Global Education & Sports Partners (GESP)
Your Guided Path Into U.S. Boarding Schools
Built by former boarding school educators, championship coaches, and admissions directors, GESP matches global families to U.S. boarding schools aligned with each student’s strengths, interests, and long-term goals — then guides them through the entire admissions process.
Talk with GESPWhy U.S. Boarding School?
The surest path to American universities runs through American boarding schools.
The surest path to U.S. colleges runs through U.S. boarding schools.
At an American boarding school, your child will apply with the exact transcript, atheltic competition, schedule, counselor recommendations, and institutional credibility that admissions officers already know and trust.
86%
of coach recruited applicants were admitted to Harvard.
Compared to a 5% rate of admission for all applicants generally.
1 in 7
boarding school students are international.
Boarding schools have been built to support the needs of international families.
87%
of boarding school graduates felt very well prepared academically for college.
Public schools reported 39%.
Who is GESP?
We know boarding schools inside and out.
GESP, leveraging decades of boarding school placement experience, works with families all over the world to facilitate student placements into one of the largest networks of U.S. boarding schools.
1
Inquire
Get in touch with one of our GESP consultants to tell us about your child's strengths and needs.2
Inform
We walk you through the U.S. boarding school landscape and how they operate.
3
Calibrate
We present three carefuly selected school options and explain why each may be strong fit for your child.
4
Connect
We introduce your child to their top school choices and guide the applications and interviews.
5
Decide
We help families understand their offers and negotiate tuition to finalize their choice and enrollment.
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Discover the best boarding schools for you
Admissions should be a two-way match: the school has criteria for the students they accept, but your child needs criteria for where to apply. GESP's seasoned consultants break down the factors you can't read about in rankings, websites, or reviews.
What matters more than test scores
• How the school teaches, not just how hard it is to get into
• What study resources does the school provide?
• Whether the science or history department is particularly strong
Recruitment to a top athletics program is not the same as playing for it.
• Whether the varsity coach is known to bench Freshman regardless of how good they are
• Whether a team is in specific need of the position you play
• What the level of competition is in a school's division or league
The published tuition rarely tells the whole story
• How each school qualifies international families for financial aid
• Scholarships vs. Aid
• Comparing two different financial offers
How School Size Affects Everything Else
• Overall School Size vs. Student-Teacher Ratios
• Level of competition for joining clubs and teams
• How many other international students are on campus?
How Location Affects Your Experience
• Does the nearest airport offer a direct flight home?
• What students say about off-campus life?
• How close from the nearest town, or major hospital?
FAMILY STORIES
No dream is too big.
These families started where you are now. Learn where they went, and how they got there.
Guatemala
"What helped us most was knowing we weren't alone."
“They were always available to answer our questions, and that gave us a lot of peace of mind, especially when our son was far from home for the first time.”
Marielos Rosales
Mother of Daniel Argueta Rosales
Boarding School:
Williston Northampton '25
Varsity Soccer
College:
Dickinson College '29
International Business & Management
Men's soccer
Dominican Republic
"From the moment I arrived in the U.S., the effort and care placed into my journey was immense."
Talking to coaches, watching film, going to showcases, talks, 1:1, you name it. ” Currently playing D3 soccer in Virginia with one of my peers from boarding school, so it couldn't get any better than that.
Brian Manon
Student from Dominican Republic
Boarding School:
Williston Northampton '24
Varsity Soccer
College:
Roanoke College '28
PRE-MED
Men's Soccer
GLOBAL NETWORK
Regional Expertise. From Home to Overseas.
Our GESP families have come from every country in gold so far, but there is no country we will not work with.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
We Have Answers
GESP helps families from all over the world (including the United States) to both understand how boarding schools evaluate your child, and how your child should evaluate boarding schools.
After identifying suitable U.S. boarding school choices, we help students prepare applications, navigate financial aid, prepare for athletic recruitment, and manage the transition of home to your new school.
GESP works with student-athletes and non-student athletes alike. Whatever a student’s interests may be, we will work to leverage it to maximum effect in their applications.
Students ages 11 to 19, from Grade 6 through a postgraduate year.
That includes younger students entering a junior boarding school, students entering high school at any grade, and students who have already finished high school and want a postgraduate (PG) year at a U.S. boarding school before college. If your child is already in high school, it is not too late to start.
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Let’s Find the Right School for Your Child
Tell us a little about your student and family priorities. One of our consultants will reach out to discuss next steps.
