Month: November 2020

Top US Boarding Schools Are In Demand

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the dynamics of private school vs. boarding school education. Boarding schools, because their immense resources and facilities are attracting U.S. as well as international families even in the midst of the pandemic! As a result of the exodus from the Manhattan private (day) school universe, students transferring from public schools (many public schools were ill-prepared for virtual classes), and the mere increased interest in the college counseling departments of these schools (for example: Phillips Exeter Academy, boarding school admissions is now even more competitive. We are seeing a dramatic increased interest in boarding schools.

Many international as well as U.S. parents who call us are under the perception or misconception that it’s easier to gain admissions to top boarding schools – It’s not!

Based on our research, knowledge and professional working-relationships; and Niche’s “2021 Best Boarding Schools In America Ranking”, we have provided a list below to help families who are seeking the boarding school alternative.

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Here is a current list of the top 25 U.S. boarding high schools:

  • Phillips Academy – Andover, MA
  • Phillips Exeter Academy – Exeter, NH
  • St. Paul’s School – Concord, NH
  • Lawrenceville School – Lawrenceville, NJ
  • Choate Rosemary Hall – Wallingford, CT
  • Deerfield Academy – Deerfield, MA
  • Groton School – Groton, MA
  • Noble & Greenough School – Dedham, MA
  • Cranbrook School – Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Hotchkiss School – Lakeville, CT
  • Hockaday School – Dallas, TX
  • Cate School – Carpinteria, CA
  • Middlesex School – Concord, MA
  • Thacher School – Ojai, CA
  • Milton Academy – Milton, MA
  • Lake Forest Academy – Lake Forest, IL
  • St. Albans School – Washington, DC
  • St. Stephen’s Episcopal School – Austin, TX
  • Hackley School – Tarrytown, NY
  • Peddie School – Hightstown, NJ
  • Kent School – Kent, CT
  • Emma Willard School – Troy, NY
  • Taft School – Watertown, CT
  • Concord Academy – Concord, MA
  • Madeira School – Mclean, VA

“Admissions is a competitive sport!  Why gamble with uncertainty?” – Dr. Paul Lowe.

“Parents hire us because they choose to pay an admissions expert who will help them avoid making mistakes.” – Dr. Paul Lowe

Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director and lead admissions expert at Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group’s  Boarding School Admissions Consultants, an affiliate of Private School Admissions Advisors.  Dr. Lowe specializes in providing exclusive concierge-type admissions advisory services for U.S. and international students who are interested in applying to top U.S. boarding schools.  Dr. Lowe helps U.S. and international students gain admissions into top U.S. boarding schools even after they have been wait-listed and rejected. 

Eleanor Jean Down, Assistant Director of Admissions with Dr. Lowe at Phillips Exeter

Dr. Lowe and his team of admissions advisors also visit prestigious and elite private schools, where they have the unique opportunity of interacting one-on-one with heads of schools, directors of admissions and senior admissions personnel.   

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High School Juniors: Time to Get Serious About BS/MD Plans

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~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

If you are a high school junior or your son or daughter is a high school junior and you are thinking about applying to direct BS/MD programs, it’s time to get really serious about either planning or implementing your plans.

You should be maintaining the high GPA, loading up on AP courses, developing extracurricular activities that will help you stand out, shadowing doctors, delving into meaningful research, volunteering and thinking about obtaining meaningful and supportive letters of recommendations and planning for standardized tests. For most students (even with the help of their parents), this is effortless. They read books, look at videos or visit college forum-type websites which they believe may provide personalized answers for them.

Many parents who call us (and whose children are performing the above and have the below profile profile) then believe that their child is a shoo-in for BS/MD programs and just need “some” advice.

Here is the typical BS/MD applicant-student profile of students when parents contact us:

  • Ethnicity: Asian/Indian American
  • GPA: 3.9 (UW) 4.6 (W)
  • ACT: 35
  • SAT: 1550
  • SAT Subject Tests: Bio: 780 Math: 800 Chem: 760 US History: 750
  • APs: usually 10 -14 classes
  • Honors/Awards: Several
  • Teacher/Counselor Recommendations: Good
  • Volunteer: Several organizations
  • Shadowed Doctors: 2-3
  • Extracurricular Activities: Several
  • Published a paper: 1-2
  • Laboratory Research: Participated and/or possibly published

With all of the above you would believe that this student will definitely be accepted – WRONG! This is only half of the equation!

