How the boarding schools different from ordinary school?

Boarding schools are more like a international private school. They have dress codes, and more advanced educations. They have dormitories which consists almost half of the students. Some students of he boarding schools are day students which means they live at their own houses but go to school by their parents. There are no school buses, but rather has a pick up time where parents pick up their children after sports. There are various types of sports, differentiated by seasons. Mostly on fall, there are volleyball, Field Hockey, etc. In winter, there as Basketball, ice hockey, etc. In spring, there are tennis, etc. Also, for boarding schools, you need an interview and school tour to get in.