Article: Old boarding schools draw students worldwide

Aline Sullivan The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
03-18-2008
Old boarding schools draw students worldwide
Byline: Aline Sullivan The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: SPECIAL REPORT

NEW YORK --

Walk into the admissions office at Phillips Academy Exeter, one of the top boarding schools in the United States, and the first thing you will see is a wall-sized map of the world studded with pins to mark the homes of prospective students.

The most intense clusters are in New England, as you might expect at the 227-year old New Hampshire institution, and in East Asia. South Korea in particular is almost eclipsed by pins.
International applications are rising at ...

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