Category: Boarding School

Reapplying to Top Boarding Schools – Second Chances

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Successful boarding school admissions requires proficiency and experience to understand how to manage risks, navigate pitfalls, design the right admissions strategies, and most importantly understand the admissions policies and professionals who are making admissions decisions – in other words a Boarding School Admissions expert – Dr. Paul Lowe.

It’s June!  If your child was waitlisted or outright rejected from top boarding schools, now is the time to consider reapplying.  At Boarding School Admissions Consultants, we believe in SECOND CHANCES!  In fact, we are successful in helping students who were rejected the first time around in gaining admissions to their target schools

 Parents who want the best for their children hire an EXPERT!

Work Directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, Admissions Expert:  Unlike other educational consulting firms, where clients are assigned to or farmed out to different employees or consultants, you work directly with Dr. Lowe. As lead consultant/admissions advisor, Dr. Lowe personally works with each of his clients so that they directly benefit from his expertise, experience, networks, contacts and the collective knowledge of his educational team. Dr. Lowe’s exclusivity allows him to provide individualized attention, commitment and principal availability to each client through Zoom sessions – Admissions Strategy Meetings.  Dr. Lowe develops and crafts personalized winning admissions strategies for each client.

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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 strategic admissions advisory and placement services to families and students seeking admissions to the Ten Schools including Exeter, Andover, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Loomis, Taft, etc. 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.

Boarding School Admissions Playbook: Getting Into Top Boarding Schools

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It’s March 10th and boarding decisions are now being released!

Competitive and selective boarding school acceptances ensue when your child stands out!

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As a result of the current rapid pace of change and uncertainty in U.S. education there has been an increase in the number of students applying to top boarding schools.  THE ADMISSIONS PLAYBOOK HAS CHANGED!

Was your child waitlisted or rejected from Exeter, Andover, St. Paul’s, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, Loomis Taft, Kent, etc.?

What was your playbook?

Our BOARDING SCHOOL ADMISSIONS PLAYBOOK works because year after year, our U.S. as well as international clients are ACCEPTED to top U.S. boarding schools.  Dr. Lowe and his team embrace Empirical Analytics by using data, technology, client-case studies, campus-expert panels, alumni networks, contacts, his specialized knowledge, and over 29 years of experience to develop winning admissions strategies, navigate challenges, and predict outcomes to help his clients make informed decisions that provide results-based admissions success.
 
No other admissions consulting firm, with our team make up, has the historical, experiential and cultural perspectives that allow their clients to consistently WIN AT THE ADMISSIONS GAME.
 
Your child deserves the very best.

Let us help you!

After all, don’t you want your child to attend Exeter, Andover, St. Paul’s, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, Loomis Taft, or Kent, etc.?

Successful boarding school admissions requires proficiency and experience to understand how to manage risks, navigate pitfalls and design the right admissions strategies.  Most importantly success in the admissions process requires an understanding of the admissions policies and professionals who are making admissions decisions – in other words an admissions expert.

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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 strategic admissions advisory and placement services to families and students seeking admissions to the Ten Schools including Exeter, Andover, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Loomis, Taft, etc. 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.

Top US Private Schools and Boarding Schools Are in Demand

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Private schools have seen a flurry of new interest from families who view private schools as being better equipped to provide robust and relevant instruction for educational proficiencies, given their financial resources, space and nimbleness in adapting.  As a result of this interest, the competition for coveted spots has increased.

Boarding schools, because of their immense resources and facilities are attracting U.S. as well as international families. Current political changes which have resulted in potential changes and adjustments within the Department of Education have made admission to boarding school more attractive.  More students are transferring from public schools, thus admissions is now even more competitive.

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Boarding School Admissions Consultants is one of the few educational consulting firms that specializes exclusively in helping international students gain admissions into elite U.S. boarding schools. Our team of admissions advisors has a unique understanding of the challenges faced by international applicants.

