"Hiring Gael Casner to guide our two children through the college search process was the best gift of support we could have provided them. Gael immediately engaged both our son, Alex, and our daughter, Katie, who are two years apart. Each used Gael's talents a bit differently; each student could not be more different.

From the start, I was impressed by Gael's values-based assessments to really get to the core of each students unique needs and areas of interest. I loved her approach that looks at the time after school starts, "what will support you after a difficult day, or a week of difficult days!"

Gael's experience and pragmatism guided both students through the college selection process, the personal essay and defining the timelines to meet their application deadlines. Both students applied to a List of First Choice Schools and each of them had excellent choices come April 1st. Alex could not be more fulfilled than he currently is at Tufts University and Katie starts at Loyola University Maryland in the fall. Every school on their respectively First Choice Lists were an excellent fit.

I relied totally on Gael's expertise and it relieved so much stress from the parent student senior year. I am exceedingly grateful to have Gael shepherd our children!"

~ Marie Boylan (son, Alex, at Tufts U. and daughter, Katie, at Loyola University Maryland)

"Both Teddy and Cicely feel like they will make the right choice with you by their side. Their hopes are raised as to their process of applying, being accepted, and to making the final right choice. THANK YOU!"

~ Nan Jones (daughter, Cecily, at Princeton U. and son, Teddy, at UC Berkeley)

"When our first daughter, Christina, applied to colleges, we went to Gael. She was so helpful and informative that we decided to bring our younger daughter Victoria to her. We actually brought Victoria to see her when she was a sophomore and needed help in selecting her junior class curriculum. Gael's assistance was invaluable when the time came for the college application process. We were most impressed with Gael's expert knowledge, her insightful advice, and her positive outlook (which rubs off on you).

Gael is an educator, as anyone can see, and this was most evident in the ways in which she helped our daughters take ownership of the process of preparing for and applying to college in general. As a result, both times we were able to relax and enjoy our girls in their last two years in high school. It was gratifying to witness Christina and Victoria return self-confident, motivated, and organized, after meeting with Gael. We consider Gael a valuable asset, and we highly recommend her."

~ George and Cindy Brown (daughter, Christina, at UCLA and Victoria at Chapman U.)

"Gael, I truly appreciated your timely help and guidance. Michael's process was fairly organized because of your organization. Honestly, our only problem was making a choice of college after he was accepted to so many."

~ Kerry Keefe (son, Michael, at Seattle U.)

"From the very beginning, my work with Gael made the whole process much less stressful. She took me through each step thoroughly, but most of all, she helped me realize and define what factors were truly important in my future college. She took the mystery out of a very stressful process and kept me focused throughout."

~ Danielle Schoffman (Stanford)