Camille M. Bertram

Audrey, thank you for the great gift card! I love books, as you probably know by now from our dozens of practice interviews, and look forward to purchasing some with it. But I feel that you are the one who deserves a present. No matter what, day or night, rain or sun, through six months of traveling, observing, planning, and writing, you were always there to support me and offer advice. My family and I really appreciate all you have done. With your help, I have been accepted to three of the finest schools in the nation, and have new, exciting opportunities to learn and experience new things. Once again, thank you.”

Without your guidance, (school name) would not have been on my radar screen. You found the perfect fit for me and thank you so much for that. Congratulations on the expansion of your business and best of luck. I know you will continue to work your magic like you did so gracefully with me.”

I am so excited to get into my first-choice school. (Boarding school), here I come! Thank you so much for all of your help. It was so much fun working with you and getting to know you.”

Audrey, thank you for your wonderful support. I am most appreciative of the time you spent with me this fall preparing me for my interviews. I felt very ready to handle whatever came at me and the time I spent with you made all the difference in my confidence. I am very happy things worked out this way for me. Thank you again for your help and support – it made all the difference.”

Thank you so much for everything. This is the perfect school for me.”

Dear Cammie: I cannot thank you enough for everything you have done for me over the past eight months. You have really made this long, stressful process easier for both my Mom and me. I felt very good to have all four of my choices available at the end, and I'm ecstatic to go to (boarding school) next year. Again thank you so much for helping me reach this important decision.”

Dear Cammie: ...I can't imagine the person I would be today if I hadn't gone to (the school you recommended). Thank you so much for helping me find my second home and for all your support throughout the entire process, and during my time there.”

Thank you so so so so so so much Audrey. I really can't tell you how much you mean to me and how much you've helped in this whole process.”

Hey Cammie, I just found out that I got into (school 1), (school 2) and (school 3). I am so excited, especially that all of my hard work finally paid off. I still haven't heard back from (school 4), but to be honest I don't even really want to open the letter. I got into my top three and that's what really matters to me. I am very fortunate to have the choice.

I also really want to thank you for setting up my visits at the school, and for talking to the headmasters. I don't think I ever could have met the coaches, the head of admissions, gotten such a good tour, been able to talk to the head of school and have the director of admissions have a good knowledge of what I am like before I got there, without you. Thank you so much for your help.”

Dear Audrey,

WOW. A year ago, I never would have pictured myself here, but here I am. And that is all thanks to the INSANE amount of help we had from the BEST educational consultant a girl could ask for. Every turn was more and more difficult, but with your help, I was able to get through it without too much damage. I'm so glad I had your help.

There are a lot of separate moments I could point out as leading to the end of this process. For example, eating Swedish Fish in your office while taking the SSATs, practicing interviews in the library and officially deeming the fly as a member of the family, receiving your faxes with corrections and smiley faces on my work, or writing this letter to you now to thank you and inform you of my final decision.

It is an amazing story how we ended up with this choice. It started off without much of an opinion, but then we almost didn't apply after a stingy interviewer. After applying we almost didn't revisit because of a great day at (another boarding school). But, finally, I've officially chosen to attend (boarding school) for the next three years and I couldn't be more excited. The revisit day was just so fantastic and everything fell into place. We realized that it's the perfect place for me! I am always beaming now whenever I tell someone that I'm going. I feel it will help set me up for my future, and I am hopeful that it will be a bright one. Without you though, I never would have ended up where I am now. So again, thank you a million times over for being the best educational consultant and friend I could ever have hoped for. Stay in touch!”

(Name of school) is so much fun! I was just thinking about you and wanted to thank you for everything you have done. I wouldn't be here without you!”