Category: Private School Admissions

Waitlisted or Rejected at Private Schools In New Jersey – Now What?

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Since mid-Februaty our New Jersey affiliate: New Jersey Admissions Advisors, has been receiving many emails and phone calls from anxious and saddened parents who reside in New Jersey whose children have been waitlisted, or worse, rejected from private day schools in New Jersey.  Here is a list of some of the schools.

Top Private Schools in New Jersey – 2024

  1. The Pingry School
  2. Dwight-Englewood School
  3. Princeton Day School
  4. The Hun School
  5. Rutgers Preparatory School
  6. Delbarton School
  7. Kent Place School
  8. The Montclair-Kimberly Academy

In this admissions season (2024), all of our clients who applied to the above-mentioned schools were accepted and will be attending in fall 2024.

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(1) Families who have been waitlisted can either attempt on their own to be removed from the waitlist (not recommended) or hire an expert who has the track record of success in admissions to private schools.

(2) Families who have been rejected should try to reapply with the help of an admissions advisor who is an expert in the private school reapplication process.  Why?  They do not want to make the same mistakes twice.

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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 New Jersey 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.

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.

Dr. Paul Lowe: Why His Clients Love The Pingry School in New Jersey

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The Pingry School is ranked by Niche as: 1st on its list of 2024 Best Private K-12 Schools in New Jersey and #2 Best Private K-12 Schools in America! Pingry has a Niche grade of A+. With three campuses totaling 303 acres in New Jersey (Short Hills-Lower School: grades K-5, Basking Ridge-Middle/Upper School: grades 6-12 and the Pottersville Campus-Experiential Learning: grades K-12), Pingry provides an unmatched learning environment and experience to its over 1200 students.

We toured the entire campus and observed polite and very happy children. All the teachers we met were happy, enthusiastic and engaged. The school just bustles with multiculturalism and energy!

“To be a student at Pingry is to live life fully, to experience it intensely, and to explore friendships and learning in ways that feel both uniquely independent and yet fully intertwined with the community.” – The Pingry School, Community Life.

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

  • “Being on the Pingry Robotics was just an amazing experience!” – Pingry Upper School Junior
  • “The teachers and leadership are highly dedicated to the scholastic and creative development of the children. Our daughter just loves Pingry.” – Parents of a first grader
  • “We have two children at Pingry (Thank you, Dr. Lowe) — one in first grade and another in third grade — and we could not be more thankful for this very special place. This is more than a school — it is a family of students, teachers, staff and parents who truly care.” – Parent of Pingry students

Pingry’s college matriculation rate to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities is high. Here is a list of several colleges/universities attended: 2020-2023.

  • Harvard (4)
  • Yale (7)
  • UPenn (11)
  • Brown (10)
  • Cornell (9)
  • Darmouth (7)
  • Columbia (12)
  • Stanford (5)
  • Northwestern (9)
  • University of Chicago (9)
  • Duke (13)
  • Georgetown (15)
  • Colgate (12)

For Pingry’s Class of 2023, at least one student was accepted to each of the Ivy league schools!

Year after year, Dr. Lowe works with clients are accepted to The Pingry 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 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.

Why Dr. Lowe’s Clients Apply to the Top Ten New Jersey Private Schools

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Over the last month or so, our New Jersey affiliate: New Jersey Admissions Advisors, has been receiving many emails and calls from parents who reside in New Jersey who are choosing to have their children transfer from public schools and apply to the private high schools in New Jersey.

In New Jersey, the competition to gain admissions to top private high schools is heating up this year – 2024   As more and more parents discover the major challenges in suburban high schools: (a) large class sizes, (b) not much flexibility when it comes to curriculum (c) larger school counselor-student ratio;  they are willing to forgo public school education and pay tuition, which increases the application pool and competition to gain admissions into coveted slots.

Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools released its ranking of the best private schools in the U.S., specifically highlighting the best schools that prepare students for elite colleges.  By elite colleges, I am referring to colleges parents already know about: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins and BS/MD programs.

Top 10 Private High Schools in New Jersey – 2024

  1. The Lawrenceville School
  2. The Pingry School
  3. Dwight-Englewood School
  4. Princeton Day School
  5. Peddie School
  6. The Hun School
  7. Rutgers Preparatory School
  8. Delbarton School
  9. Kent Place School
  10. The Montclair-Kimberly Academy
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“As an admissions expert, I am always cognizant of the unforeseen circumstances and unfavorable consequences that may adversely affect my clients’ positive outcomes. Because of our vigilance and comprehensive strategies, my clients are ACCEPTED into top private schools in New Jersey.” – Dr. Paul Lowe

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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.

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!

Dr. Paul Lowe Visits The Pingry School in New Jersey

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The Pingry School is ranked by Niche as:  1st on its list of 2023 Best Private K-12 Schools in New Jersey and #2 Best Private K-12 Schools in America! Pingry has a Niche grade of A+.  With three campuses totaling 303 acres in New Jersey: Short Hills-Lower School: grades K-5, Basking Ridge-Middle/Upper School: grades 6-12 and the new Pottersville Campus-Experiential Learning: grades K-12, Pingry provides an unmatched learning environment and experience to it over 1200 students.

We toured the entire campus.  We observed polite and very happy children.  All the teachers we met were happy, enthusiastic and engaged. The school just bustles with multiculturalism and energy!

“To be a student at Pingry is to live life fully, to experience it intensely, and to explore friendships and learning in ways that feel both uniquely independent and yet fully intertwined with the community.” – The Pingry School, Community Life

Here are some interesting Pingry facts:

  • Average class size – 15
  • Teachers: 74% hold advanced degrees and 7 hold doctorates
  • School Clubs – 130
  • Tuition in Grades K-5: $42,409
  • Tuition in Grades 6-8: $48,603
  • Tuition in Grades 9-12: $49,900

Pingry’s college matriculation rate to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities is high.  Here is a list of several colleges/universities attended: 2018-2021.

