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Boarding School Admissions Consultants: The Numbers Speak for Themselves!

Year after year our clients who applied to the Ten Schools-plus are admitted!

1. Phillips Academy Andover
2. Phillips Exeter Academy
3. Lawrenceville School
4. Choate Rosemary Hall
5. Deerfield Academy
6. The Taft School
7. Hotchkiss School
8. St. Paul’s School
9. The Loomis Chaffee School
10. The Hill School
11. Kent School
12. Peddie School
13. The Masters School
14. Middlesex School
15. The Thacher School
16. Cate School

This year, 2026:

1. Several of our clients have had multiple acceptances to top boarding schools. Twelve of our clients each received acceptances from Andover, Exeter, Choate, Taft, Loomis, Deerfield and St. Paul's.
2. Five of our clients who applied to the Ten Schools were accepted to all ten.
3. All of our international clients were accepted to their top choice boarding schools, including Andover, Exeter, Choate, Lawrenceville, Kent, Peddie, Hotchkiss and Deerfield.

We must be doing something right!

At Boarding School Admissions Consultants, our specialized admissions advisory service is designed for parents who comprehend the highly competitive selection process at elite institutions and want their children to attend top U.S. boarding schools. Parents who want RESULTS!
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Dr. Paul Lowe is the Managing Director and lead admissions advisor at Boarding School Admissions Consultants. Boarding School Admissions Consultants specializes in getting students admitted directly into the Ten Schools. It also helps students who have been rejected to re-apply successfully to be accepted.

Medical School Application Review - The Holistic Process

Colleges and medical schools often say they use a “holistic” review process. In simple terms, this means admissions committees look at more than MCAT scores and GPAs when deciding who would be a strong fit.

As more students apply to medical school, these non-academic factors matter even more. Your experiences, communication skills, and personal qualities can help you stand out from applicants with similar grades and test scores. That’s why it is important to tell a clear, honest story about what you have learned and what perspective you would bring to medicine.

Many applicants have similar activities on their résumés, such as volunteering, shadowing, clinical work, and research. To make these experiences stand out, focus on what you did, how you took initiative, where you showed leadership, and what each experience taught you.

It is also important to show why you are a good match for each school. Some medical schools focus strongly on research, health equity, community care, or primary care. When you apply, connect your experiences and goals to the values each school highlights. Even if other students have similar backgrounds, the way you explain your experiences and reflect on them can help admissions committees understand why you belong there.

Dr. Paul Lowe’s knowledge of and experience with the holistic medical school admissions process helps his clients who have low MCAT scores and low GPAs gain admissions to medical schools.
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At Medical School Admissions Advisors with Dr. Paul Lowe, we provide advice to help our clients bolster their pre-med profiles (in their sophomore, junior, senior and/or gap year so they can be accepted to medical schools.

You want to hire a firm where the CEO/lead admissions advisor works DIRECTLY with you and knows how to help you STAND OUT amongst other applicants!

Boarding School Admissions Playbook: Getting Into Top Boarding Schools for 2027

It’s July 3rd and now is the time to start your boarding school admissions/application process. If it’s your first time applying or even if you are reapplying, it’s never too early.

Your child’s boarding school acceptance is more likely when they stand out in a competitive, selective admissions process.

As a result of the current rapid pace of change and uncertainty in U.S. education there has been an increase in the number of students applying to top boarding schools. THE ADMISSIONS PLAYBOOK HAS CHANGED!

Was your child waitlisted or rejected from Exeter, Andover, St. Paul’s, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, Loomis Taft, Kent, etc.?

What’s your playbook? Will it work in a competitive boarding school environment?

Our BOARDING SCHOOL ADMISSIONS PLAYBOOK works because year after year, our U.S. as well as international clients are ACCEPTED to top U.S. boarding schools. Dr. Lowe and his team embrace Empirical Analytics by using data, technology, client-case studies, campus-expert panels, alumni networks, contacts, his specialized knowledge, and over 30 years of experience to develop winning admissions strategies, navigate challenges, and predict outcomes to help his clients make informed decisions that provide results-based admissions success.

No other admissions consulting firm, with our team make up, has the historical, experiential and cultural perspectives that allow their clients to consistently WIN AT THE ADMISSIONS GAME.

Your child deserves the very best.

Let us help you!
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Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director and lead admissions expert at Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group’s Boarding School Admissions Consultants, an affiliate of Private School Admissions Advisors. Dr. Lowe specializes in providing strategic admissions advisory and placement services to families and students seeking admissions to the Ten Schools including Exeter, Andover, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Loomis, Taft, etc. Dr. Lowe helps U.S. and international students gain admissions into top U.S. boarding schools even after they have been wait-listed and rejected.