Here’s a list of factors that we know to help our clients gain acceptance to BS/MD programs

  1. Student CHARACTER – Personality counts! What’s your “je ne sais quoi”?
  2. The HOOK – If you don’t have a hook, the admissions committee will not grab you!
  3. The STORY – It’s all about the story and how it’s framed! No good story, no acceptance!
  4. Common Application: PERSONAL STATEMENT – Meaningful, well-written, compelling and convincing personal statement needed. No flow, harmony, tone combined with gravitas – rejection!
  5. COLLEGE-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTALS – Must complement and synergize with personal statement. All the school-specific essays are important, even the 50 word-count answers!
  6. COLLEGE-SPECIFIC-BS/MD ESSAYS – The “Why doctor essay?” “I want to help people”: a plumber does that!
  7. COLLEGE APPLICATION VIDEO ESSAY – Schools are seriously viewing these videos. Did we say Brown PLME!
  8. The effective and bold RESUME – It’s not just a resume. It has to be framed correctly or it looks boring!
  9. WOW FACTOR – What’s your WOW Factor? How and when can you use it to WOW admissions? You want the admissions committee to say “WOW! We want this applicant on our campus.”
  10. INTERVIEWS – You may be “all that” on paper (grades, SATs, recommendations, volunteering to save the world, 1000 hours of shadowing, however, one incorrect word or statement in an interview results in a rejection – That’s right, just one!
  11. The KNOW-HOW. So, you really believe it’s just (1-10)? You need the Know How: How do you do the right-things the right-way and with the right-people at the right-time? Our proprietary-knowledge, unmatched experience, and years of close working relationships with admissions professionals ensures that you do it right!

If you know how to plan, develop and implement (1-10) and how they are used in BS/MD admissions – that’s wonderful!!! But if you don’t, there is an increased risk that you and your child will make irrevocable mistakes that will cause instant rejections to all schools. Would you want this to happen after your years of planning as a parent and your child’s hard work?

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The parents who retain Dr. Paul Lowe and his team of consultants may take risks in business and investments, but not risks in their children’s educational future – to become a medical doctor. The parents who do take risks in their children’s education – 95% of them bet WRONG!

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Our BS/MD Admissions practice is specialized: Dr. Lowe and his team only work with parents who understand that the BS/MD admissions process is competitive, who desire help from an admissions expert and who see the value and investment in paying for expert advice through a detailed and ongoing comprehensive admissions advisory service for their child’s dream of becoming a doctor.  He also specializes in helping international students in the BS/MD process. BS/MD Admissions Advisors – 2020 Acceptances.  Parents who chose to use our services want to call their son or daughter – “Doctor” when they are seniors in high school.

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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group network.  He and his team of admissions advisors, through the admissions affiliate, BS/MD Admissions Advisors, help high school students get accepted to BS/MD programs. 

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Top Private Schools In New Jersey Are In Demand

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~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

We have been receiving more calls from parents who have stated that they are seeking alternatives to public schools because of COVID-19 pandemic impact on public schools. Many parents have decided to either move to New Jersey and seek private day and boarding schools. Many realtors and relocation experts have been calling us, at our New Jersey Admissions Advisors affiliate, to help their clients meet their educational goals for their children as they are seeking private schools in New Jersey private schools.

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Based on our research, knowledge and professional working-relationships; and Niche’s “2021 Best Private Schools Ranking:  New Jersey Private Schools”, we have provided a list below to help these families and real estate experts.

Here are the top 10 private schools in New Jersey (listed alphabetically) based on Niche and our research team:

  • Blair Academy
  • Delbarton School
  • Dwight-Englewood School
  • Gill St. Bernard’s School
  • The Hun School of Princeton
  • The Lawrenceville School
  • Newark Academy
  • Peddie School
  • The Pingry School
  • Princeton Day School
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Dr. Lowe at Lawrenceville with Samuel Washington, Sr. Associate Dean of Admission
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Dr. Paul Lowe at Dwight-Englewood with Naseer Samedy, Dir. Middle School Admissions and Kavita Bafana, Dir. Upper School Admissions
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Dr. Paul Lowe at Peddie with Hannah McCollum, Associate Dir. of Admission
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Dr. Paul Lowe at the Hun School of Princeton with Steve Bristol Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management and Strategic Planning

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Many families view private schools as being better equipped, not only because they provide a superb educational experience and adaptable resources to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because they have high percentages of college acceptances to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities.

As result, we are seeing an increase in the number of parents seeking to transfer from New Jersey public schools to local top private day and boarding schools. This sudden and dramatic surge in demand for private schools in New Jersey has increased the competition for entrance into these schools – That’s where Dr. Lowe and his team of admissions advisors come in!  By being different, Dr. Lowe and his team provide unique admissions advisory services unmatched by any independent educational consultant in the New Jersey. Our admissions advisors affiliates include: Private School Admissions Advisors and Boarding School Admissions Advisors.

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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group network.  He and his team of admissions advisors, through the admissions affiliates, New Jersey Admissions Advisors  and Private School Admissions Advisors help students gain admissions to elite private schools in Manhattan and surrounding areas.  Dr. Lowe and his team of admissions advisors also visit prestigious and elite private schools where they have the unique opportunity of interacting one-on-one with heads of schools, directors of admissions and senior admissions personnel.   Dr. Lowe provides parents with the knowledge they need to decide where there children should attend and the admissions strategies they need to be admitted into their top-choice school.

Top Private Schools in Fairfield/Westchester Counties Are in Demand

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~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

This since this summer, we have observed more and more parents establish permanent residences in Fairfield and Westchester Counties.  Temporary weekend residences are now becoming permanent residences.  Many realtors and relocation experts have been calling us to help their clients meet their educational goals for their children as they are seeking private schools in “Fairchester” (private schools in Fairfield and Westchester Counties).

Based on our research, knowledge and professional working-relationships; and Niche’s “2021 Best Private High Schools Ranking:  Fairfield and Westchester Counties Private High Schools”, we have provided a list below to help these families and real estate experts.

Here are the top private high schools in Fairfield/Westchester Counties (listed alphabetically) based on Niche and our research team:

  • Brunswick School
  • Greens Farms Academy
  • Greenwich Academy
  • Greenwich Country Day School
  • Hackley School
  • King School
  • The Masters School
  • Rye Country Day School
  • Sacred Heart Greenwich

Many families view private schools as being better equipped, not only because they provide a superb educational experience and adaptable resources to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because they have high percentages of college acceptances to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities. As result, we are seeing an increase in the number of parents seeking to transfer from public schools to private schools. This sudden and dramatic surge in demand for private schools in Fairchester has increased the competition for entrance into these schools – That’s where Dr. Lowe and his team of admissions advisors come in!  By being different, Dr. Lowe and his team provide unique admissions advisory services unmatched by any independent educational consultant in the Fairchester region. Our location affiliates include: Greenwich Admissions Advisors and Westchester Admissions Advisors.

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“Admissions is a competitive sport!  Why gamble with uncertainty?” – Dr. Paul Lowe

“Parents hire us because they chose to pay an admissions expert who will help them avoid making mistakes.” – Dr. Paul Lowe

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder and managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.  Private school admissions affiliate:  Boarding School Admissions Consultants and of Private School Admissions Advisors.  Dr. Lowe specializes in providing exclusive concierge-type admissions advisory services for U.S. and international students who are interested in applying to top U.S. boarding schools.  Dr. Lowe helps U.S. and international students gain admissions into top U.S. boarding schools even after they have been wait-listed and rejected.  Dr. Lowe and his team of admissions advisors also visit prestigious and elite private schools, where they have the unique opportunity of interacting one-on-one with heads of schools, directors of admissions and senior admissions personnel.

Colleges With the Biggest Endowments in 2020

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A colleges endowment is intended to support current and future generations of their scholars with the resources needed to advance knowledge, research, and innovation. As such, endowment funds are used for the school’s normal operations and activities, including education, research, campus renewal, faculty work, and student financial aid.

Here are the biggest endowments (as reported by each college – fiscal year ending on June 30, 2019):

  • Harvard – $39.4 Billion
  • Yale – $30.4 Billion
  • Stanford – $27.6 Billion
  • Princeton – $26.1 Billion
  • M.I.T. – $17.5 Billion
  • U Penn – $14.6 Billion

This data is from a 2019 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) -TIAA Study of Endowments.

What does this mean for these colleges/universities and their survival through the COVID-19 college crisis? These universities are going nowhere! Additionally, they continue to maintain their prestige and brand!.

Princeton is offering a 10% discount on tuition for students studying remotely to account for changes in the college experience. However, the key here is that you first have to be accepted to Princeton.

As a result their endowment, the Ivies even in the midst of COVID -19 remain highly competitive.

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“Admissions is a competitive sport!  Why gamble with uncertainty?” – Dr. Paul Lowe

“We provide our clients access to our specialized knowledge!” – Dr. Paul Lowe

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder and managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges,  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students who have been wait-listed, deferred or rejected gain admission into their top-choice schools: College Application Rejected. and student who wish to transfer to another college:  College Transfer Admissions Advisors.