Whether they attend a boarding school or a private/public/religious day school on a homestay, these students benefit from a comprehensive global high school curriculum. Globally-minded schools promote the creativity and scholarship needed for college preparation.
Whether they attend a boarding school or a private/public/religious day school on a homestay, these students benefit from a comprehensive global high school curriculum. Globally-minded schools promote the creativity and scholarship needed for college preparation.
Student Profile
Understanding a student is particularly important when applying to boarding schools. Each school provides a unique environment that will serve some types of students better than others. The student profile we develop helps us understand what setting will be best for them. This process includes:
- Reviewing the questionnaire, transcripts and standardized test scores
- Discussing the student’s extracurricular activities and personal interests
- Discussing the parents’ specific requirements and needs
- Assessing the strengths and deficits of your student’s current school
- Establishing short-term goals for succeeding in high school
- Establishing long-term goals for eventually getting into colleges
- Creating a student profile that encompasses all of the information gathered
Educational Planning
- Assistance in choosing appropriate classes and extracurricular activities in current school
- Advice on standardized test registration and testing dates
- Recommendations for SSAT and TOEFL tutoring options
- Monitoring of progress through monthly meetings over remote meeting platforms, email, and face-to-face sessions
- Identification of problems and solutions for overcoming them
- Suggestions for summer schools, programs, or activities that match student profile
Establishing School List
We will assist your family with the special considerations for applying to prestigious high schools. We can address the many concerns parents have when sending their young child away to school, and match your student with the best schools that will provide a safe, fulfilling experience. We offer:
- Suggestions for schools matching student’s profile
- Provide initial college list of schools within our three-tier system (Reach, Target, Likely)
- Effective ways of research and school outreach
- A final list of ten (10) schools to which the student will apply
- The creation of an itinerary for school visits, including setting up interviews and campus tours and arranging for a personal driver who will provide transportation
- As an added service, a counselor from our team can accompany your student on school visits
- A tailored, student-specific timeline for application
When a student joins JWCC they join a family. The student is part of a community dedicated to their success.
Essays and Applications
The applications for boarding schools are meant to introduce the student to the schools through essays written by the student, parent, and teachers. This process includes:
- Creating a strategy for completing applications
- Helping students brainstorm each essay
- Counseling parents how to approach the parent statement
- Recommending teachers to write recommendations
- Assisting with online application submission
- Communicating with your student’s existing school to coordinate recommendations, transcripts, and test score submissions
- Assisting with the development of portfolios, audition materials, and athletic assistance (if applicable)
Selecting and Enrolling
Once your student has received all of their admissions-decision letters, we will discuss college options with you. If necessary, we will follow up on all wait-list decisions and provide timely updates. Due to our personal relationships with some schools, we are able to advocate for our students. We will continue to advise your child until they has selected and enrolled in a high school. We offer:
- Waitlist assistance (if applicable)
- Assistance in communicating the student’s acceptance and rejection of offers
- Suggestions for course enrollment and summer plans
- Follow up with student through their first year at school