Dr. Paul Lowe: Discover Why His Clients Love the Pingry School in New Jersey – 2026

The Pingry School is ranked by Niche as: 1st on its list of 2026 Best Private K-12 Schools in New Jersey and #2 Best Private K-12 Schools in America! Pingry has a Niche grade of A+. With three campuses totaling 303 acres in New Jersey (Short Hills-Lower School: grades K-5, Basking Ridge-Middle/Upper School: grades 6-12 and the Pottersville Campus-Experiential Learning: grades K-12), Pingry provides an unmatched learning environment and experience to its over 1200 students.

We toured the entire campus and observed polite and very happy children. All the teachers we met were happy, enthusiastic and engaged. The School just bustles with multiculturalism and energy!

“To be a student at Pingry is to live life fully, to experience it intensely, and to explore friendships and learning in ways that feel both uniquely independent and yet fully intertwined with the community.” – The Pingry School, Community Life.

What are Dr. Lowe’s clients saying about Pingry?

• “Being on the Pingry Robotics was just an amazing experience!” – Pingry Upper School Junior
• “The teachers and leadership are highly dedicated to the scholastic and creative development of the children. Our daughter just loves Pingry.” – Parents of a first grader
• “We have two children at Pingry (Thank you, Dr. Lowe) and we could not be more thankful for this very special place. This is more than a school — it is a family of students, teachers, staff and parents who truly care.” – Parent of Pingry students

Pingry’s college matriculation rate to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities is high. Here is a list of several colleges/universities attended: 2022-2025.

• Harvard (7)
• Yale (11)
• Princeton (12)
• UPenn (9)
• Brown (13)
• Cornell (15)
• Dartmouth (6)
• Columbia (9)
• Stanford (5)
• Northwestern (10)
• University of Chicago (9)
• Duke (16)
• Georgetown (12)
• Colgate (12)

For Pingry’s Class of 2025, at least one student was accepted to each of the Ivy League schools!

Over the past 8 years, year after year all of New Jersey Admission Advisors‘ (Dr. Paul Lowe) clients who have applied to Pingry were ACCEPTED!

Dr. Lowe works with parents whose children apply to kindergarten through 12th grade! Parents are very happy when their children are accepted in kindergarten because they experience the Pingry community through their entire K-12 educational journey!
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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group (PECAAG) network. He and his team of admissions advisors, through PECAAG’s Private School Admissions Advisors affiliate, New Jersey Admissions Advisors, help students gain admissions to elite private schools in New Jersey.

Top Boarding Schools for Aspiring Tennis Scholar-Athletes

Many U.S. as well as international middle school and high school students are actively involved and compete in tennis as an interscholastic sport. As result, many parents seek boarding schools that support the tennis scholar-athlete. Many universities including, Duke, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth, Sanford University, have tennis teams and are actively seeking tennis players!

Discover top U.S. boarding schools with stellar tennis programs that help scholar-athletes thrive and gain admission to prestigious universities. Here is a list of top boarding schools with tennis programs.

1. Phillips Academy Andover
2. Phillips Exeter Academy
3. Lawrenceville School
4. The Taft School
5. Deerfield Academy
6. Choate Rosemary Hall
7. St. Paul’s School
8. The Loomis Chaffee School
9. The Hill School
10. Hun School of Princeton
11. The Frederick Gunn School
12. The Masters School
13. Middlesex School
14. The Thacher School

Dr. Lowe and his team at Boarding School Admissions Consultants place students who are tennis players into top US boarding schools!
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Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director and lead admissions expert at Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group’s Private School Admissions Advisors and its affiliate: Boarding School Admissions Consultants. Dr. Lowe specializes in providing exclusive concierge-type admissions advisory services for U.S. and international students who are interested in applying to top U.S. boarding and top private schools. Dr. Lowe also helps U.S. and international students gain admissions into top U.S. boarding schools even after they have been wait-listed and rejected.

Why Dr. Paul Lowe, Admissions Expert, Emphasizes Human Expertise in the Age of AI for Successful College Admissions

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming college admissions, as families increasingly rely on data and online tools to help students apply to Ivy League schools and top BS/MD programs. However, successful admissions strategies cannot be built by algorithms alone.

While AI is effective at providing information, it cannot replicate human intuition or fully grasp the holistic nature of admissions. It lacks the ability to interpret emotional nuance, mercurial thought, build trusted long-term relationships, or recognize the subtle biases that influence admissions committees—factors that often determine whether a student is accepted or rejected.

These human elements distinguish Dr. Paul Lowe and his team from parents navigating the process independently or working with other educational consultants. College admissions is deeply personal. Elite institutions are not simply selecting high-achieving individuals; they are carefully shaping a class, investing in the long-term potential of future alumni, and seeking a cohesive and complementary group of students.

