Geographic diversity at boarding schools

cameo43
Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:33:13 +0000

Sharing, I’ve gotten the same impression from our visits to schools last year. I think the larger, acronym schools are better known all across the country – and there are kids at those schools from every part of the US. In general, if you ask someone (an average person, not a parent looking for a BS) on the West coast to name some boarding schools, they will immediately think of those acronym schools… and no others. I do think it’s a really big deal for most to send a kid across the country for high school. The school my D is starting at (this week!! Still can’t believe it…) has a smattering of Midwest/Southwest students but it seems like the majority are from the East Coast, and from a number of other countries.