2013-2014 PROFILE 11600 Welch Road, Dallas, Texas 75229-2999
Tel 214.363.6311
Fax 214.363.0942
www.hockaday.org
COLLEGE COUNSELING Direct: 214.360.6559 Fax: 214.360.6558 HIGH SCHOOL CEEB CODE 441750 STAFF Eugene McDermott Headmistress Kim Wargo kwargo@hockaday.org Head of Upper School John Ashton jashton@hockaday.org Registrar Sharon L. Wright swright@hockaday.org
THE SCHOOL
The Hockaday School is an independent, college-preparatory day and boarding school for girls from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The School, formed in 1913, is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. The School is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, Online School for Girls, the College Board, the National and Texas Associations for College Admission Counseling, and the Cum Laude Society.
STUDENT BODY
Enrollment Upper School: Grades 9-12.............................................................481 Middle School: Grades 5-8..............................................................328 Lower School: Grades Pre-K-4.........................................................278
Director of College Counseling Carol E. Wasden cwasden@hockaday.org
Total Enrollment..........................................................................1,087
Associate Director of College Counseling Courtney M. Skerritt cskerritt@hockaday.org Associate Director of College Counseling Elizabeth Jones esjones@hockaday.org College Counseling Administrative Assistant Kerrie Smith ksmith@hockaday.org
Boarding Students Grades 8-12......................................................................................72 The Residence Department includes students from six states and from ten foreign countries: China, Germany, Jamaca, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan. Students of Color........................................................................................................................................37% Students Receiving Financial Aid...............................................................................................................18%
ADMISSION
Selection of students is based on previous academic performance and on entrance tests. Requirements of admission include an application, transcript, teacher recommendations, personal interviews, parent and student questionnaires, entrance tests, and parent interviews for the lower grades. Applicants for 2013-2014.................................................773 New Students for 2013-2014...........................................149
FACULTY
Full-time Teachers..............................................................121 Part-time Teachers................................................................7 Teachers with Master’s Degrees.........................................70 Teachers with Doctoral Degrees.........................................10 Teachers with J.D. Degrees...................................................1
College Admission Class of 2013
Abilene Christian University The University of Alabama Allegheny College American University Amherst College University of Arkansas Auburn University Bard College Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Belmont University Boston College Boston Conservatory Boston University Bowdoin College Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bucknell University University at Buffalo The State University of New York University of Calgary California College of the Arts (San Francisco) University of California at Berkeley University of California at Davis University of California at Irvine University of California at Los Angeles University of California at San Diego University of California at Santa Barbara Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Centre College Chapman University University of Chicago Claremont McKenna College Clemson University Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Colorado College Colorado State University University of Colorado at Boulder Columbia University University of Connecticut Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College University of Delaware University of Denver Dickinson College
Duke University Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester Eckerd College Elon University Emerson College Emory University The Evergreen State College Florida State University Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College Furman University Georgetown University The George Washington University The University of Georgia Goucher College Grinnell College Hampshire College Harvard College Hendrix College Indiana University at Bloomington The University of Iowa Johns Hopkins University University of Kansas Lafayette College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Mannes College of Music Mary Baldwin College University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami University of Michigan Middlebury College Millsaps College University of Mississippi University of Missouri Columbia New York University New York University - Shanghai The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Northeastern University Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Oberlin College Occidental College University of Oklahoma University of Oregon Oxford College of Emory University University of the Pacific University of Pennsylvania
Traditionally, 100% of Hockaday graduates attend four-year colleges or universities. The 116 members of the Class of 2013 were admitted to 173 different institutions, listed below. The University of Tampa Pepperdine University Temple University University of Pittsburgh University of Tennessee, Knoxville Princeton University Texas A&M University University of Puget Sound Purchase College State University of New Texas Christian University Texas Woman’s University York The University of Texas, Arlington Purdue University The University of Texas, Austin University of Redlands The University of Texas, Dallas Reed College The University of Texas, El Paso University of Rhode Island The University of Texas, San Antonio Rhodes College Trinity College Rice University Trinity University University of Richmond Tufts University University of Rochester Tulane University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Tulsa Rollins College Vanderbilt University Saint Mary’s College Vassar College University of San Diego University of Vermont Santa Clara University Villanova University Savannah College of Art and Design University of Virginia Scripps College Wake Forest University Sewanee: The University of the South University of Washington Skidmore College Washington and Lee University Smith College Washington University in St. Louis University of South Carolina Wesleyan University University of Southern California University of Wisconsin, Madison Southern Methodist University Wheaton College IL Southwestern University Wheaton College MA University of St. Andrews Whitman College St. Edward’s University Wofford College St. Mary’s University of San Antonio Yale University Stanford University Yonsei University- Underwood Susquehanna University International College Swarthmore College Syracuse University