Understanding these priorities requires more than data. It demands experience, insight, judgment, vision, insider’s knowledge, diplomacy and a deep understanding of human behavior and institutional perspective and their goals.

AI will remain an important tool in education, but its true value lies in complementing—not replacing—human expertise and judgement. In a competitive and constantly evolving admissions landscape, the combination of technology, professional insight, and meaningful relationships provides a decisive competitive advantage—the difference between ACCEPTANCE and REJECTION.
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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs. The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges. Dr. Lowe helps students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru | BS/MD Admissions Advisors and also specializes in helping students who have been rejected by BS/MD programs reapply to BS/MD programs as a Gap Year applicant: GAP Year BS/MD Admissions.

Essential Tips for High School Sophomores/Juniors Applying to BS/MD Programs - 2026

High School Sophomores/Juniors: if you are interested in applying to BS/MD programs—it’s time to reevaluate your BS/MD Plans with an expert! With such a competitive environment and the immeasurable value and benefits of BS/MD programs, the need for an effective admissions game plan is CRUCIAL.

Many aspects of the BS/MD admissions environment are continually changing. At BS/MD Admissions Advisors, Dr. Paul Lowe and his team of advisors discover that many students and parents are clueless about what to do, when to do it, where to do it, who to contact, and why. If you are a high school junior or your son or daughter is a high school junior and you are thinking about applying to direct BS/MD programs, it’s time to reassess your plans.

Most students (even with the help of their parents) read books, look at videos or visit college forum-type websites which they believe may provide personalized answers for them.

Many parents who call us (and whose children are performing the above and have the below profile) then believe that their child is a shoo-in for BS/MD programs and just need “some” advice.

Here is the typical BS/MD applicant-student profile of students when parents contact us:

• GPA: 4.85 (weighted)
• ACT: 35
• SAT: 1580
• APs: usually 10 -14 classes
• Honors/Awards: several
• Teacher/Counselor Recommendations: Excellent
• Resume: 3-4 pages
• Volunteer: Several organizations
• Shadowed Doctors: 3-4
• Extracurricular Activities: Several
• Published a paper: 1-2
• Laboratory Research: Participated and/or possibly published

With all of the above you would believe that this student will definitely be accepted – WRONG! This represents the most common and well-known factors for admissions. However, there are many more things to consider.

Here’s a small list of factors by admissions expert, Dr. Paul Lowe that you should consider if you are a sophomore/junior seriously thinking about applying to BS/MD programs.

1. Student CHARACTER – Each institution considers a student’s positive attributes in the light of the goals of the particular institution. BS/MD programs thoroughly evaluate character attributes of a student as a factor for admissions. Among the most important character attributes are honesty, integrity, empathy, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, adaptability, resilience, community, generosity, self-control, adaptability and optimism. Lip-service or just stating that one possesses these attributes will not help.

2. COLLEGE-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTALS – You must complement and synergize your supplementals with your personal statement. All the school-specific essays are important, even the 50 word-count answers! Students have been rejected because of mistakenly using one word or a sentence in 50 word-count essays!

3. WOW FACTOR – What’s your WOW Factor? How and when can you use it to WOW admissions? You want the admissions committee to say “WOW! We want this applicant on our campus.”

4. ETIQUETTE –Are you mindful of how you present yourself and how people perceive you? Etiquette matters! We provide personalized etiquette strategies for our clients.

5. MANNERS – When you say something (or write something) what counts is not what you mean but how you are heard and perceived. Are you mindful of your manners? Manners matter! Do you know when or if you sound rude, pretentious, impolite, disrespectful, unrefined or uncultured?

6. WHO ARE YOU? – What are your values? What do you stand for? Can you define you? Why are you different?

7. INTERVIEWS – You may be perfect on paper (grades, SATs recommendations, volunteering to save the world, 1000 hours of shadowing), however, one incorrect word or statement in an interview results in a rejection – That’s right, just one!

8. The KNOW-HOW. Our proprietary-knowledge, unmatched experience, admissions success and years of close working relationships with admissions professionals ensures that you do it right! Reevaluate your BS/MD admissions and application strategies with expert guidance to discover how you can stand out in a competitive admissions environment to get ACCEPTED!

If you know how to plan, develop and implement (1-7) and how they are used in BS/MD admissions – that’s wonderful!!! But if you don’t, there is an increased probability that you (and your child) will make irrevocable mistakes that will cause instant rejections to all schools. Would you want this to happen after your years of planning as a parent and your child’s hard work?
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Dr. Paul Lowe, lead admissions expert at BS/MD Admissions Advisors, helps his clients get accepted to top BS/MD programs: Brown PLME, RPI/Albany Med, U Rochester (REMS), NJIT/NJMS, TCNJ/NJMS, Case Western PPSP, UConn SPM, Penn State/Jefferson, etc. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students who have been rejected by BS/MD programs reapply to BS/MD programs as a Gap Year applicant:GAP Year BS/MD Admissions

Top Boarding Schools That Offer the Best Lacrosse Programs - 2026

Many U.S. as well as international middle school and high school students are actively involved and compete in lacrosse as an interscholastic sport. Accordingly, many parents seek boarding schools that support the lacrosse scholar-athlete. Many universities including, Duke, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth, Sanford University, have lacrosse teams and are actively seeking lacrosse players!

