Cliques in boarding schools?

Question

We moved to Switzerland and are looking for a good school to go to. A lot of the english schools are boarding schools. I would be a day student.. my mom was a bit worried about clique issues etc. with the boarding students? Does anyone have any experience with swiss boarding schools, or Brillantmont in Lausanne specifically?

Answer 1

Day Students Enjoy Boarding School Benefits
Tappahannock (October 20, 2003) - Local families get more than their money's worth when they send their children to a boarding school as day students, a national expert says.
"Being a day student in a good boarding school is one of the best bargains around," educator Carol Hotchkiss told a recent gathering of area parents at St. Margaret's School. "In addition to excellent academics, you're also getting access to wonderful after-school and weekend programs, and to lasting friendships with a diverse group of students from across the country and around the world."
Boarding schools also play an increasingly important societal role. In today's fast-paced consumer culture, Hotchkiss explains, children can grow up with their own TV set but without connections to neighbors or extended family members. A strong residential community can teach both boarding and day students how to compromise, share and put the needs of others first-skills that the greater community will need in its future leaders.

Day Students
Day students are encouraged to spend time on campus after their regular commitments to enable them to share as much as possible in the boarding experience while still recognizing their status as students who live at home. They are also encouraged to participate in weekend activities. Day students have an advisor who fulfills the same role as a Head Resident and are full participants in the Mentor Program.

Benefits of Boarding-Day School
Emma Willard is, by intention, both a boarding and a day school. As such, we believe we offer benefits beyond what you’d find at one or the other.
Approximately 60 percent of our 300+ students are boarders and 40 percent are day students who live with their families in New York’s greater Capital Region. All students and faculty remain actively engaged in campus life well into the evening – our day doesn’t end with the 3:30 bell. Weekends are abuzz, as well. Everyone gains from the around-the-clock community at Emma Willard.
Most students enroll as boarders in the 9th grade, choosing early on the adventure of living away from home and immersing themselves in the Emma Willard experience.
Whether boarding or day, Emma’s students have one thing in common: a love of learning and the desire to make education a major life focus.
When you’re in a small class of 10 or 12, talking about A Midsummer Night’s Dream, finishing a lab on molecular genetics, or exploring dance techniques, your voice is essential to the discussion.
The Association of Boarding Schools cites a U.S. Department of Education study that revealed students in independent schools: do twice as much homework as public school students; watch far less television than public school students; take more advanced course work; achieve at the highest reading proficiency level; are more involved in afternoon activities and team sports; plan to graduate from college. “At Emma Willard, girls are the main subject. The voices in the classroom are theirs.” Nat Conrad, Academic Dean Home

daa989
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What is it like to be a day student at a boarding school?

robm425
Level 3
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Well I was on both sides. Being a day student isn't too bad at all. I always hung out at my boarding school on weekends with my friends that lived at the school. I lived close to the school so it was easy....Then I was a boarder at a boarding school and I liked that a little better being away from home and living with my friends...frequently my day student friend would stay over some times which was a nice treat for them
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I attented both boarding school as a boarder and day

Answer 2

for sure. each college has cliques. i imagine boarding faculties have better doors for cliques because the students are lodging and they have better time to mingle and learn jointly. You look to were full of boarding college myths. certain there are wealthy youngsters yet they don't look as nasty as those contained in the films. each pupil will locate the right clique, equivalent to in the different college.

Answer 3

no experience personally but the common view is that there is the group of girls that are very mean and act above everyone else. the portrayal of guys always seems to be very jock-ish. i hope that helps, but i have no idea if thats how it really is