The elementary and secondary education experience marks the beginning of an exciting journey and its success depends upon each child having the opportunity to develop, to the fullest, his or her interests, talents and aspirations. It is our goal that your child have every opportunity to do so through the careful selection of a school.
Please note: We do not consult on Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade applications.
Initial Intake and Meeting
All our clients begin with a complimentary intake call with our Director of Operations, to learn more about your student and what services your family is seeking. Following this intake, we schedule an initial consultation with our consultants.
Consulting sessions begin with a meeting with the parent(s) when we will discuss the expectations and hopes you have for your child. Prior to this meeting, we obtain a history of the child’s previous experience in school and evaluate school records, testing and other relevant information. The initial parent session is usually followed, either immediately after the parent meeting, or another time, by a meeting between consultant and child. This initial conference with your family enables us to comprehensively evaluate your child’s academic needs, extracurricular interests, and personality.
Research
The heart of Mallory, Baron, Ross, Kindler & Adeosun counseling is thorough research. We research appropriate school options in terms of your child’s individual needs, develop a list of recommended schools, and discuss with the schools how they might be a good match for your child. Research may also include talking with someone at your child’s school, or anyone who knows your child well and can help the counselor have as much information as possible. We are then able to recommend schools that are viable choices.
Follow-up
Once the school research is completed, we have a follow-up meeting when we discuss which schools we feel are appropriate for consideration. We discuss the schools in detail, focusing on why they are appropriate options for your child, and we also go over the process of exploring school options that is ahead to be sure you have a viable plan in place. We remain actively involved in the application process to ensure the greatest attention is given to facilitating your child’s selection of a new school. This pro-active association may include:
- Providing information about specific schools
- Arranging appointments for visits at boarding schools or alternative programs, as appropriate
- Forwarding all relevant records and documents to the schools you will be visiting, and sending along our own evaluative comments to schools you may be considering
- Reviewing your impressions upon completion of your school visits as well as following up with the schools you visit
- Discussing all the parts of the application process, including the student responses to the application questions, the parent part of the application, testing results, and answering any questions that come up during the time that the application is being completed. We want to be sure that you and your child understand and feel comfortable with all that you are doing. We are also in touch with the schools to be sure they have all the information they need in order to make their decisions.
- Helping you when you receive decisions from schools, and discussing the merits of the schools that are options, as well as discussing what to do about any wait list decisions, if that is the situation. Helping you choose one school.
School Acceptances
DAY SCHOOLS
Archbishop Riordan High School
Bay School of San Francisco
Bellarmine School
Berkeley School
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Black Pine Circle School
Branson School
Castilleja School
Charles Armstrong School
Children’s Day School
College Preparatory School
Convent & Stuart Hall High Schools
Crystal Springs Uplands School
Drew School
Head-Royce School
Hillbrook School
International School of San Francisco
Jewish Community High School
Katherine Delmar Burke School
Kehillah School
Khan Lab School
Lick-Wilmerding High School
Live Oak School
Lowell High School
Marin Academy
Marin Catholic
Marin Horizon School
Marin Primary and Middle School
Mercy High School Burlingame
Nueva School
Odyssey School
Pinewood School
Presidio Hill School
Prospect Sierra School
Quad Preparatory School (NYC)
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Schools Atherton
Saklan School
San Domenico School
San Francisco Day School
San Francisco School
San Francisco Waldorf School
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
Serra High School
Silicon Valley International School
Sonoma Academy
SOTA (Ruth Asawa School of the Arts)
Synapse School
Urban School of San Francisco
University High School
Woodside Priory
BOARDING SCHOOLS
Avon Old Farms School
Berkshire School
Besant Hill School
Blair Academy
Brentwood College School
Brewster Academy
Canterbury School
Cardigan Mountain School
Cate School
Choate Rosemary Hall
Concord Academy
Cushing Academy
Dublin School
Dunn School
Deerfield Academy
Eagle Hill School
Emma Willard School
Episcopal High School (VA)
Ethel Walker School
Fay School
Greenwood School
Groton School
Hotchkiss School
Kimball Union Academy
Landmark School
Lawrenceville School
Marvelwood School
Mercersburg Academy
Middlebridge School
Middlesex School
Miss Porter’s School
Millbrook School
Milton Academy
New Hampton School
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Phillips Academy Andover
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pomfret School
Proctor Academy
Putney School
Salisbury School
San Domenico School
Santa Catalina School
Shawnigan Lake School
Suffield Academy
St. Andrew’s School (DE)
St. Paul’s School
Stevenson School
Tabor Academy
Thacher School
Trinity-Pawling School
Williston Northampton School