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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Knowing this, it seems like a waste to even try to get into an Ivy

https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-ivy-league-prep-ultrawealthy-30k-schools-and-resumes-2025-9

On the other hand, why do billionaires even need this kind of college counseling service when they can just use their influence and connections?[/quote]

Interesting: Nguyen said that exclusive semester-away programs lik[b]e The Mountain School, The Island School, and Alzar School [/b]— each costing around $30,000 or more per term — have become increasingly popular among his clients.

Kid at T10, and has met several kids who've done these semester away programs at 2 of these schools. It's VERY VERY popular and a signal to AO.[/quote]

I’m surprised that those schools are considered big pluses on an application. I know kids who have gone to all three of them. I am pretty sure they did it for the experience and to gain some maturity. None are at top colleges now.[/quote]

My kid desperately wants to go the the Island School but I never saw it as a significant college bump--just an amazing experience and possible essay topic. [/quote]

You are right - it is not a bump. For certain kids, it is an awesome experience, they make lifelong friends, they solidify some of their academic and other interests - and so for them, it complements, perhaps expands on the story of their application. At our school, it is actually difficult to navigate academically because there are certain ways our curriculum does not align with the semester away programs, so the kids are playing catchup to make sure they are hitting all the academic classes they want/need despite the semester missed. [/quote]

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