Testimonials
I met Zachary Wyman several years ago: it was a memorable and constructive meeting. Zachary guided our two sons at the end of their Baccalaureate. Up until their graduation, he worked in a very professional, structured and rigorous manner, listening to and respecting each child's personality. As parents, we felt secure and were regularly informed of the application procedures throughout. He is exceptionally knowledgeable about the university admissions process in England and the US and I would recommend him to anyone who wants to send their child to study abroad. Zachary will succeed in finding the best university for their skills while respecting their individual needs.
Mr. Wyman guided our two daughters in their plans to study abroad in a very professional manner. He knew how to help them find their paths in a highly personalised way, considering their aptitudes and interests, in order to choose the universities best suited to them. Mr. Wyman has a perfect knowledge of the English university system and a great sensitivity for capturing the personality of each young person to find their appropriate educational path. His help has been extremely precious and even invaluable to us.
The Why Connection has been an invaluable source of guidance, support and coaching for my three children. Specifically Zachary (who helped my daughter secure a BSc at Queen Mary in London and an MSc at Imperial College Business School, as well as secure a place for my son Alexander at Manchester University) and Praveen (who secured places for my son Carl at Durham and Exeter University) take a highly tailored approach to each student, carefully seeking to understand their aspirations, drivers and objectives to obtain the best possible outcomes for them. The Why Connection truly achieves exceptional results because of this highly focused and personalised approach, thereby ensuring ambitious and optimal choices are made and, most importantly, met. My deepest and most unreserved thanks and praise.
Three children, three projects, three reasons to be immensely grateful to you. From History to business school to Engineering, from England to the United States, you have known how to guide each in the groundwork to refine their choices and their subjects, to encourage them and advise them in their academic and extracurricular pathways, to help them identify the most suitable programmes and colleges. Your deep knowledge of both systems and of the specificities and expectations of each establishment has been crucial. Your perfectionism, your ability to listen and to question the students until they find what motivates them and what makes them original, your capacity to guide them in the presentation of their personality, of their interests, and of their plans, to transform puzzle pieces into a coherent and powerful holistic picture has allowed each one to gain their first choice, and above all to get to know themselves better – a pathway whose interest goes far beyond the Personal Statement.
Our daughter and son worked with Zachary for their post-Baccalaureate academic orientation. Zachary helped them to make choices for internships as well as for summer schools at universities in the UK, which allowed them to refine their interests and discover a different style of learning than the one they knew in France. Their exchanges with Zachary allowed them to reflect deeply about their wishes, values and post-Baccalaureate studies, which drove them to consider the possibility of studying in and outside France. Zachary took a benevolent approach when leading our children, considering their individual particularities to find the options that would give them long-lasting happiness, both personally and professionally. Thank you to Zachary and Valérie for their precious help.
A high-quality accompaniment. Rigorous and demanding as well as benevolent and advisory; difficulties iron themselves out thanks to Zachary Wyman. My two children have been listened to, advised, and guided in their choices remarkably.
Zachary Wyman is a true professional. Caring and a good listener, he guided our four children in their applications with great professionalism. Thanks to him, our children have followed courses that appeal to them and in which they have flourished. Thank you, Zachary! Merci Zachary !
Zachary was THE essential part of my daughter’s college research process. There are so many choices today that just the thought of applying is overwhelming. Zachary helped not only my daughter Sofia analyse then sort out her options but also he helped us parents understand her choices and desires. Through his work with Sofia over several months, Zachary allowed Sofia to discover her personal strengths and enabled her to express them eloquently in her college essay. Today, as Freshman at Barnard College, Sofia regards Zachary not just as a college advisor but as a mentor who led her to self discovery.
Zachary is truly committed and makes himself available to help young people find the domain in which they can flourish, without any preconceived ideas. Then, after drawing up a plan of action, Zachary brings these projects to fruition, guiding the students through the entirety of sometimes long and complex application processes. We shall call upon his services again for our younger ones!
Zachary Wyman was extremely efficient with my two daughters: he was able to find the most suitable universities and programs for them in England (LSE for one and Royal Holloway for the other) by actively engaging them in the process. They were accepted at all the programmes they applied to! I can hardly believe it. I have particularly appreciated his benevolent pedagogical approach. His perfect knowledge of French and Anglophone educational systems is a major asset. Our family is extremely grateful to him for the work he accomplished and the richness of our exchanges.
My first encounter with Zachary was a stroke of luck. It was an opportunity I pursued as my friends had spoken to me about him and it proved to be everything I had hoped for. The first appointment more than met expectations; everything was open and anything was possible. I trusted him and was right to do so. He guided my sensitive daughter through a period of uncertainty and knew how to give her an objective. He gave her time. He rose to the challenge of finding where she was in her journey before carrying her to other horizons. A wonderful pedagogical introduction. A brilliant listener.
Mr. Wyman’s guidance for our two sons has been crucial in making the right choices for their higher education. He not only helped them throughout the year to think about themselves and what they would like to do, but also about what would be best suited to their personalities and capacities – all with goodwill and a positive and constructive spirit. We remember it not only as a very rich exchange but also as a wonderful human encounter. Mr. Wyman not only knew how to engage our children and help them grow to become responsible people, but also how to communicate with us and reassure us throughout often complex administrative procedures.
We could genuinely write a book about how happy we are for our children! Zachary contributed to the joy of our daughter, who is truly enthusiastic about her studies at Cambridge: she is enjoying the unique proximity to professors and a fabulous student life. With passion, Zachary managed to divine the personality of our child and find the programme best suited to her. The preparation was serious and without constraints, the plan coming together progressively and very naturally. Our eldest also benefited from Zachary’s experience and is finishing his Master’s in Biotechnology at Imperial College London after a Bachelor’s at UCL – a niche that we alone would never have found. We are just as happy for our eldest children as for our youngest, who is currently in Première (11th grade) – you shall meet her very soon, Zachary!