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What does a country’s per capita income have to do w anything? Vietnam sends kids to American boarding schools, and it has a low per capita income.</p>
<p>It’s only RICH families that are going to send their kids overseas to boarding schools. India has plenty of rich families. </p>
<p>My guess is that since india is a Commonwealth country, it’s makes more sense to seek out boarding schools in Commonwealth countries. </p>
<p>@GMTplus7</p>
<p>That should be true. I know many Indian friends from wealthy families who went to the British boarding schools. None of them knew who PA was although it was twenty years ago. Most of them went on to Oxbridge, U of Edinburgh and the likes. </p>
<p>^^From what I read (and what @patronyork stated), it seems as if Indians tend to go either to the British boarding schools or the Indian boarding schools (which there are quite a few of). However, I don’t think it is due to the family-centered culture in India, half the population goes to hostels (which are basically boarding schools) in India from 8th grade onwards. Rather, I think it’s just the fact that Indians are more acquainted with Britain, and their boarding school system, compared to India, yet there are a awful lot of them at universities, so I’m not positive… Also, @ccprep9 , I don’t think it’s the affordability, my grandma, and nearly all my relatives think 20,000 rupees is cheap (for clothes), even though in US currency, it’s worth $333, so I don’t think it’s due to an economic disadvantage or anything…</p>
<p>@patronyork : Only two in SK? I thought the international schools there geared their system towards placing kids in American colleges.</p>
<p>I currently live in Japan as a international school student, so far I’ve been to 2 international schools. Japan is quite unlike its neighbors Korea and China (incl. HK, Singapore) has quite a weak standard vs American education system. Yes, there are a handful of successful students who go to Ivy leagues from Japanese schools, but Japanese schools are meant for Japanese colleges, only other method is to attend an international school. I find it tough again to apply for boarding schools since the schools in the country do not offer accelerated classes that make me sufficient enough.</p>
<p>@mrnephew</p>
<p>Oh, there are several int’l schools in Skorea. But only two (or three) with boarding facilities.</p>
<p>Oh, I see. I though you meant in general. Sorry for misunderstanding.</p>
<p>The rat race gets ever more competitive. </p>
<p>There is increasing int’l interest in American junior boarding schools, as an edge for applying to American high school boarding school, as an edge for applying to American universities.
<a href=“Reports indicate a significant drop in the average age of Chinese students abroad - ICEF Monitor - Market intelligence for international student recruitment”>http://monitor.icef.com/2013/09/reports-indicate-a-significant-drop-in-the-average-age-of-chinese-students-abroad/</a></p>
<p>@balledtoohard</p>
<p>SKorea is the same, I guess. My son spent a year and a half in SKorea at one of its int’l schools due to my job relocation. We found that all the local high schools in SKorea are for local colleges. So, it is very similar to Japan. There are, however, local students who want to attend US colleges and they prepare for SAT separately from their school curriculum. There are several int’l schools in Skorea but they are not open to everyone. They require students have at least 3 year experience of attending the school outside Korea, or have a foreign passport. Most of them are day schools and have strong academics. Almost all students at Int’l schools go on to US colleges. </p>
<p>@patronyork
Yes the hurdle for entrance was pretty high, I was lucky since I was able to full fill the “secret” rule which was to have a full American citizenship. The schools tend to keep extreme standards on entrance but still allowing a handicap on admission for whom have no where else to let their children in or have American citizenship not taking in account academic record, thus I believe this created a huge gap in between students academic levels. Many of my friends who applied to my first school have been denied for their lack of citizenship and/or families inability to speak english. Although being admitted to the school I had a hard time as a bilingual and sincerely hope no one ever goes through the same mess as me, even now I believe my life would have been different good and bad not attending a intl school, but I appreciate very much of what I have currently.</p>
<p>Also note to people considering intl schools, many intl schools enjoy fabricating their data in the student profiel to suffice the lack of students or academic level, I would really pay attention since often the school collects data from a few years interval and then cherry pick schools they personally prefer as “prestigious”, after all no school is perfect.</p>
