DR. SHAWN MARIE GARRETT
∙ Co-founder and Director of Educational Consulting, GPS Academy Great Neck, a subsidiary of Linghang International Education Group, Inc. (private)
∙ Co-founder, Director of Educational Consulting, Long Island Scholars (nonprofit)
∙ Board Secretary, Co-director of Communications, yale.NYC
∙ Associate Member, Independent Educational Consultants Association
∙ Facilitator, TED-Ed Club of Long Island
∙ Member, Women's Diversity Network
∙ D.F.A., M.F.A., Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama
∙ B.A. cum laude with Honors in English, Duke University
INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT
Dr. Shawn Marie Garrett has always felt passionately about education and educational equity.
In the belief that teaching and learning are the most rewarding of pursuits — and that opportunities to learn should be extended equally to all — Dr. Garrett has taught and counseled teens and young adults throughout her career, both in and out of the classroom, independently and through her service to educational institutions including Yale University, Barnard College, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, and private secondary schools. She was honored to receive the Gladys Brooks Award for Excellence in Teaching and a nomination for the Emily Gregory Teaching Award at Barnard College, among other recognitions of her writing and teaching.
Since 2019, Dr. Garrett has served as an independent educational consultant, guiding high school students and their families towards successful transitions from high school to the colleges (or transfer colleges) of their choice. She works primarily with people aged 14 - 22 in:
achieving college readiness, access, and success;
finding, creating, and developing meaningful extracurricular activities, internships, jobs, and passion projects;
acquiring college-level research, writing, and speaking skills (as a TED-Ed Club facilitator, Dr. Garrett supports students in developing TED Talks on topics of their choosing);
sucessfully completing application processes (for summer programs, STEM and humanities competitions, publication opportunities, undergraduate study, transfer, and scholarships).
Dr. Garrett serves as Director of Educational Consulting for GPS Academy Great Neck, the Long Island office of a private global firm (Linghang International Education Group, Inc.).
She also runs Long Island Scholars a 501(c)(3) which supports under-resourced public high school students in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and in Brooklyn and Queens in college and career readiness and access. Students receive individualized coaching in:
researching, developing, preparing and applying for pre-college activities, programs, competitions;
developing and writing their resumes;
approaching college admissions (applications, essays, and financial aid) strategically;
planning and preparing for standardized tests;
planning and preparing for International Baccalaureate exams;
writing effectively in multiple genres for high school, college, career.
2021-22 Admissions Outcomes
Admissions outcomes for seniors and transfer students Dr. Garrett supported through the 2021-22 admissions cycle through programs run by Long Island Scholars (nonprofit), GPS ACADEMY Great Neck (private), College Essay Guy's Matchlighters Scholars Program (nonprofit) and Questbridge National College Match (nonprofit) -- approximately 75% of students are low-income and/or first-generation, 100% are students of color:
Baruch College, CUNY
Brandeis University
Brown University
Case Western Reserve University
City College, CUNY
Columbia University
Cornell University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hunter College, CUNY
New York University
Northeastern University
Penn State University
Princeton University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
St. John's University
Stony Brook University
SUNY Albany
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Buffalo
Stanford University
Syracuse University
University of Notre Dame
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
Villanova University
Wharton School (undergraduate), University of Pennsylvania