
	Salve Regina University	1
	Savannah College of Art and Design	2
	School of Visual Arts	1
	Siena College	1
	Southern Connecticut State University	1
	Stetson University	1
	SUNY College at Oneonta	1
	Tunxis Community College	1
	Union College	1
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2
	University of New Haven	2
	University of Saint Joseph	1
	University of Tampa	1
	Wagner College	1
	Westfield State University	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2019-2023	2019-2022	2021	2017-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	81	414	27	78	36
#1	Princeton University		1				1
#2	Columbia University		1			1 +admitted	2
#5	Yale University	2	2		1	1 +admitted	6
#8	University of Pennsylvania		1				1
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1	1	1			3
#13	Dartmouth College		1				1
#14	Brown University	1	1		1		3
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	1	2		1	1 +admitted	5
#17	Cornell University	3	3	1	1		8
#17	Rice University		1				1
#19	University of Notre Dame		1		1		2
#21	Emory University	1	1	1			3
#23	University of Michigan	1	3	1		1 +admitted	6
#25	Carnegie Mellon University		5				5
#25	University of Virginia				1		1
#27	University of Southern California		1				1
#28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		1				1
#28	University of Florida		2				2
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara		2				2
#28	New York University	5	5		5	1 +admitted	16
#28	Tufts University	1	4		3	1 +admitted	9
#34	University of Rochester	2	6	2			10
#34	University of California: San Diego	1	3		1		5
#36	Boston College	1	3	1			5
#36	University of California: Irvine	4	6	4			14
#38	University of California: Davis		4			1 +admitted	5
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1	1		1	1 +admitted	4
#42	Tulane University		1			1 +admitted	2
#42	Brandeis University	2	4		2	1 +admitted	9
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2	3	1		1 +admitted	7
#42	Boston University	5	10		7	1 +admitted	23
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2	7	2		1 +admitted	12
#48	University of Georgia		3				3
#49	Purdue University		4		1		5
#49	Lehigh University		6	1	1	1 +admitted	9
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	2	9	2		1 +admitted	14
#49	Northeastern University	1	5	1	4		11
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		3				3
#55	University of Miami	2	5	1	1	1 +admitted	10
#59	Syracuse University	2	6		3		11
#59	University of Washington		2				2
#59	University of Maryland: College Park		4			1 +admitted	5
#62	University of Pittsburgh		4			1 +admitted	5
#63	Worcester Polytechnic Institute		5				5
#63	George Washington University	3	8		4	1 +admitted	16
#63	University of Connecticut	11	74	4	11	1 +admitted	101
#68	Southern Methodist University		1				1
#68	Fordham University		12		2	1 +admitted	15
#68	Indiana University Bloomington		1		1		2
#68	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1	13		1	1 +admitted	16
#68	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities		2				2
#75	Clemson University		2				2
#75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1	4		1		6
#79	American University	3	7	1	3	1 +admitted	15
#83	SUNY University at Binghamton		1				1
#83	Howard University		6			1 +admitted	7
#83	Michigan State University		1		1	1 +admitted	3
#83	Elon University	1	2		2		5
#83	Stevens Institute of Technology	1	3				4
#83	University of California: Riverside		2			1 +admitted	3
#83	Marquette University	1	1				2
#93	SUNY University at Stony Brook		2				2
#93	University of Delaware		4	1		1 +admitted	6
#93	University of San Diego				1		1
#93	University of Denver		3		2		5
#99	University of Oregon		1				1
#103	Temple University	3	11		2	1 +admitted	17
#103	New Jersey Institute of Technology		1				1
#103	Miami University: Oxford		4			1 +admitted	5
#103	Loyola University Chicago		2		1	1 +admitted	4
#103	Clark University	4	19	1	4	1 +admitted	29
#103	Saint Louis University		1				1
#103	Drexel University		6			1 +admitted	7
#103	University of Arizona		2				2
#103	University of San Francisco		1				1
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz		4			1 +admitted	5
#117	University of Vermont	2	16		1		19
#117	University of South Carolina: Columbia		1				1
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	3	6		2		11
#117	Arizona State University		2				2
#122	Chapman University		1				1
#122	Illinois Institute of Technology		1				1
#127	DePaul University		2		1		3
#136	University of New Hampshire	1	5				6
#148	Duquesne University		1				1
#148	Michigan Technological University		1				1
#162	Oregon State University		1				1
#172	SUNY University at Albany		1				1
	Penn State University Park		10			1 +admitted	11
	Rutgers University		8		1	1 +admitted	10
	University of Colorado Boulder		3				3
	College of William and Mary	2	3	1	1	1 +admitted	8
	University of Saint Joseph	1	7		1		9
	University of California: Merced		1				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2019-2023	2019-2022	2021	2017-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	29	96	8	30	17
#2	Amherst College		1				1
#5	Wellesley College				1		1
#6	Bowdoin College	1	1	1			3
#9	Middlebury College	2	3		2		7
#9	Carleton College		1			1 +admitted	2
#13	Grinnell College		1			1 +admitted	2
#13	Hamilton College	1	2	1			4
#17	Wesleyan University	2	4				6
#17	Barnard College		1		1		2
#17	Colby College		2			1 +admitted	3
#17	Smith College	1	6		2	1 +admitted	10
#17	Colgate University	1	3		2		6
#22	Vassar College	1	2		1	1 +admitted	5
#22	University of Richmond		1				1
#25	Bates College	1	3	1	1	1 +admitted	7
#26	Colorado College		1			1 +admitted	2
#27	Macalester College	1	2		1	1 +admitted	5
#30	Bryn Mawr College	1	1		1	1 +admitted	4
#30	Kenyon College		1			1 +admitted	2
#30	Mount Holyoke College	1	3		1		5
#35	College of the Holy Cross		1		1		2
#38	Bucknell University		1				1
#38	Lafayette College		3		1		4
#38	Skidmore College	1	8		2	1 +admitted	12
#42	Occidental College		2			1 +admitted	3
#42	Denison University		3		3		6
#46	Trinity College	4	9	2	3	1 +admitted	19
#50	Dickinson College	1	4		1		6
#50	Connecticut College	4	5		2	1 +admitted	12
#54	Gettysburg College		2				2
#62	Bard College	4	9	2	2	1 +admitted	18
	Franklin & Marshall College		3		1	1 +admitted	5
	Oberlin College	1	3		1	1 +admitted	6
	Union College	1	4	1			6

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Sports

(8)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Lacrosse
Soccer	Tennis

Contact Info

https://www.watkinson.org

180 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105

860-236-5618

shannon_fortin@watkinson.org

Connecticut

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: 6-12

Rural

IB: No

ESL: Yes

Year Founded: 1881

Campus Size: 40 acres

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01

Interview: Skype, On Campus, WeChat

School Code:

TOEFL: 3378

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Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, is the cultural and financial heart of New England. With a rich history dating back to the American Revolution, it is home to iconic landmarks such as the Freedom Trail, the Boston Common, and the Massachusetts State House. The city boasts prestigious universities like Harvard and MIT and is known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse neighborhoods, and thriving economy. Boston's blend of historical significance and modern innovation makes it one of the most influential cities in the U.S.

Population (2022) 609,023

Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

Nearby Airport Logan International Airport

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