Jacquie Quigley is the founder of JQ Educational Consulting, where she works with families on independent day school, boarding school, and college admissions. Before starting the practice, she spent years as Director of Secondary School Counseling and Admissions, with deep involvement in admissions and enrollment management for nonprofit schools — so she’s sat on the other side of this process, too, including the budgeting, retention, and enrollment-analysis work that most families never see.

That background shapes how she works now. She’s mentored students and families through the school selection process for years, and she brings a grounded, self-aware approach to positioning each student well — not by spinning a story, but by being honest about what’s actually there and building from it. Families often start out overwhelmed and leave a session with Jacquie feeling like they actually have a plan.