This is very rare. The only time this occurs is when it is clear that a family is just not a good match for what we have to offer. We enjoy these consultation sessions, even when someone does not become a client, because we feel we are able to really help a lot of families [...]
No, we do a complimentary 30-minute consultation session. We strongly believe in these sessions. Every party involved needs to have a high comfort level so that the chemistry is there to be able to work very closely together. We like to do these sessions, whenever possible, in-person for those who are local. Skype is also [...]
We cannot guarantee that your child will get accepted at a specific school, but we have an extremely high success rate at getting our clients’ children accepted at college prep schools or colleges they are very happy with. We feel very confident that we will be able to get your child in a very good [...]
We want to offer outstanding advice to people who do not have the resources for full service consulting. A lot of our clients come to us because they want a plan. Even families with means are often very content to save money and use our resources to help empower them to make the right school [...]
Well, there are some excellent educational consultants in the United States and each one of them has their own unique skill set. The overwhelming majority of them have not had the experience of being the Chair of an Admissions committee. School Match 4U President Mark Stucker has seven years of experience working for a selective [...]
We have an extensive network of other consultants whom we frequently consult in order to deliver "expertise you can trust and service you can rely on." We will seek out additional consultants in order to get a second opinion, when appropriate. Our goal is to exceed your expectations and we are passionately committed to achieving that goal. [...]
We do comprehensive and full service college prep boarding school and undergraduate college consultation. We work with traditional boarding schools, but our expertise is not with emotional growth or therapeutic boarding schools. We can make a referral for families who are in need of a consultant with expertise in these schools. There are some excellent consultants [...]
We do placement into high school and undergraduate college programs. It is often appropriate for parents of students in the fifth and sixth grade to begin utilizing our services in preparation for high school. We do not do elementary or middle school placement; graduate program placement is outside our scope, as well. The only exception [...]
Yes, thanks to modern technology we can work with any student who is looking at attending a United States secondary school or college. There are instances when international students can work with School Match 4U for college or boarding school placement. These clients are accepted on a case-by-case basis. For all international clients, Skype is [...]
Many guidance counselors are excellent at what they do, but they often carry a caseload of several hundred students at a time. Guidance counselors are trained in the dynamics of counseling, but they are not experts on the offerings of schools, nor are they trained on these schools' admission criteria or their admissions process. [...]