We have global experience and multiple U.S. offices. Our team of international educational consultants and worldwide admissions experts form a Global Admissions Intelligence Network™ that sets us apart from any other admissions consulting firm!

Our clients feel confident that they are making the best school choice which will be an excellent fit for their individual, social and educational goals!

Would you like your child to attend top US. boarding schools like Exeter, Andover, Choate, Lawrenceville, Taft, etc.?

Successful boarding school admissions requires proficiency and experience to understand how to manage risks, navigate pitfalls and design the right admissions strategies.  Most importantly success in the admissions process requires an understanding of the admissions policies and professionals who are making admissions decisions – in other words an admissions expert.

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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.

Waitlisted or Rejected from Top Boarding Schools? What’s Next?

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Has your child been waitlisted at top boarding schools and not removed from the waitlist?

Would you like your child to attend top US. boarding schools like Exeter, Andover, Choate, Lawrenceville, Taft, etc.?

Do you need help in navigating the boarding school admissions process and completing applications the second time around?

If the answer is yes to any one of these questions, you need to retain a boarding school admissions expert, Dr. Paul Lowe.

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Successful boarding school admissions requires proficiency and experience to understand how to manage risks, navigate pitfalls and design the right admissions strategies.  Most importantly success in the admissions process requires an understanding of the admissions policies and professionals who are making admissions decisions – in other words an admissions expert.

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.

Dr. Lowe and his team of diverse admissions experts provide unrivaled, unmatched and unparalleled admissions advisory and educational research services for their clients. Most importantly, you work DIRECTLY with Dr. Lowe and get the benefits of his entire team. By working with Dr. Lowe, one-on-one, you work with his reputation, his expertise, his experience and his success!

Boarding School Admissions Season: 2024-2025 It’s Time to Start the Application Process

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It is hard to believe that the 2024-2025 boarding school admissions season is here! Just 4 months ago our clients were receiving their acceptance notifications to schools like Exeter, Andover, Choate, Deerfield, Lawrenceville, Taft, Loomis, Hotchkiss and similar top schools.

We are receiving email inquiries and phone calls from parents who are inquiring about retaining the services of an educational consultant for direct admissions to the ninth grade or for reapplication (because their child was rejected or waitlisted during the last admissions cycle).  Many parents who called us were quite surprised when their child was either outright rejected or placed on (perpetual) waitlists last season.

It’s important to note that this admissions cycle (2024-2025) will be hypercompetitive (domestic applications are expected to increase). Why? Because more parents became aware of the benefits and multiple advantages of a boarding school education for their children. Additionally, because of the high number of those rejected (and placed on waitlists) during the last admissions cycle, more students are reapplying for ninth grade as well as 10th grade spots, especially to top boarding schools.

Many parents who believed that their child would be elevated from the waitlist will now have to reapply in 2024-2025 admissions season.

Successful boarding school admissions requires proficiency and experience to understand how to manage risks, navigate pitfalls and design the right admissions strategies.  Most importantly success in the admissions process requires an understanding of the admissions policies and professionals who are making admissions decisions – in other words an admissions expert.

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.

Dr. Lowe and his team of diverse admissions experts provide unrivaled, unmatched and unparalleled admissions advisory and educational research services for their clients. Most importantly, you work DIRECTLY with Dr. Lowe and get the benefits of his entire team. By working with Dr. Lowe, one-on-one, you work with his reputation, his expertise, his experience and his success!

Dr. Paul Lowe:  Why His Clients Love The Lawrenceville School

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Lawrenceville is one of the Ten Schools and what makes it unique among other elite New England schools is that it is only one hour from Manhattan.  Its enrollment is 818 students, but appears as a smaller school because of its unique house system. The Lawrenceville School sits on more than 700 beautiful acres in suburban New Jersey 

Lawrenceville is one of the most prestigious, elite and highly selective boarding schools in the world.  Its acceptance rate is 19%.

What are Dr. Lowe’s clients saying about Lawrenceville?

