Parent of Stanford S.
Highest Recommendation, Bravo!
My daughter was accepted to 9 of 10 schools, including her dream school, Stanford where she will attend this fall (2021). We engaged Solomon because she attended a very large public school where the guidance counselors were good but spread very thin. We worked with Cathleen Sheils, who was truly exceptional; she gets a 10 out of 10. We started working with Cathleen when my daughter was a high school freshman and that was the best decision. Why freshman? We learned that the college application is a journey… it is about building a “resume.” It was helpful to know which courses, extracurricular and summer activity would be most favorably differentiating in a college app. A specific example is my daughter really wanted to attend a prestigious research program over her sophomore summer. My husband and I would have NEVER allowed her to attend until we learned that it would be helpful in her college applications. Based on Cathleen’s advice, we let her apply and she was accepted. In the Stanford welcome letter, the admissions officer called out her research experience. Another note is my daughter did all her own essay writing while Cathleen provided critique. This was important to us, especially with the college application scandals in the news. Her applications are her own work product and it is good to know that she was accepted on her own merit. I cannot say enough good things about Cathleen; she was truly instrumental in assisting us through the complex college application journey.