"Educational Consulting"
Getting to Know Bachman Academy
Let me introduce you to Becki Patterson from Bachman Academy (Mc Donald, TN). A small boarding school of 30, Bachman offers a hands-on learning environment for students with learning differences.
Read MoreA New Series: Getting to Know…
As part of participating in the Independent Educational Consultants Association’s (IECA) new Speed Meeting event, we produced a series of “Getting to Know (Insert School here)” videos that we’ll feature on our blog over the next few weeks.
A bit of background… IECA’s Speed Meetings give educational consultants seven uninterrupted minutes to talk with admission directors [...]
AdmissionsQuest Live from School Connections in Baltimore
Peter & I will be covering and talking to educational consultants and school admission folks over the next day and a half. If you’re unfamiliar with School Connections, the brain child of Pat Finn, it’s a combination of ’speed-dating’ and the old information swap between consultants and school.
Pat has taken the room full of tables [...]
Our Boarding School Decision
The deposit check has been mailed and the thank you notes sent. Our daughter is delighted with the outcome, and we are so grateful to our consultant who directed us to the school which has been our daughter’s first choice all along and which we would never have found on our own.
The last step in [...]
Ross School Offers Merit Scholarships
File this under the ‘fantastic opportunity’ category.
Ross School in Bridgehampton, NY “is offering $20,000 annual Merit Scholarships for students in grades 5-11 who demonstrate academic achievement and exceptional promise” in a number of areas.
Have a demonstrated talent for the Arts, Athletics, Community Service, Math, Media, Music (Jazz), Science, or Theater? This may be [...]
Our Boarding School Wait is Over
Although the official notification date is today, March 10, two acceptance letters arrived on the 9th to our great relief. The Director of Admissions for our son’s school called to let us know that our daughter is on the waiting list, which was such a gracious thing to do. At 12:05 this morning we received [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Mom’s Daughter Talks About the Wait
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to feature a post by the Boarding
School Mom’s daughter. She offers her on the ground take on the
boarding school admission process.
The applications are in, and there is little you can do but bite your nails and wait. However, the endless flow of questions is not over. This time instead of what [...]
Kents Hill School Students Explain Why Kents Hill
Just before Christmas, I visited Kents Hill School to sit down with Pete Hodgin to talk about his use of social media in his economics and history courses for AQ’s Boarding School Podcast series. I encourage you to give the two part episode a listen if you haven’t had a chance- (Valuing Social Media in [...]
Read MoreInterim Grades & Your Boarding School Application
Your boarding school application file is complete. Everything
is in- application, application fee, recommendations, and transcripts
and, after the admission office has given your application the once
through, you get the call or note asking for interim grades.
In bluntest terms, the admission office/committee wants more
information behind their decision and it means they
have questions or
concerns. Maybe they see a [...]
Happenings at Asheville School
Part of my social media workshop with the Asheville School, a coed boarding school in Asheville, NC, will result in the production of an episode of AQ’s Boarding School Podcast.
I’ll take the group through the basics of preparation and production, but before coming to campus I asked the school’s Director of Admission to send me [...]
Our Boarding Schools Application Are In!
My apologies for having dropped off the internet for a few weeks. We live in that part of New England that was left without power for almost two weeks in mid-December due to a particularly vengeful ice storm. The upside was that school vacation began seven days early. The downside was that we were distracted [...]
Read MoreColleges Begin Offering Online Interviews
The Washington Post ran a piece highlighting the rise of online interviews in the admission process.
The online interview isn’t well-established and still faces some technology hurtles. Not all families have the technology readily available and admission office staffs need some convincing and prodding to learn new ways of communicating with applicants.
The web interview certainly [...]
Our Boarding School Tour Takes Us to California
Both our educational consultant and the head of our daughter’s school encouraged us to visit a certain school in California. Initially it seemed crazy to us to consider a school so far away when we live surrounded by the country’s great preparatory schools. However there were some cultural sites we wished to visit, and a [...]
Read MoreonBoarding Schools Celebrates First Birthday & 150th Post
An epiphany struck us today; onBoarding Schools, our boarding school blog, launched one year ago today. Via serendipity, or just plain old “dumb luck,” this first birthday coincides with this 150th post.
We’ve averaged almost 3 entries a week since starting with Brian doing lots of the heavy lifting. He has done a fantastic job [...]
Holidays Are A Good Time to Work On Private School Applications
With the break from school and the slower routine, the end of year holidays provide a great time to make sure your ducks are in a row with respect to the private school application process. This is an overview of where you might expect to be if you’re on an ideal application calendar. If you’re [...]
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