With over 25 years of admissions experience at both the private school and college levels, I offer a variety of services to parents and students as they apply to schools. I have advanced degrees in school psychology focusing on early childhood development. I focus specifically on placing Pre-K – 8th Grade children in private day schools within the Greater Boston area.
I ask that parents understand that these services are intended to clarify and support the school application process for their children rather than “package” their children. In the long run this can undermine both the student and the receiving school. And, admissions professionals can tell when students have received too much help, causing them to present very differently in their application materials than they do in their school records. I strive to empower students (especially older ones) to take ownership of their own application processes, and I work closely with students and parents to preserve the integrity of the admissions process by helping students shine without doing too much for them.
With this in mind, I offer the following educational consulting services:
- Advice on selecting private schools that will be a good match for the student
- Application strategies and logistics, including recommendations for test prep, tutoring, curriculum, and any needed remediation or enrichment
- Advice on how to present student profiles in the best light, regardless of academic ability
- Mock interview practice and feedback for students
- Advice on application essays for students and parents (when applicable)
- Light editing help with essays, and review of general portfolio
- Review of completed applications
- Direct advocacy with admissions officers
- Help making the choice between school acceptances
- Guidance with wait lists, revisits, contracts, financial aid, tuition arrangements, and eventual enrollment and matriculation
Day & boarding school acceptances from the past 15 years include:
Austin Preparatory School
Beaver Country Day School
Belmont Day School
Belmont Hill School
Berkshire School
Brewster Academy
Brimmer and May School
British International School of Boston
Brooks School
Buckingham Browne and Nichols School
Cambridge Friends School
Cambridge School of Weston
Chapel Hill – Chauncy Hall School
Charles River School
Chestnut Hill School
Choate Rosemary Hall
Commonwealth School
Concord Academy
Cushing Academy
Dana Hall School
Dedham Country Day School
Deerfield Academy
Dexter-Southfield School
Fay School
Fayerweather Street School
Fenn School
Fessenden School
Glen Urquhart School
Gould Academy
Governor’s Academy
Hillside School
Hotchkiss School
International School of Boston
Kent School
Kimball Union Academy
Kingsley Montessori
Lawrence Academy
Meadowbrook School
Middlesex School
Milton Academy
Nashoba Brooks School
New Hampton School
Newton Country Day School
Noble and Greenough School
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Park School
Pike School
Phillips Academy – Andover
Phillips Academy – Exeter
Pingree School
Pomfret School
Proctor Academy
Putney School
Rashi School
Rivers School
Shady Hill School
St. Andrew’s School (DE)
St. George’s School
St. John’s Preparatory School
St. Mark’s School
St. Paul’s School
St. Sebastian’s School
Tabor Academy
Taft School
Tenacre Country Day School
Thayer Academy
Tilton School
Tobin School
Ursuline Academy
Waldorf School of Lexington
Winchendon School
Winsor School