Susan Tatsui-D'Arcy Email & Phone Number

I'm the founder and director of Merit Educational Consultants, LLC, the Director of Merit Academy: Education for Excellence, and the Director of the NEW Merit Academy International.As founder and director of Merit Educational Consultants, LLC, I developed ProjectMERIT where students do individual projects over a 3-4 year time period to understand what it is to initiate something and follow through with it until its completion. I marveled at how it made these students confident and dynamic. To give all kids the opportunity that my girls had, I wrote the book Beat the College Admissions Game: Do a Project! ProjectMERIT is the focal point of my college advisory practice. Over 60% of my clients do projects and they get into top colleges, even when they don't have perfect GPA's or SAT/ACT scores.Although I'm best known for getting kids into great colleges and winning big scholarship dollars, I also take pride in working with at-risk students and turning them around. I love working with students who just need someone to care and someone to guide them.In addition to our Advisory Services, MERIT also provides a comprehensive educational approach through Merit Academy, an independent school. The Academy provides a carefully designed course load that incorporates the core learning desires of the students and embraces the full spectrum of learning from Merit Academy's kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum. Our approach and educational philosophy extend from Merit's Story.Specialties: College Advising and Educational Consulting:ProjectMERIT (selection and guidance)College Admissions Support (majors, applications, essays)4-year College Plan (GEs, majors, internship, requirements)Tutoring (all subjects with 40+ tutors)Home School (curriculum, set-up, guidance)Child Care (design, set-up, curriculum, guidance)

Listed skills include Curriculum Design, Teaching, Tutoring, Public Speaking, and 23 others.