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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has nothing do with the colleges, and everything to do with the consultants. Ivy Coach's entire business premise is that the pointiest kids will win the prize. And they are ever willing to sharpen your kid right up... for a fee.

No doubt, being pointy is one of several different strategies, all of which have a grain of truth/success to them. But they have staked their financial existence on, "This is the way, the one true way," and done so transparently (10 minutes on their website will confirm this).

So take it with a grain of salt. Everybody is selling what they are selling. If this strategy is the right one for your student, go with it. Hard.

But if it isn't, you don't have the wrong kid. You have the wrong strategy. [/quote]

This is why I think my kid did so well —in at an Ivy, T10s, 20s with no hooks, white kid. We didn’t use a counselor.  He didn’t bullsh@t. His essays were authentic.  He and we knew him the best.  Getting some stranger to craft a fake image is about the worst thing you can do.  Turns out bland and sounding like everyone else, sounds fake and packaged.  I think they can smell that from 100 mines away. [/quote]

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