Governor's Academy vs Hockaday (only two schools accepted)

buuzn03
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:37:37 +0000

Hock Adam is an excellent school with excellent academics. Dallas is a wonderful city (not your typical New England or European city that is built on top of itself)… it is spread out and there are trees and grass everywhere. So there is a lot to do and yet the school has a hometown feel.
Also, the school is literally just a few minutes from an airport. It is in a very chic part of town. Lots of shopping and restaurants nearby. We have old classmates who now go to Hockaday. They love it. They have not had problems with it being all-girls (they switched from coed). They are Day students, though. The day student population is high, but many boarders tend to do things with the Day students many evenings and on weekends, so it is less segregated boarders/Day students than you would think. Also, the boarders there are true boarders. Anyone who knows Texas knows parents drive an hour or more (70+ miles) each way for school, hockey practice, dance, etc. So, there are no (or at least very, very few) local boarders who leave on weekends.

DS applied and toured at Governor’s. It is more isolated and the campus more spread out than Hockaday. It is coed. It is about an hour from the airport. We found the people to be very nice. Although they have more boarders, we learned the majority of the boarding students to be “local boarders”, so the campus also can clear out on weekends.

We have not attended either as students but have been on both campuses. We know people that attend both schools. They are both excellent schools with very different vibes.

I’m not sure if this helps…because it is hard to choose a school sight unseen. But I did want to give you the perspective from someone who has been to and experienced both schools.