Reply to NYC college counselor charging $750k for Ivy advice

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "NYC college counselor charging $750k for Ivy advice "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot defend the price, but OP I doubt that you understand what elite top 12 universities are seeking. You certainly did get that from those websites.[/quote]

Actually, I know what they are looking for. I interview for one (HYP) and have for 25 years. I’ve watched who gets in from the DC region since I started. The high stats kids without the below no longer get in.  They want at least one of the following and maybe 2 or more

-world class research as a high school kid. I mean multiple publications, awards etc. 
-URM / first in family to go 
-kid from part of the world or US where very few apply to that college (dakotas yes, rural Maine yes, Bethesda no)
-legacy where parent donates at least $2m (a mere 250k or annual giving every year is a no)
-recruited athlete. The more niche the sport, the better. Fencing would be A+
-if not URM, and especially if private school kid 1530+ and 4.0++

The counselor charging $750k can’t control most on that list. Their mere existence, of course, co-locates with the $2m mega donor.

[/quote]

Thank you for your service. I would note that there are a lot of public school kids in this area, particularly in the magnets and the W schools, who have scores and grades above 1530 and 4.0. It's the rest of your note that's interesting. It's a reminder that it is so pointless for smart kids to even bother applying to HYP and I'd add Stanford. That's at least $320 in application fees saved right there. Shoot your shot at MIT. At least they play fair and strive to be a school for the best and brightest. But I would imagine that over the next 10-20 years the reputational cost of a HYPS degree will suffer considerably. The truly brilliant kids will go to Cal Tech, Michigan, and Rice. And the rich fencing students will go to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. I don't know about Stanford. Used to be a fun nerd school, but I think they all lay low now for four years and hope they get picked up by a firm on Sand Hill Road. Boring. Regardless, I think HYPS have really rolled the dice with their admissions preferences. But if there are some older people willing to pay 750k for this kind of college advice, something something fool money parted, And how do I get that job.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics