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About Us

Introduction

Consult Schools guides students and parents through every step of the admissions journey. Our personalized approach ensures that each family receives tailored recommendations grounded in decades of experience with boarding and day
schools across the country.

Whether you’re navigating school selection for the first time or seeking expert
insight into the application process, our advisors provide the knowledge and
support you need to make confident decisions about your child’s education.

What We Offer

Our Services

School Admission Services for Students

Dr. Hagerman and Ms. Young provide educational consulting services for students and parents through personalized guidance, well-established industry relationships, and decades of experience in independent school admissions.

Admissions Consulting for School Administrators

If you’re wondering whether your protocols for finding new students are working in your admissions office, it can be an overwhelming and demanding experience, but you don’t have to go through it alone. Work within independent schools is a family business for Dr. Parnell Hagerman and her daughters; they have not only gone through the experience themselves but have also pursued professional careers in admissions and college placement to give others the opportunity to succeed.

Personalized Educational Strategy

Our advisors craft tailored roadmaps that align each student’s strengths with the right academic environment, ensuring long-term success and fulfillment.

Why Us

Why Choose Consult Schools

Decades of Combined Experience

Our advisors bring years of hands-on admissions expertise across top-tier institutions.

 

Insider Knowledge of Admissions

We understand what schools look for — from applications to interviews — inside and out.

 

Personalized One-on-One Guidance

Every family receives individualized attention tailored to their unique goals.

 
 

Strong Institutional Relationships

Our established connections with schools give your family a distinct advantage.

How It Works

Our Process

Step 1

Consultation

We listen to your goals and assess your needs

Step 2

Strategy Planning

We build a personalized admissions roadmap

Step 3

Application Support

Expert guidance through every application step.

Step 4

Placement Success

Celebrating the right school match together

What We Offer

Meet Our Advisors

Whether you are looking to enroll your child in an independent day or boarding school, or you are a Head of School looking to improve upon your admission efforts and overall school program, contact Consult Schools.

Dr. Parnell Hagerman

Founder of Consult Schools, is passionate about helping young people achieve their academic dreams and has devoted her life to advising and counseling students.

Guiding hundreds of students to Deerfield Academy as Associate Director of Admissions, Dean of Admissions at Hotchkiss School and Head of School at Oldfields School. She was also instrumental in improving strategies to attract students to Derby Academy and Vermont Academy as a consultant in admissions management.

Lee D. Young

An experienced admissions strategist with a passion for matching students with the right school environment. Lee’s personalized approach and institutional relationships have helped hundreds of families navigate the process.

Lee brings over 30 years of independent school experience working with prospective students and families as former Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Phillips Exeter Academy.

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What Families Say

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