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The Southeast's Leading Independent Educational Consulting Firm

College Planning • Boarding School Placement • Neurodiversity Support — 

Greenville, SC & Serving Families Nationwide


Bowdre Educational Consulting supports families navigating college planning, gap years, boarding school placement, learning differences, and globally mobile lives with clarity and intention.


As the largest independent consulting firm in Upstate SC, we are driven to provide bespoke, relationship-driven advisory that meets each family where they are — and guides them where they are meant to go.


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Acceptances include top liberal arts colleges, military academies, boarding schools, honors programs, and specialized gap year programs. Every student. Every path.


Our students have been accepted to Duke, Emory, NYU, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, UNC, UGA, Clemson, and colleges across the country.
 

WHAT BOWDRE FAMILIES SAY...

"I didn't know how to support my daughter through the college process — it felt overwhelming from the start. Bowdre took her under her wing from day one, and the results speak for themselves: accepted to 8 colleges, every single one a beautiful fit, and over $300,000 in scholarships earned. I can only describe it as a godsend. If you are on the fence about working with her, get off the fence." 

 — Parent of a College Senior, Upstate SC

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We work with families whose children are:

We work with families whose children are:

We work with families whose children are:

  • Navigating college admissions or alternative pathways
     
  • Considering gap years or boarding school
     
  • Managing learning differences, ADHD, autism, or executive functioning challenges
     
  • Competing in elite athletics or performing arts
     
  • Growing up in globally mobile, Foreign Service, or military families

THE BOWDRE METHOD™

We work with families whose children are:

We work with families whose children are:

Educational Strategy Before Admissions


  • Fit Over Prestige – belonging and sustainability matter more than rankings
     
  • Multiple Pathways – college is one outcome, not the only one
     
  • Whole-Student Planning – academics, mental health, EF, and family systems
     
  • Long-View Thinking – decisions made for adulthood, not just senior year
     
  • High-Touch Execution – no outsourcing your child’s future

SERVICES

SERVICES

SERVICES

  • College Planning & Application Strategy
     
  • Gap Year Consulting
     
  • Boarding School Placement
     
  • Learning Differences & Neurodiversity Support
     
  • Educational Planning for Globally Mobile Families


  • K-12 Placement & Strategy


  • Therapeutic Placement 

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SERVICES

SERVICES

  • Engaging conversations with educators, school leaders, entrepreneurs, authors, and families navigating pivotal educational decisions. Thoughtful insight. Practical strategy. Honest perspective.




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Bowdre Educational Consulting works with every kind of student. Our clients include high achievers targeting selective universities, student-athletes navigating recruitment, performing artists building college audition portfolios, students considering boarding school or gap years, and students with learning differences who need an advocate who truly understands their profile. What our students have in common isn't a diagnosis or a GPA — it's a family that wants more than a name on a sweatshirt. They want the right fit.

Think we could be the right fit? Text us!

Text 910-850-0048 to chat with Bowdre and get started!

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