What We Do

We guide families searching for schools, colleges, and graduate programs where the unique child, adolescent, or young adult can thrive.

How Do We Do It

We assess each student’s strengths, interests, needs, and potential to facilitate the best school, college, or graduate program fit.

Why We Do It

We are committed to helping students discover their potential through education.

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  • Boston’s foremost educational consulting firm since 1955 is now known as Howland, Spence & McMillan. Faith Howland and Michael Spence introduced this most recent development in the firm’s long and storied history. The McMillans bring a combination of continuity in the firm’s tradition of excellence in highly personalized school and college planning, and also the introduction of expanded and modernized services that will allow HS&M educational consultants to be even more responsive to your family’s needs in today's evolving school and college landscapes.
  • Sarah has just returned from meeting with admissions officers, faculty and students at colleges in Pennsylvania, including Lehigh, Lafayette, Muhlenburg, Moravian, Dickinson, Gettysburg, and Franklin & Marshall. While in the area, she also attended an athletic recruiting event at Princeton University in order to stay current on athletic recruiting practices in the Ivy League.
  • On April 22 Don presented “The Changing Landscape of College Admissions” to members of the Myopia Hunt Club and Essex County Club in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He focused on recent trends like “the Changing Role of Writing in College Admissions” and “Positive and Negative Effects of the Recessions.” He will be visiting a number of colleges in Connecticut this spring to continue his assessment of these and related trends in college admissions.