  • “I really enjoy the house system.” – Junior-student
  • “My daughter transitioned from middle school to Lawrenceville. The Harkness method of teaching keeps classes small and interactive.” – Parent of a freshman
  • “Dr. Lowe helped through the entire boarding school application process.  My son was accepted Lawrenceville!  He is now at Columbia.” – Parent of a graduate of Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville’s college matriculation rate to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities is high.  Here is a list of colleges/universities attended over the past five years.

  • Brown (22)
  • Carnegie Mellon (13)
  • Columbia (26)
  • Cornell (32)
  • Dartmouth (17)
  • Georgetown (41)
  • Harvard (26)
  • MIT (9)
  • Princeton (39)
  • Stanford (11)
  • Tufts (23)
  • University Chicago (21)
  • UPenn (40)
  • Yale (25)

Last year (2023), all of our U.S. as well as international clients who applied to Lawrenceville were accepted.  Congratulations to all!!

Dr. Lowe and his team physically visit schools and actively interact with school admissions personnel, senior administrators and students.  My clients are, therefore, placed in the most appropriate school for their (and their parents’) happiness.  My approach ensures that your child will be placed in the best and most appropriate top-choice 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 affiliates, New Jersey Admissions Advisors  and Private School Admissions Advisors / Boarding School Admissions Consultants 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.

Character Counts in Admissions to Top Private School Admissions

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Being thorough and particular when evaluating a private school choice is extremely important for parents. But one thing is certain…the competitive private schools will be equally as picky when choosing your child as a member of its incoming class. Private schools have been using the traditional academic criteria of SSAT/ISEE and grades for a number of decades. However, admissions personnel have long recognized that these cognitive measures are limited in their ability to predict a student’s fit in their schools’ community and program. Increasingly, they are determining how to accurately evaluate character attributes of a student as a factor in private school admissions.

Numerous traits were evaluated and discussed by admissions professionals participating in think tanks and summit meetings regarding admissions and character. Character attributes were then rated according to importance. Among these character attributes, honesty, integrity, empathy, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, adaptability, resilience, community, generosity, self-control, adaptability and optimism were included on the list of the most important.

Each institution considers the positive attributes in the light of the goals of the school with regard to their students’ success. They have spent the last several years determining the best way to evaluate students’ character attributes during the admissions process.

Intended to complement the cognitive measures currently assessed in the admission process, the Character Skills Assessment (CSA) which is a non-cognitive assessment offers insights into an applicant’s character attributes and adds great value to the holistic evaluation of applicants.

This assessment is intended to provide a complete and comprehensive picture of each applicant, providing insight into important issues of character that currently are often difficult to evaluate. Schools will use these assessments to make even better-informed decisions.

By understanding CSA, helping students and parents develop meaningful and compelling student essays and parent statements, reviewing applications, providing mock interviews, and developing continual private school admissions strategies, Dr. Lowe’s clients are accepted to top U.S. private schools, including: Lawrenceville, Exeter, Andover, Choate, Deerfield, Loomis, St. Paul’s, Hotchkiss, Taft, Hackley, Masters, Groton, Middlesex, Kent, Milton, Thacher and Cate.

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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.

Dr. Lowe and his team of diverse admissions experts provide unrivaled, unmatched and unparalleled admissions advisory and educational research services for their clients. Most importantly, you work DIRECTLY with Dr. Lowe and get the benefits of his entire team. By working with Dr. Lowe, one-on-one, you work with his reputation, his expertise, his experience and his success!

Top Boarding Schools that Offer the Best Tennis Programs (2023)

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~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

Many U.S. as well as international middle school and high school students are actively involved and compete in tennis as an interscholastic sport.  As result, many parents seek boarding schools that support the tennis scholar-athlete. Many universities including, Duke, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth, Sanford University, have tennis teams and are actively seeking tennis players!

Here is a list of top boarding schools with tennis programs.

