Boarding School Admissions Counseling

We can help you gain admission to top boarding schools.

Our Message to Parents:

Whether your son or daughter is applying to Exeter, Andover, Choate, Hotchkiss, or many other top boarding schools – listed below – we can help with admissions essays, prep school applications, admissions probabilities and application reviews. This is an elite admissions program dedicated to students applying to the best boarding schools.

We’ve personally interviewed and screened hundreds of boarding school applications, and know what the admissions committees at top private boarding schools are looking for in the applications.

A high SSAT score is simply not enough anymore. That’s where we’ll come into help you gain admission.

We invite you to join a very select few group of students each year who we will work with to get into top prep schools and boarding schools – just to name a few:

Here are the regions we’ve worked with for getting students into top boarding and private schools:

• New England Boarding/Prep Schools
• West Coast Boarding/Prep Schools
• New York City Boarding/Prep Schools
• International Boarding/Prep Schools

So contact our admissions experts today and let’s get started getting your family into the best private schools. Call us at (800) 501-7737.

Warmest regards,

Top Test Prep’s Boarding School Experts

There are both objective and subjective ways to gain admission to boarding schools. Before we start looking at the subjective factors to acceptance, we want to establish the objective standard upon which students are evaluated when applying to boarding schools.

Yes, boarding schools value the SSAT scores differently; many instead emphasize factors such as admissions essays and interviews, but there is no doubt about the importance of your test scores. We’ve surveyed many admissions officers and found that nearly all assert that the SSAT is one of the only ways an admissions team can evaluate students and their potential success in prep school.

You grades do matter. However, they’re not as critical as your SSAT scores because the standards across public schools and private schools, as well as state-to-state lines, are so different. You absolutely must work hard and do well in school, but grades count for about one-half of the total admissions formula.

Your admissions interview is critical overall, as it’s your one opportunity to make an impact on an admissions officer. We put the value of your interview at 15% (which is greater than the other “subjective” criteria) because first-impressions in life – and in interviews- are important so that admissions teams know whether you’ll be a good fit for that campus.

Your admissions essay is important, but with one caveat. This caveat is that many admissions officers are well aware that a parent wrote your essay. Let’s be clear… it’s okay for a parent (and boarding school admissions counselors) to help you with your essay. However, if you get any help with these essays, you should try to write the first draft(s) and be an integral part of the process. You also should keep the essay in your voice, as much as possible.

Extracurricular activities must not be clichéd. The typical admissions essay we’ve read include those from highly accelerated students- piano, violin, vocal prodigies – who were apparently experts since they were born. It’s great to see your son or daughter is a “prodigy,” but please remember these are only part of the equation. You have to show potential leadership and initiative, and an ability to bring something extra outside of an instrument – like personality, ambition and the ability to work on teams. These traits aren’t always exemplified with a soloist instrument.

Teacher recommendations must prove that your instructors knows three things: your ability to work on in groups, your knowledge and skill-set, and your passion for learning. Recommendations are typically positive; so don’t just get a recommendation. Go beyond by sitting down with your teacher and make it clear you’re not applying to top boarding schools for the sole purpose of getting into Ivies… that you actually want to make a difference someday.

Get Help Gaining Admission to Boarding Schools…

So, now that you have tips for acceptance, our boarding school admissions counselors can help you further on everything from your SSAT prep, interview prep, admissions essays, extracurricular selections, and ways to the get right recommendations. Contact us below to get the help you need: