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Anonymous wrote:I am moving to the DMV in July and would like to speak with someone about private schools that would be good fits for my rising 6th grader and rising 9th grader. Can someone give me a recommendation?

Absolutely:
Chloe Amore Kaplan
She’s unparalleled.
https://www.amorelearning.com/about-chloe

She’s fine for younger kids, not high school. Try Wendy Wilkinson.

Anonymous wrote:We liked working with Lindsay White.

+1

Is it late hiring a private school consultant for Fall 2025 admissions? Deadlines are in mid January 2025.
We are looking for all girls high school, so should we look into only female consultants?

Another vote for Peter Braverman. As for the earlier comment that he doesn't know public options well, he is a PRIVATE school admissions consultant. He was very upfront with us that he had no particular insight into public options. We've worked with him for two different kids with very different profiles (one learning disability and the other an over achiever) and been happy both times.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly, and I'll echo that they absolutely speak with the consultants. There is an implicit "deal" where the consultants to not promote unqualified students and in exchange, seem to have a bit of sway when they actually recommend someone.

It’s pay to play and money talks. That’s how private works.

It’s not only in privates.
5 years ago when my DS moved to Wilson HS (now Jackson Reed) the 10th grade counselor wouldn’t place him in any of the classes he wanted. Also, the only math class he could do was to repeat algebra 2 even though he had a B+.
This was the first week of August. Fast forward a few weeks and new students were being placed in the classes my child had requested. We later learned that they had approached the counselor together with a private education consultant. We were also told that about 10% of the students had been under the tutelage of private consultant from the 8th grade.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell is the only one worth the $$$

There, I saved you tuition money

No one agrees with you.

The idea of using an education consultant is laughable. Some of them can’t even figure out where to send their own kids and end up school hopping. I’m going to pay you to advise me on my own children? Ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:These consultants get on message boards, like this one, to post fake reviews. It's not hard to see. They are short and have the same sentence structure, tone, and key words. If you are going to deceive people then at least try harder. Right?

This!

Moxie Consulting, w Jeff Knox’s group

These consultants get on message boards, like this one, to post fake reviews. It's not hard to see. They are short and have the same sentence structure, tone, and key words. If you are going to deceive people then at least try harder. Right?

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a consultant who had strong opinions about St Patrick's which made me not send my daughter there for K. She pushed me to another school and it has worked out fine but I do wonder how much her input clouded my opinions and judgement.

Who was this? It would be helpful for others to know.

Sidwell is the only one worth the $$$

There, I saved you tuition money

Anonymous wrote:Mariana Parodi of Parodi Educational Consulting. She listens, is incredibly perceptive, has good relationships with schools, and only recommends schools that she thinks are a good fit for your kid. www.justrightschool.com

We loved working with Mariana and got first choice for both children