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Scholarships, curriculum regularly draw students from specific schools across the United States to Hillsdale each year.
Casey Cheney
Issue date: 4/9/09 Section: News
Small private high schools across the country faithfully send a few of their own to Hillsdale College each year.
Head of Admissions Jeff Lantis said the number of Hillsdale students from private schools has risen by approximately 15 percent in recent years.
"Classical Christian schools are on the rise," he said. "Thus, the number of kids coming from these schools is going up."
Public schools used to send far more students to Hillsdale than private schools did, Lantis said, but now the college receives a relatively equal number of public school and private school students most years.
Sophomore Joe Gord graduated from Dayton Christian School in Dayton, Ohio, where a typical graduating class averages between 80 and 100 students.
His graduating class of 83 students saw five students, Gord included, arrive at Hillsdale in the fall of 2007.
Gord said Dayton Christian's guidance counselor urges many students to consider Hillsdale.
"She's a big proponent of the school," he said. "She's still trying to feed them up here."
Hillsdale offers sizable scholarships to graduates of a select few small private schools, making Hillsdale a popular destination at those schools.
The college offers a full-tuition scholarship to any student graduating from Trinity Christian School at River Ridge, located in Minnesota. Though Trinity has locations in both Indiana and Virginia, only River Ridge grads are eligible, per the donor's request.
Lantis said the donor, a Minnesota resident, originally created the scholarship in honor of his grandfather, a native of Norway. The scholarship required that its recipient come from a particular region of Norway, but if no one met that requirement, the scholarship could go to a student from anywhere in the country.
When no Norwegian students attended Hillsdale, the donor expanded the parameters to include Trinity students, who made a favorable impression on him.
Headmaster Bill Walker said Trinity's curriculum aligns with Hillsdale's, and Lantis visits once each year to make a presentation about Hillsdale. The scholarship only makes Hillsdale more attractive for some students.
Head of Admissions Jeff Lantis said the number of Hillsdale students from private schools has risen by approximately 15 percent in recent years.
"Classical Christian schools are on the rise," he said. "Thus, the number of kids coming from these schools is going up."
Public schools used to send far more students to Hillsdale than private schools did, Lantis said, but now the college receives a relatively equal number of public school and private school students most years.
Sophomore Joe Gord graduated from Dayton Christian School in Dayton, Ohio, where a typical graduating class averages between 80 and 100 students.
His graduating class of 83 students saw five students, Gord included, arrive at Hillsdale in the fall of 2007.
Gord said Dayton Christian's guidance counselor urges many students to consider Hillsdale.
"She's a big proponent of the school," he said. "She's still trying to feed them up here."
Hillsdale offers sizable scholarships to graduates of a select few small private schools, making Hillsdale a popular destination at those schools.
The college offers a full-tuition scholarship to any student graduating from Trinity Christian School at River Ridge, located in Minnesota. Though Trinity has locations in both Indiana and Virginia, only River Ridge grads are eligible, per the donor's request.
Lantis said the donor, a Minnesota resident, originally created the scholarship in honor of his grandfather, a native of Norway. The scholarship required that its recipient come from a particular region of Norway, but if no one met that requirement, the scholarship could go to a student from anywhere in the country.
When no Norwegian students attended Hillsdale, the donor expanded the parameters to include Trinity students, who made a favorable impression on him.
Headmaster Bill Walker said Trinity's curriculum aligns with Hillsdale's, and Lantis visits once each year to make a presentation about Hillsdale. The scholarship only makes Hillsdale more attractive for some students.
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