<p>Also, I have many friends who attend the Korean international schools but many say they want to attend Korean universities and apply to American universities as second choice schools, and many scored a whopping 95%ile range for the sat and still refuse, is there any specific reason behind this?</p>
<p>@balled,</p>
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<p>It is clear you do not understand the purpose of international schools. There is no “secret” rule. I am more familiar w int’l school admissions policy than I would care to be, having applied to more int’l schools for my 2 kids, than they’ve applied to boarding schools. The last time, I had to apply to multiple schools on 3 continents simultaneously because I had no idea where we would end up–ugh…</p>
<p>Int’l schools were created to educate children who are outside their native country because their parents work overseas (typically diplomatic posts and corporate assignments). The schools have an admissions priority ranking, and it is no secret. My kids’ last int’l school posts the admissions policy transparently on its website:</p>
<p>Priority 1
Children of direct hire employees of the Embassy of the United States of America</p>
<p>Priority 2
Qualified candidates who have attended American based curriculum schools in which English is the primary language of instruction for at least two of the last four years</p>
<p>Priority 3
Qualified candidates who have attended schools with a non-American based curriculum where English is the primary language of instruction for at least two of the last four years</p>
<p>Priority 4
All other qualified candidates </p>
<p>Even it the school does not post the policy, it is commonly understood that American int’l schools give priority to American children; Japanese int’l schools give priority to Japanese children; Australian int’l schools give priority to Australian children, German int’l schools give priority to German children. British int’l schools give priority to UK children. It is the schools’ reason for being. There is no “secret” rule. </p>
<p>Because of the demand for English-language education in Asia, a lot of schools have sprung up that dub themselves “int’l schools”, but their market is geared towards educating local kids and Korean kids who arrive with their mother/aunt/grandparent for the sole purpose of attending an English language school. The “goose” father stays behind in Korea to work and support 2 households.<br>
<a href=“http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-korea-goosefathers-idUSBRE84G0IZ20120517”>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-korea-goosefathers-idUSBRE84G0IZ20120517</a>
We see a lot of this phenomenon where we live. There are large Korea-town communities-- great food!</p>
<p>@balledtoohard</p>
<p>I don’t know for boarding schools in China or other part of Asia, but the possible reason why some SKorean students get denied by US top colleges despite high SAT scores is that some of them don’t seem to have engaged in a lot of ECs or community service. They seem to spend more time on SAT prep and academics. Also, the fact that they are ORM may affect their admission. However at the same time, many of them go on to top US colleges. I am not sure if that is your question. </p>
<p>@GMTplus7</p>
<p>The original purpose of international schools is educate children of foreign families, as you said. However, I found so many kids living in their homeland attend int’l schools. At least it is the case for the SKorean int’l schools. When I visited them a few years ago for my son’s application, I found that 70-90% were Korean kids who either lived 3+ years in English-speaking countries in the past or have a foreign passport. Many of them are Korean-Americans. As such, the original purpose didn’t seem to be well served there. A couple years ago, some schools were penalized by the Korean education authority for taking unqualified students in. </p>
<p>@patron,
Yes, I also pointed that out when I said “Because of the demand for English-language education in Asia, a lot of schools have sprung up that dub themselves “int’l schools”, but their market is geared towards educating local kids…”</p>
<p>Actually, an international boarding school which aims to create leaders in the Asia-Pacific region will open in 2014 in Japan. (<a href=“Home - UWC ISAK Japan”>Home - UWC ISAK Japan) It seems all education will be conducted in English. They require ISEE or SSAT scores for the application. I do not know if this school will be successful or not but certainly this is an interesting move.</p>
<p>@jnf1102
Popular schools in Tokyo such as ASIJ, St. Mary’s, YIS, NIS, TIS send their students over their students for their summer educational program. Although I have considered to attend once over the break and didn’t, my friends have told me very positive comments and seems to be quite popular for those Japanese-American residential families. </p>
<p>@patronyork
Yes thank you for the answer and, sorry my question was not clear.</p>