Priya and her team were invaluable in helping our second and third grader gain admission to our top choice for private school. Her knowledge and experience, diligence and action orientation, attention to detail, and mock interviews and tips really made the application process much simpler and efficient. She was always accessible and professional and caring. Priya helped us navigate the school process from beginning to end: Interviewed our kids and us to find out what is important for us in school selection; Put together a target list of appropriate schools; Walked us through the whole process, step by step; Helped us with applications and interview preparation; Helped advocate for our kids and stewarded our applications through the four schools we applied. Once we received admissions to all four schools she helped us go through each school’s strengths and weaknesses, and fit for our kids, and helped us reach an informed decision. Our second and third graders love their new school and are thriving. We couldn’t have done it without Priya. We highly recommend Nambiar Advising without reservations.
We wanted to thank you one more time for your assistance and coaching throughout the application process. There has been much celebration in our house today and we are all very excited about our daughter’s admission to 7th grade. You both were an incredible resource and ushered us through the process. It was such a pleasure to work with you. We truly believe that the new school will be a wonderful experience for our daughter and we would not be in this position without your guidance.
As anyone who has been through the process can tell you, applying to an independent school in LA can be incredibly stressful. With two children at different grade levels, it was twice the anxiety. We were referred to Priya to help us navigate the admissions process. She was great. She conducted mock interviews with the kids and with us. She critiqued the interview, then advised us what was good and what could be worked on. Her list of standard interview questions was right on the mark and extremely accurate and helpful to have for several of the school interviews. Her insight into the admissions process was invaluable. She tells you what the admissions officers think about and look for in prospective students. It was reassuring to have a voice of reason and experience to rely on during this very stressful time. With Priya’s help, both of our kids were admitted to their top choice, so we’re extremely happy.
Our entire family very much appreciates your thoughtfulness, your guidance, your diligence, and your steady hand at the Compass as we navigated high school admissions. You are not only good at what you do, but you get it done with a sense of style and panache so that a process that is akin to pulling teeth is actually reasonably enjoyable. We thank you.
We worked with Priya when we decided to move to the Bay Area from the Midwest. Our kids were applying to high school and 7th grade and were already in an independent school. Even though, we were not applying to LA schools, her experience and expert advice was invaluable for us. Priya helped us understand the landscape of the area and was helpful in guiding us through the application process; which was not easy to coordinate long-distance. She worked with our kids and helped them organize their thoughts so that they could be more effective story tellers in their essays and interviews. Her one-on-one interviews with the kids really helped them feel confident. Her warm, encouraging and friendly manner in engaging the kids is hard to beat. We got into all the schools that we applied to and were able to choose! We couldn’t have done it without Priya.
When our family decided to relocate from the east coast to Los Angeles, we knew navigating the independent schools for three children in LA, all in different school divisions, was going to be a major undertaking. After fielding several calls with educational consultants in Los Angeles, I immediately found Priya’s approach to be creative, personal and extremely informative. She was an out the box thinker and able to relate because of her experience as a former admissions director and a current parent of two in LA independent schools. There was immediate clarity we found our match and from there we immediately got to lots of work.
Priya’s personal approach began with flying out to meet us at our home. The real time connection to our family helped her advise us which schools and school communities would be a good fit for our children. We also heavily relied on her knowledge and experience not only for school choices, but ultimately where we decided to live and what kind of school commutes were realistic. Once we narrowed down a targeted school list, I flew out to LA to do school tours, which Priya arranged beautifully. I felt the admission directors knew about our children and family prior to our meeting and the one on one connections really paid off when my children flew out to do their interviews. In addition, Priya also advised us on ISEE prep, prepared the family for the interview process and what to expect. Sanjay’s invaluable organizational, writing and editing skills were a tremendous asset. He was able to provide us with an admissions timeline that involved the many steps needed for the schools we applied to, as well as advise on all the written admission essays. There was so much work put into this process by the time our children came to Los Angeles to do three days of interviewing.
Priya took a very daunting process and made it do able. She was a wealth of information, was always available to talk, remained calm and caring. Our family felt we had a real advocate in our corner on the other end. The best part of it all is that our children got accepted in their first choice schools. We put in 14 applications and received 11 acceptances. Priya’s professionalism and expertise was the best investment we made. It was a true pleasure to work with Priya and Sanjay and our family is forever grateful for their help with this major life change.