I spent quite a bit of a time at schools recently. I was quite interested by the students and families we encountered on our travels. It got me wondering if the demographics of applicants had changed substantially over the past few years…/decade and the corresponding test scores and ECS. I know that the breakdown of enrolled students seems fairly well dispersed across the typical categories but wondered if the percentages of international applicants, URM and ORM applicants had changed substantially. Has anyone seen a published data on applicant demographics?
It’s been noted that international applicants especially those from China have increased significantly in recent years. I haven’t read anything about the changes in the compositions of domestic applicants and assume they have been relatively stable.
@panpacific that corresponds to what we noticed. Huge numbers of international students. However, I wondered if the total numbers of applicants had grown or simply shifted to more international applicants
In the few years after the 2008 financial crisis, some people expected that the number of applicantions to expensive elite boarding schools would decrease, but surprisingly those years saw record numbers of applicantions to several top schools. It was speculated that the surge was due to domestic demand because more families saw a more competitive world ahead and decided to invest in their kids education from early on. In more recent years however it seems the continuing increased applications and lower admit rates are due to international demand for US high school education. There’s no reason to believe the interest in BS from US families is growing year after year. The market for BS has been and will continue to be a niche market.
At several schools we visited, the visit list for the day included about 80 percent international applicants, mostly from China and other Asian countries. A couple European and South American also.
@sunnyschool -very similar. We were with ALL International made up of primarily China plus (1)Korea and (1)Africa