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:
- Kids with connections (parent legacy, sibling legacy, development)
- Sons/daughters of faculty (Facbrats)
- URM
- Athletes/impact players
- 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.