  1. Phillips Academy Andover
  2. Phillips Exeter Academy
  3. Lawrenceville School
  4. The Taft School
  5. Deerfield Academy
  6. Choate Rosemary Hall
  7. St. Paul’s School
  8. The Loomis Chaffee School
  9. The Hill School
  10. Hun School of Princeton
  11. The Frederick Gunn School
  12. The Masters School
  13. Middlesex School
  14. The Thacher School
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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.

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Dr. Lowe and his team of diverse admissions experts provide unrivaled, unmatched and unparalleled admissions advisory and educational research services for their clients. Most importantly, you work DIRECTLY with Dr. Lowe and get the benefits of his entire team. By working with Dr. Lowe, one-on-one, you work with his reputation, his expertise, his experience and his success!

Waitlisted at Top Boarding Schools – Now What?

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Since March 10th, my firm has been inundated with continuous inquires (phone calls and emails) from stunned and stressed-out parents because their children are wait-listed.  Many of the inquiries are from parents whose children have been wait-listed from ALL schools to which they applied!

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More families are choosing boarding schools for their children; thus, the competition has increased. Boarding schools that were competitive are now hyper-competitive and schools that were marginally competitive are now competitive. We have observed an increase in applications (and therefore waitlisted applicants) in top U.S. boarding schools.  Choate, Andover, Ext

WAIT-LISTED means that “we love your child, but we don’t have spot available today, tomorrow or perhaps never”.  Two factors are important to consider:

  • SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT in your child’s application process.  Parents make a lot of mistakes on their child’s application.
  • In this hypercompetitive environment, in many cases, wait-listed may be “forever”. Top schools rarely “reject” students outright.  The outcome, however, remains unchanged…a perpetually waitlisted student has not been accepted and will not have a place in their private school of choice.

Many parents are mistakenly drawing from their skills as corporate executives, tiger moms, financiers, etc. rather than accepting the benefits of a consultant’s professional skills and years of experience in private admissions diplomacy. An understanding of real-time changes, as well as nuances particular to each school at a particular point in time are important for successful outcomes in private school admissions to top schools.  Many parents also fail to fully appreciate and understand the human element of diplomacy in the selection process and decisions in private school admissions.  As a result, after the waitlist, they reapply again only to be waitlisted AGAIN.

When parents call our firm to inquire about our services, they engage us because they understand the importance of investing in their child’s educational future.  The successful outcome is invaluable and preferable compared to the prospect of their child being waitlisted again and again and again.

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.

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Dr. Lowe and his team of diverse admissions experts provide unrivaled, unmatched and unparalleled admissions advisory and educational research services for their clients. Most importantly, you work DIRECTLY with Dr. Lowe and get the benefits of his entire team. By working with Dr. Lowe, one-on-one, you work with his reputation, his expertise, his experience and his success!

Top Boarding Schools that Offer the Best Lacrosse Programs (2023)

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~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

Many U.S. as well as international middle school and high school students are actively involved and compete in lacrosse as an interscholastic sport.  As result, many parents seek boarding schools that support the lacrosse scholar-athlete. Many universities including, Duke, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth, Sanford University, have lacrosse teams and are actively seeking lacrosse players!

Here is a list of top boarding schools with lacrosse programs.

  1. Phillips Academy Andover
  2. Phillips Exeter Academy
  3. Lawrenceville School
  4. The Taft School
  5. Deerfield Academy
  6. Choate Rosemary Hall
  7. The Hill School
  8. Hun School of Princeton
  9. The Frederick Gunn School
  10. The Masters School
  11. Middlesex School
  12. The Thacher School
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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.

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Dr. Lowe and his team of diverse admissions experts provide unrivaled, unmatched and unparalleled admissions advisory and educational research services for their clients. Most importantly, you work DIRECTLY with Dr. Lowe and get the benefits of his entire team. By working with Dr. Lowe, one-on-one, you work with his reputation, his expertise, his experience and his success!