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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 

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