| Boarding schools are no longer the places | | | | time than day-school students.Boarding schools |
| troublesome kids are sent to. They are nice places | | | | emphasize overall personality development that |
| where students learn to excel in all aspects of | | | | seems to be lacking in day schools. Boarding schools |
| growing up, from academics to athletics. Boarding | | | | are well known for preparing their students for |
| schools have a certain appeal- they are a home away | | | | college and students do very well on college entrance |
| from home. Studies made by The Association of | | | | exams. Graduates tend to have higher payer jobs |
| Boarding Schools (TABS) have revealed that kids | | | | and excel in whatever profession they chose as a |
| who grew up in boarding schools were highly | | | | career. They are also very philanthropic, especially |
| successful, more so than their counterparts who | | | | when it comes to giving back to the boarding school |
| attended day schools.A survey showed that over 95 | | | | they attended.There are different types of boarding |
| % of students attending boarding school, as well as | | | | schools including college-prep, religious, military, 5-day, |
| their parents, were very satisfied with the | | | | junior, co-ed, all-girls, all-boys, pre-professional, |
| experience. They felt that the quality of their | | | | therapeutic and special needs. A common myth that |
| education was excellent because of the quality of | | | | is generally associated with these schools is that they |
| the faculty members. These teachers encourage | | | | have homogeneous groups of students, catering to |
| self-motivation and confidence along with a high | | | | the elite class. This is not true, as most boarding |
| standard of education. It was found that boarding | | | | schools have a generous mix of students from all |
| school students were more prolific in planning their | | | | races, religions, regions and economic backgrounds. |