Here is a list of top boarding schools with lacrosse programs.

1. Phillips Academy Andover
2. Phillips Exeter Academy
3. Lawrenceville School
4. The Taft School
5. Deerfield Academy
6. Choate Rosemary Hall
7. The Hill School
8. Hun School of Princeton
9. The Frederick Gunn School
10. The Masters School
11. Middlesex School
12. The Thacher School
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Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director and lead admissions expert at Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group’s Private School Admissions Advisors and its affiliate: Boarding School Admissions Consultants. Dr. Lowe specializes in providing exclusive concierge-type admissions advisory services for U.S. and international students who are interested in applying to top U.S. boarding and top private schools. Dr. Lowe also helps U.S. and international students gain admissions into top U.S. boarding schools even after they have been wait-listed and rejected.

How to Get Accepted into BS/MD Programs after Being Rejected?

YOU:

• Are a top student, in the top 5% of your senior class (even valedictorian).
• Have a high GPA, SAT/ACT scores.
• Have seemingly amazing extracurricular activities.
• Assumed that you received all stellar letters of recommendation.
• Wrote seemingly amazing college essays.
• Wrote a spectacular “Why Doctor essay”.
• Shadowed doctors at top hospitals and clinics.
• Published over 2 science papers.
• Assumed that you would be accepted to at least one BS/MD program.

Yet after your (and your parents) hard work, you were regrettably rejected from BS/MD programs!

What should you do next? Enroll in a second- or third-tier college as a premed student and hope to gain admission to medical school. But acceptance is far from guaranteed, and you may never realize your dream of becoming a doctor.

Or recognize and accept that your applications fell short, understand that you have a second chance, and seek guidance from Dr. Paul Lowe. For some students, taking a gap year and reapplying can be a strategic path forward.

For more than 10 years, Dr. Lowe and the team at BS/MD Admissions Advisors have guided students and families through the gap-year BS/MD admissions process after high school graduation. Our program has a 95% acceptance rate for gap-year clients.

Dr. Lowe and his team help gap-year BS/MD applicants strengthen their candidacy through targeted strategies such as expanding research, shadowing, or clinical experience; demonstrating genuine interest; highlighting cultural and emotional intelligence; connecting gap-year experiences to long-term goals; and refining applications, essays, and overall personal branding.

As a gap-year BS/MD applicant, time outside the high school environment can help you gain experience and maturity. Whether you spend that time on research, volunteering in an underserved clinic, or service work, those experiences can strengthen both your story and your application beyond grades and test scores.

Reapplying to BS/MD programs after a rejection is possible, but it requires a thoughtful strategy, meaningful application improvements, and clear evidence of growth.

If you want to submit the strongest possible application and pursue the structured and certain path a BS/MD program offers toward becoming a physician, taking a gap year with Dr. Lowe’s guidance may be a smart decision.
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Dr. Lowe helps his clients get accepted to top BS/MD programs: Brown PLME, RPI/Albany Med, U Rochester (REMS), NJIT/NJMS, TCNJ/NJMS, Case Western PPSP, UConn SPM, Penn State/Jefferson, etc. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students who have been rejected by BS/MD programs reapply to BS/MD programs as a Gap Year applicant: GAP Year BS/MD Admissions.

Successful College Application Essays – It’ s About Being a Real Human

In 2026, admissions officers are not just reading essays—they are looking for your genuine voice, personality and character. As AI use becomes more common, the overly polished essay can raise concerns. If an essay feels too formulaic, it may come across as robotic. What admissions teams want most are vivid, specific details that feel unmistakably human.

At Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, we help students discover their authentic voice through continuous admissions advisory sessions. Here is how we ensure our clients’ essays reflect their unique human characteristics:

• Specificity over Generalization: Skip vague claims. We encourage our clients to communicate their experiences.

• Emotional Friction: AI has difficulty capturing real vulnerability. The imperfections—the "cracks" in a story—are often what make it believable. We encourage our clients to successfully convey imperfections.

• The "Personal Brand" Test: When read aloud, does it sound like your child, like a corporate brochure or like a parent? In a world of digital copies, authenticity is a powerful advantage. Dr. Lowe and his team use their experience to help students uncover the defining moments of their journey, draw out their unique lessons, and stand out as real people rather than just another set of data points.
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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs. The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs: BS/MD Admissions Advisors