<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I was wondering, specifically, what are the numbers of students represented in each school for each countries? </p>
<p>I only saw a total for each school, but there was no break down.</p>
<p>I want to know if I may have a slight advantage if my nationality is mis-represented.</p>
<p>Also, it's good to know these facts anyways.</p>
<p>(I did see a break down for Deerfield though not the rest)</p>
<p>what is your nationality?</p>
<p>I am Canadian.</p>
<p>if you mean underrepresented (i’m not sure what you mean by misrepresented, if my interpretation is wrong, please correct me!), Canadians are well represented pretty much across the board. i’m Canadian as well and we’re most probably not going to get URM (under-represented minority) status anytime soon, unless you happen to be Mauritanian as well…</p>
<p>Sorry about that. Ahaha, I don’t mean we have bad Canadians out there MIS-representing our nation. Thanks for correcting me. I do mean underrepresented.</p>
<p>I checked Deerfield’s viewbook and discovered they only have 8 Canadians out of approximately 600 students. Our number have been surpassed by China and Korea! Being such close neighbours with the states, I do not understand why there are barely any Canadians in Deerfield (or BS across the states if the Deerfield statistics are close). That’s where my thought of Canadians being underrepresented came from.</p>
<p>Only a fraction (around 10%) of the spots in top BS are for international students. Considering the number of countries there are, 8 Canadian students really can’t be considered under-represented in a school with 600+ students in total. Korea of course is probably the most “over-represented” in most boarding schools. China is not as so considering it’s a much larger country than Korea is.</p>
<p>Last year, NMH had students from 30 countries in addition to the United States. There were 7 students from Canada. I believe about 15% are Asian. This is from a student population of 650-700.</p>
<p>Exeter has 18 Canadian students, at least 4 of whom are Asian.</p>
<p>My point is, being such close neighbours and having the extreme similarities in the education system, me as a Canadian, expected more Canadian students in American BS! </p>
<p>If you compare Canada to Korea, China, or any other international majority, you can see the contrast between the educational systems. Those countries, however, have nearly 200% of the number of Canadian students enrolled at those BS.</p>
<p>A significant precentage of Canadians at BS are, you guessed it, hockey players.</p>
<p>fif subscibes to the US Hockey Report, which lists all the rosters. Almost all have players from the Great North (even Brunswick, a day school) ranging from two to eight.</p>
<p>Many of these students from Korea and China went to american style international schools. And there may be a lot more applicants from those counties than from Canada. I think you should look at it this way - Although Canada is not under-represented, for admission purpose you may still be better off being Canadian than being Korean, who tend to face more fierce competition.</p>
<p>Is it a hook if no one from your country has ever gone to the school you’re applying to, even if you need FA?</p>
<p>^ Definitely. </p>
<p>PS Even if people ask, don’t say what country you’re from because it will be very easy for admission officers.</p>