Two principles guide my work with students: Find schools that fit. Create optimal choice.
Finding schools that fit means I will get to know your student well through structured assessments, learning what helps them thrive intellectually and socially, valuing their aspirations and goals as well and acknowledging their challenges. I create an open and constructive conversation space, so families can eliminate unhelpful information overload or being overly influenced by others.
Creating optimal choices means drawing on my deep knowledge of colleges – their academics, faculty and leadership, campus communities, cost and affordability, career support and internship opportunities, location, athletics or arts – to create a list that is sound, well-structured and balanced. Since many colleges make their admissions decisions holistically according to their own individual selection criteria, your student’s application list will include both specific target schools and schools with similar features and qualities.
This approach consistently produces better outcomes and a happier and more satisfying process.