Choate Rosemary Hall

Focus

Creating leaders and innovators

Day fees 2024/25

$54,400

Boarding fees 2024/25

$70,400

Pupils

861

Ages

14–18

Spear’s Review

At Choate Rosemary Hall, students are part of an ‘authentic’ academic community which is ‘just the right size’, offering a space for ‘academic exploration’ that is also intimate. 

Based in the US state of Connecticut, the school follows the US curriculum, with students required to take a number of core classes while also exploring their own interests through a variety of elective subjects. It also offers eight ‘signature programmes’ that allow pupils to concentrate on a particular area of study – for example advanced robotics or environmental immersion. 

Choate has an extensive arts programme, with facilities to match, as well as a range of clubs, sports and other activities: there are more than 100 student clubs and organisations, and more than 80 interscholastic sports teams.

‘Our school is large enough to support a wide range of academic opportunities and extracurricular offerings, but small enough to support the connections and relationships that help our students thrive,’ the school says. Thrive they do, with graduating students accepting offers from all eight Ivy League institutions in the last five years.

Academics

Average SAT score is 1412. 

Average ACT score is 30.2. 

University and college destinations

In the past five years students have matriculated at all eight Ivy League universities.

Head teacher

Dr Alex Curtis, head of school, joined Choate Rosemary Hall in 2011. He earned his doctorate from Princeton University’s department of art and archaeology; a lifelong teacher and learner, he still teaches architectural history every spring term.

Admissions

The admissions process at Choate Rosemary Hall begins with an enquiry form followed by an online interview and optional submission of standardised test scores. Students are then asked to submit several letters of recommendation as well as their academic record from their current school.

Accessibility

JFK Airport: 2 hours

Location

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