Funny part was the students who stayed behind on Thanksgiving weren’t necessarily just international students. There were also plenty of native-born American students who stayed behind.
Only thing I noticed was that on Thanksgiving weekend, the native-born American students were mostly upper-class students, especially seniors working on their senior thesis or departmental capstone projects to complete their honors/departmental major requirements.
Was great as it meant I got to interact with older students a lot more than i would have otherwise.