Finding your path to post-secondary success can be stressful. We are here to help
With over 30 years of consulting experience and hundreds of students helped let us guide you on your journey .
What school is right for me? How will I get in? What do I need to do to prepare?
Parents
As a parent you may be wrestling with questions like “How can I help my child? Where should I start? When should we begin the planning process?”
And you might be feeling worried about avoiding pitfalls such as overlooking important pieces of information or steps along the way that will result in doors closing, or your child missing out on opportunities.
STUDENTS
And as a student, you might be feeling overwhelmed, confused, and lacking in the knowledge and/or support you need in order to find your way.
HR Lehn Educational Consulting will address all of these concerns
Through a structured approach, tailored to your family’s needs we will support you, step-by-step, from the beginning stages, all the way to the transition into post-secondary.
Preparation
We will carefully assess your academic achievement and extracurricular activities, your goals and values, and how you can continue to explore your interests and build on your strengths.
Application
We will help you to identify your most important post-secondary criteria, find the colleges and universities that will fit you best, and help you through every stage of the application process with a carefully planned timeline.
Decision
When it comes time to select from multiple admission offers and compare financial aid awards, we are here to help you assess your potential return on investment and the personal value of each option.
Meet HILAry
The path to post-secondary is full of exciting but sometimes confusing choices for students and parents.
Hilary Lehn is your perfect guide through this uncharted world. In her thirty years in the industry, she has worked on both sides of the admissions desk and has extensive experience of the process, as well as knowledge of colleges and universities in Canada, the United States and abroad. She will be there by your side to help you feel supported, find the answers to your questions, explore possibilities, discover your direction, and achieve your goals, within a timeline that makes it all more manageable and that keeps doors open.
Why HR Lehn?
Our unique combination of experience and expertise can help you
Experience
The only educational consultant in Canada with a career history in admissions at US universities, as well as admissions and university counselling in US and Canadian independent schools – dating back to 1994
Personalized
While group sessions can cover the basics, the consulting relationship is one-on-one and personalized throughout the student’s process, so that the consultant is a confidante and close advisor for the student, and family, at every stage.
Networks
Institutional networks are long-standing, and the total number of college and university campuses visited in the UK, US and Canada (career-long) is in the hundreds
Partnerships
Experienced relationships with some of the top, most respected SAT and ACT test prep providers in the US, offering access, at discounts, to clients. A growing body of successful and experienced academic tutors in Math and Science. And sport-specific consultants to partner in the athletic recruiting process.
Standards
Membership in IECA – representing the highest standards of ethics and experience for independent educational consultants, NACAC, and the international affiliate IntlACAC. These ensure that you are getting the most pertinent and updated information and principled, experienced, ethical advising.
Finance
History of successful experience working especially with families seeking merit-based or need-based financial support in order to make attendance at high quality colleges and universities accessible. In any given year, all clients who are seeking funding to attend US colleges receive offers, and many receive as much as half tuition or more.
What our Clients Say
We tried to handle my son’s university applications on his own, but eventually realized we were not aware of the complexity of colleges in today’s era. It’s a lot more complex from our time! Hilary Lehn gave us peace of mind that our son was taking the right high-school courses, applying to the right universities, and completing every crucial step of the process. Although Hilary doesn’t have a crystal ball on acceptances, she was remarkably accurate in the final results. Our son is now studying at McGill University thanks to the assistance from Hilary. She is professional, knowledgeable, and relates well to parents and students. We highly recommend her!”
– Win Sakdinan, Parent of Ben, McGill University
The very idea of applying to college had always terrified me: it seemed to be riddled with ambiguities and intricate jargon, designed to ensnare us all in endless confusion. Yet, at the same time, nothing excited me more than the prospect of starting the new chapter of my life on a college campus.For the longest time, I had been researching different universities and comparing their relative merits, but every single time I opened up an actual application form my courage failed me and I balked, feeling like I could never navigate this treacherous paperwork–and in any case, what could I ever say about myself that would set me apart from the thousands of other students who were vying for admission to the same program? I feel very privileged that I was fortunate enough to have had Hilary’s patience and expertise at this crucial juncture. Her calm demeanor and down-to earth conversations about my future goals were essential to establishing my confidence in the face of the college application process, and to this day
I am grateful to her for helping me to experience an amazing post-secondary education.
– Lisabelle, Stanford (CA)
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