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ACES is an admission consulting and educational service firm, advising and supporting families navigating the independent and boarding school admission processes. Rooted in transparency, ACES is dedicated to providing families with intentional guidance allowing families the potential to access an independent school education that best serves the child and family. Established as a valuable admission knowledge hub for families, ACES delivers compassionate, thoughtful professional service. The three pillars of ACES are knowledge, access, and relationships. Our goal is to deliver exceptional service to all families and spread independent school awareness amongst families who are new to the admission process. At ACES our mission is to provide knowledge so that our families may gain access.

The Admissions Plan is a dedicated team of top NYC private school educational consultants offering services to help families navigate the admissions process. Whether families are looking for schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Riverdale, Westchester, Connecticut, or New Jersey, their expert advice will demystify this process, and their guidance will facilitate organization, calm, and confidence throughout the admissions season.

Navigating the school admissions process without expert guidance can feel overwhelming. Admit NY is a premier boutique consultancy specializing in school admissions from nursery through high school. Our team of seasoned admissions professionals partners closely with families to craft a clear, strategic path—managing every detail from timelines and applications to interviews and final decisions. By intentionally limiting the number of families we work with each season, Admit NY delivers deeply personalized support and a tailored admissions experience that reflects each family’s unique goals and values. With Admit NY, families gain not just a plan, but a trusted partner for every step of the journey.

The Bertram Group celebrates each candidate as a unique individual. Through comprehensive interviews and in-depth research, TBG discerns a student’s strengths, needs, and goals. Going beyond academics, they consider the whole of a child’s personality: goals, values, athletics, interests in the arts and community service, social skills, and anything else that is a priority for the candidate.

The School and Child Care Search Service provides expertise and guidance for current members of the Columbia community as they explore early education, child care, or K-12 schooling options. 

Early Steps is a hands-on non-profit organization. The sole mission is to promote racial diversity within New York City independent schools. They accomplish this by increasing the enrollment of children of color beginning at the kindergarten and first grade levels. At Early Steps, families, children and schools are treated with honesty and respect as they strive to find the best independent school setting for each child. Early Steps school advisors are both professional and compassionate. They are trusted by schools and families alike to balance the needs of both parties, always with an eye on what’s best for each child.

Brad Hoffman and Faya Hoffman — a husband-and-wife team, former classroom teachers, Learning Specialists and the only Board Certified Educational Planners (Educational Consultants) in New York City at the PreK-12 level — are uniquely triple designated by AICEP and IECA for mainstream, specialized, and therapeutic school placements as well as college counseling. Their expertise spans day schools and boarding schools, both nationally and internationally. 

In 2009, they founded My Learning Springboard, a boutique multidisciplinary educational consulting firm and Learning Concierge® service offering a wide range of educational services at every level from PreK through college. These services include: 1) School Planning and Admissions Consulting, 2) Private Tutoring, and 3) Standardized Test Preparation. Their integrated model allows for modular, flexible, and hourly consultation to maximize flexibility for families.

With expertise in PreK-college public and independent (private) schools, NYC Admissions Solutions supports families through the entire school admissions process. This can include strategies for applying to elite high schools, including the specialized high schools that require the SHSAT, developing a personalized plan of action with step by step guidance, evaluating public vs. private schools, developing a list of schools appropriate for your child, preparing for interviews, submitting a stronger application or appeal, and preparing a comprehensive strategy to maximize your school options and the chances of success.

PALS (Pediatric Assessment Learning and Support) provides highly individualized and comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations and support services. With a dedicated, strength-based approach, they ensure the best educational and therapeutic paths for our patients and families. 

As the public face of private education in New York — and the only nonprofit of its kind — Parents League is a collaborative community of expert educators, schools, health and wellness specialists, community based organizations, and volunteers in New York and beyond. With advisory services and resources, PLNY empowers families as they navigate their children's growth milestones, personal development and educational journey.

Since 1978, Prep for Prep has identified New York City’s most promising students and prepared them for success at independent schools throughout the Northeast. Once placed, Prep for Prep also supports students' academic and personal growth through college.

The team of expert consultants at Rachel Krisbergh Consulting empowers families to navigate the challenges of finding the right educational fit. They guide parents through the application process from selecting schools and managing deadlines to interview prep and beyond, while providing strategies tailored to each child’s needs. The team works with families interested in applying to day schools in New York City, Westchester, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and helps place students in right-fit boarding schools nationwide. Their compassionate, personalized approach ensures that families can make confident decisions and secure the resources their children need to thrive.  

School First experts bring our years of experience, expertise, and connections directly to schools in helping them to fully meet their mission. We specialize in admissions, financial aid, hiring and retention – all through the lens of finding the best school fit.

School Search NYC offers a wide range of services that can be customized for the needs of your family or school: individual consultations, relocation services, admission workshops, email updating service, school search materials, services for schools, and more. Robin Aronow, Ph.D. is the sole proprietor and since 1998 has been advising families and schools, nursery through 12th grade, both in regards to private school and public school admissions in New York City.  She has developed positive working relationships with administrators across the school options and visited schools. All this translates into her ability to share the most up to date information, and to provide guidance in the course of choosing to which schools to apply and how best to successfully navigate the process, in the least daunting way.

Since its founding in 2001, Smart City Kids (SCK) has successfully guided families with expertise and sensitivity through the complexities of applying to schools. The mission of SCK is to be a village for all things education related, whether working with families to define their priorities and identify the educational profile for their student or partnering with schools and other organizations in support of their mission-driven goals.
Advisors work with students from nursery school through college, including special education and relocating families. As the leading admissions consulting group in its city, SCK collaborates closely with its clientele to reduce the stress of the admissions experience and to empower learners and their families with agency during the process of selecting a right fit educational program.

TEAK is a free program that helps talented students from low-income families achieve their potential. Through intensive after school and summer classes, TEAK prepares middle school students to get into the nation’s most selective high schools and colleges. TEAK’s robust support system ensures that students thrive in their independent (day and boarding) high schools and graduate from college, ready to pursue their professional goals and positively impact the world.