Cardinal Education

Cardinal Education is an educational consulting firm founded in 2004 by Allen Koh in the Bay Area. It provides bespoke guidance to families navigating admissions to elite private schools, boarding schools and colleges, alongside test preparation and academic coaching. The firm serves families across the United States and globally and operates from multiple locations.

Its services are organised around several lines of work. Private School Admissions Consulting and Boarding School Admissions Consulting offer strategic guidance for applications and placement. College Admissions Consulting addresses both academic performance and character development in the elite college admissions process. Test Preparation supports students' academic results, while Academic Coaching is designed to help students build skills for work in and out of the classroom.

The firm describes its service model as white-glove and bespoke, and its stated philosophy pairs skill-building with character development, encouraging students to articulate their own vision of success. The team is made up of educators, and the company was established to address a gap in educational support available to families. Its fields of work include educational consulting, admissions consulting, test preparation, academic coaching, character development and educational planning.