About Us

Staff

Ginger Fay, Director of Fay College Counseling, has worked in college admissions and counseling for 15 years.  From 1994 to 1999, she was an admissions officer at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.  Her responsibilities included administering student volunteer programs, overseeing the transfer admissions process, and recruiting applicants from five Midwestern states.

From 1999 to 2003, Ginger was an Associate Director of College Counseling at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.  While at Andover, Ginger also served as a residential house counselor and as Assistant Coach of the New England Championship Girls Varsity Swim team.

From 2003 to 2006, Ginger was the Director of Alumni Relations at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, where she served as an advocate for alumni in all facets of the school, including the admission process and the Board of Trustees.

Ginger has read over 6,000 college applications including nearly 20,000 essays, counseled more than 300 students and spoken at 50 high schools on the topic of college admissions.  She is the author of “Don’t Die for Duke; Putting Joy and Common Sense Back in the College Admissions Process,” which appeared in the Winter 2003 issue of Independent School magazine.

Ginger holds a B.A. and Master’s degrees from Duke University.  She is an associate member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA). IECA is a non-profit, international professional association representing experienced, full-time independent educational advisors.

She is also a member of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and WISER, a DC-based organization whose mission is to improve educational services and promote child advocacy by providing resources to children and parents.

Philosophy

The college admission process presents students with the opportunity to make their own decisions – to discover their strengths and identify those places that best allow them to grow fully into themselves.  In the midst of an increasingly competitive marketplace, however, it is difficult for students to hold onto these values and lessons in a climate that asks only, “How is this going to look on my college application?”

Fay College Counseling is committed to helping students identify those schools that are the best matches for their individual interests, talents and goals, and to helping them prepare the strongest applications to those schools.  Fay CC partners with students and their families on the journey to college as they navigate the sometimes murky waters of the college admission process.

Our commitments to our clients:

• To empower students to take control of their college search
• To educate students and parents about the college application process
• To ensure that applications are completed accurately, compellingly and punctually
• To support parents in their search for need-based financial aid and merit scholarships

To Contact Us or Ask a Question:
Phone: 202-420-0793
E-mail: gfay@faycc.com

By mail:
1207 Floral St NW
Washington, D.C. 20012