Client/Colleague Feedback

I was extremely impressed with how Karen built up the college/university guidance department [of  ISS] from 2002-2008, taking it from minimal function to being a comprehensive system to inform, guide, and provide testing for students interested in pursuing tertiary education in various parts of the world.                    

Rebecca J-B  (Former Middle School Principal, International School of Stuttgart)

Karen has been, from the first moment of assuming the role, an exceptional guidance counsellor.  She was (and still is) full of ideas about how to improve the provision of guidance services [to students], not just in the strict area of college guidance, but also in the general area of career guidance.

Liam G.  (Administrator - International School of Stuttgart)

Mrs. Ekman-Baur has excellent relationships with parents and has notable contacts both in the local community and in the wider world of international education.  She gives excellent advice to individual students and has a long record of her charges being offered suitable university and college placements.  Mrs. Ekman-Baur invariably has a fine rapport with young people, and the set of skills she has developed in such relationships, while based on long experience, are always exercised with a freshness and spontaneity to which students readily and enthusiastically respond.

John P.  (Former Secondary Principal - International School of Stuttgart)    

I really enjoyed working with Mrs Ekman-Baur.  As a non-American wanting to study in a U.S. college, it is not easy, especially when you are only starting the whole process in your senior year.  My parents and I did not really know how the whole application process worked or even what universities I should apply to.  Mrs Ekman-Baur was of great assistance:  She explained and helped me throughout the whole application process - always making sure I had done all the required tests (e.g. TOEFL, SAT, ACT) and that I had a complete and ‘good looking’ application.  I applied to ten colleges, which I would surely not have done if she had not been there to support me.  Working with Mrs Ekman-Baur was very pleasant because she was always there to answer my questions and help me, and that always with a smile.  I was accepted to far more universities than I thought I would be, which was great, but then came the most difficult part of all - making the final decision!

Annabelle L.  (Student client)

My family had the opportunity to work with Karen while trying to find the right colleges for our kids.  Trying to break the code on the "college world" is an intimidating, non-intuitive process, and Karen helped us to decipher it all - from college selection to financing recommendations.  Karen's wealth of experience was invaluable, and we highly recommend her services to absolutely anyone looking towards higher education.

Pat T.  (Parent of student client)