<p>Although we had several outstanding day schools in our area, the commute time was too long & aggitating. Many day schools–both private & religiously affiliated–cater to the parents as much as to the students, while the boarding school attended by our son focused solely on the students.
Additionally, we–as parents-- were interested in some of the Ivy League schools and our son’s boarding school traditionally had about 50% of each class accepted to at least one Ivy & 35% matriculated at an Ivy. Somewhat ironically, even though encouraged to apply by three of the Ivies, he did not even apply to a single college or university in the northeast U.S.</p>