Typical candidates that Prep schools look for or accept

sgopal2
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:13:19 +0000

Hello,

The boarding school that my son attended provided parents access to a school directory. When he started in 9th grade, I was curious about his other classmates and had a look through. This is what I remember.

From this, I was able to see several patterns:

1. Kids with connections (parent legacy, sibling legacy, development)

2. Sons/daughters of faculty (Facbrats)

3. URM

4. Athletes/impact players

5. Uber rich parents

The 5 categories above probably made up about half of the class. The rest was filled with bright kids who didn’t have a hook. Boarders were about 70% and the rest were day students. About an even mix between males and females.

In terms of geography, about a third of the class were kids from local area (NJ/PA). The rest was filled with kids in the north atlantic region (CT/NY/MA). There were a sizable number of international kids (probably about 50). But the majority were US residents.