Our Process

Working with students from preschool through the college selection process involves similar procedural steps, but the substance of each search is unique to each student. Not only is this a time for you to understand each school, but it is also a time for you to examine your child’s needs and expectations, while also exploring your own goals as a parent.  It is a time of reflection for the entire family as you work as a unit to promote your child’s interests, passions, and needs. With the guidance of Schoolsearch, this process can be enjoyable, exciting, interesting and most importantly, rewarding.

As certified educational planners, our responsibility is to guide you through this process and ease the stress that often occurs when parents and students cannot differentiate among school choices. Not only will Dr. Lipkin and Mr. Gray help you understand the process, but we will also provide you with direction so you and your family will not waste time and energy visiting the wrong institutions. 

After an initial Schoolsearch “intake” session to review records, and discuss interests and desires, a preliminary list of schools that will help your child meet these expectations will be created. We will make these recommendations, based on our experiences and the philosophies and teaching techniques of each school being considered.

When you determine that you are applying to an independent day school, boarding school, or college, a specific process must take place.  In order to make our initial conference more productive, it is essential that you bring or send Schoolsearch the following:

Seeking elementary or high school placement

• Report cards for the last three years (if appropriate)
• Previous testing - SSAT, ISEE, ERB, etc.
• Neuropsychological Battery, WISC, WIPPS (if completed)
• A detailed understanding of your child’s educational history
  

Seeking college placement

• High school transcript
• Previous testing - PSAT, SAT, ACT
• Neuropsychological, WISC, WAIS (if completed)
• List of activities that your student has been involved with in and outside of school

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