  • Harvard (7)
  • Yale (11)
  • U Penn (16)
  • Brown (10)
  • Cornell (11)
  • Dartmouth (7)
  • Columbia (13)
  • Stanford (4)
  • Northwestern (10)
  • University of Chicago (12)
  • Duke (10)
  • Georgetown (15)
  • Colgate (10)

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.

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director and lead admissions expert at Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group’s  Boarding School Admissions Consultants.  and 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 and private 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.

Boarding School Admissions Trends in 2023

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It’s a new year and we have observed trends throughout last year that have continued into this year in boarding schools and admissions.

Here are some highlights of trends in 2023 that U.S. and international families may need to follow in 2023.

  • Median enrollment for boarding schools are on the rebound and increasing. As a result, admissions to schools will continue to be competitive.
  • Admissions emphasis on “Character”:  Schools are increasing using Character Skills Assessment (CSA) which will offer insights into an applicant’s character attributes and add great value to the holistic evaluation of applicants to make informed admissions decisions of applicants.
  • Top boarding schools continue to expand:  Schools continue to build more buildings and facilities to accommodate students. 
  • Top 5 U.S. Boarding High Schools:  The top 5 U.S. boarding high schools – 1. Andover, 2. Exeter, 3. St. Paul’s, 4. Lawrenceville,  and 5. Choate.  Over the past 5 years, these schools have been sending 25-30 students each year to Ivy League colleges and universities.

Successful boarding school admissions requires expertise 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 short, it requires an admissions expert.

Parents need a trusted resource to help them navigate the fast-paced and highly-selective admissions process!

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 Applications Increase in the 2022-2023 Admissions Season

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Many boarding schools are reporting an increase in the number of applications.  Our firm is also experiencing an increase in inquiries regarding our boarding school admissions advisory services.  Top U.S. boarding schools including: Andover, Exeter, Lawrenceville, Choate, St. Paul’s, Hill, Taft, Loomis, Hotchkiss, Hackley, Deerfield, Thatcher, Middlesex and Groton have seen increases!

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Boarding schools have seen a flurry of new interest from families who view private schools as being better equipped to provide robust instruction, given their financial resources, space and nimbleness in adapting.  As a result of this interest, the competition for coveted spots have increased. The reason is: PRESTIGE!

Earlier this year, many students who applied to top boarding schools, including Exeter, Andover, St. Paul’s and Choate were place on waitlists and were eventually notified that they could not gain entrance for the current year. In a letter to families, one boarding school stated in April, 2022: “At this time, it is clear that we will be unable to admit students from our waiting list in the near future as we anticipate being overenrolled….followed by another note in August 2022: “…we remain fully enrolled and as such, will be unable to offer admission to any students from our waiting list. I am sorry not to have better news for you and on behalf of all of my colleagues here in the admission office”.

It’s important for parents to hire an expert who understands how to successfully navigate the boarding school admissions process! After all, parents prefer their children to be accepted rather than rejected or placed on a waitlist.

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!

2022 Top 10 New Jersey Private High Schools

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~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

Over the last month or so, our New Jersey affiliate: New Jersey Admissions Advisors, has been receiving many calls from parents who reside in New Jersey who are choosing to have their children transfer from public schools and apply to private high schools in New Jersey.

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In New Jersey, the competition to gain admissions to top private high schools is heating up this year – 2022   As more and more parents discover the major challenges in suburban high schools:  (a) large class sizes, (b) not much flexibility when it comes to curriculum (c) they are under more bureaucratic red tape when it comes to regulations and rules, (d) larger school counselor-student ratio;  they are willing to forgo public school education (and pay tuition), which increases the application pool and competition to gain admissions into coveted slots.

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Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools released its latest ranking of the best private schools in the US, specifically highlighting the best schools that prepare students for elite colleges.  By elite colleges, I am referring to colleges parents already know about: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins and BS/MD programs

Top 10 Private High Schools in New Jersey – 2022
  1. The Lawrenceville School
  2. Newark Academy
  3. Dwight-Englewood School
  4. Princeton Day School
  5. Peddie School
  6. The Pingry School
  7. Rutgers Preparatory School
  8. Delbarton School
  9. Kent Place School
  10. The Montclair-Kimberly Academy

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.

Boarding School Admissions Consultants Acceptance Rate – Unmatched

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95% of our clients were accepted into top boarding schools including Andover, Exeter, Choate, Lawrenceville, Taft, Loomis, Deerfield, St. Paul’s, Hotchkiss, Deerfield, Kent, etc.

You may ask why we are the leading experts in elite boarding school admissions and how we are so successful?  Through a collaborative team approach, Dr. Lowe and his team:

  • Develop and enhance clients’ student profiles so that they stand out among other applicants.
  • Assist clients in brainstorming the right ideas for their essays as well as edit and revise their drafts.
  • Help parents and students with in-depth mock interview preparation sessions. 
  • Direct clients to “best chance” target elite boarding school based on our knowledge of up-to-date admissions policies and contacts. 

Dr. Lowe personally works with each client and provides hundreds of hours of advisory-consultations. Dr. Lowe and his team have superior access to up-to-minute information that provides the competitive advantage for his clients. We, therefore, gain unparalleled insights into boarding school admissions policies that gives our clients that admissions edge! Don’t make the mistake of not retaining expert advice !

We also encourage parents to retain a boarding school admissions consultant that specializes in reapplication for fall 2023 because based on the current trends, the admissions cycle for 2022-2023 will be even more competitive.

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Dr. 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 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.