The Pingry School: Class of 2026 Ivy Plus Acceptances

Pingry School Ivy Plus College Matriculation Class of 2026

When parents ask why they should choose Pingry, I point them to the recently graduated Class of 2026:

 I. Academic scholar achievements:

  • 3 U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidates
  • 29 Cum Laude Society Members
  • 8 National Merit Scholarship Winners
  • 14 National Merit Scholarship Finalists
  • 14 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
  • 36 National Merit Scholarship Commended Students
  • 35 AP Scholars with Distinction
  • 17 AP Scholars with Honor
  • 27 AP (Advanced Placement) Scholars

II. The Ivy League-Plus colleges and universities they will be attending:

  • Brown University (3)
  • Columbia University (4)
  • Cornell University (5)
  • Dartmouth College (2)
  • Harvard University (3)
  • Princeton University (1)
  • University of Pennsylvania (3)
  • Yale University (2)
  • Duke University (3)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
  • Stanford University (2)
  • University of Chicago (6)

For the past eight years, every New Jersey Admission Advisors client of Dr. Paul Lowe who applied to Pingry has been accepted. Dr. Lowe works with families applying to kindergarten through 12th grade, and parents are especially pleased when their children are admitted in kindergarten because they can experience the Pingry community throughout their entire K–12 educational journey.


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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 their children should attend and the winning admissions strategies they need to be admitted into their top-choice school. Dr. Lowe helps students gain admissions even after they have been wait-listed and rejected!

Dr. Paul Lowe: Discover Why His Clients Love the Pingry School in New Jersey – 2026

The Pingry School is ranked by Niche as: 1st on its list of 2026 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: 2022-2025.

  • Harvard (7)
  • Yale (11)
  • Princeton (12)
  • UPenn (9)
  • Brown (13)
  • Cornell (15)
  • Dartmouth (6)
  • Columbia (9)
  • Stanford (5)
  • Northwestern (10)
  • University of Chicago (9)
  • Duke (16)
  • Georgetown (12)
  • Colgate (12)

For Pingry’s Class of 2025, at least one student was accepted to each of the Ivy League schools!

Over the past 8 years, year after year all of New Jersey Admission Advisors‘ (Dr. Paul Lowe) clients who have applied to Pingry were ACCEPTED!

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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 their children should attend and the winning admissions strategies they need to be admitted into their top-choice school. Dr. Lowe helps students gain admissions even after they have been wait-listed and rejected!

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
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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.