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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just posted a few minutes ago in the comments of the article. Probably not legit, but who knows. This article is getting some traction in WSJ comments!

Stephen M
21 minutes ago

Application Mentor here at Crimson. I assure you to the depths of my soul that Crimson is engaged in outright, wholesale application fraud. There are no official editorial guidelines whatsoever, so tutors end up writing parts or most of student essays on their behalf.  It is the opposite of pedagogically informed feedback a professional English teacher would provide.

Many Crimson students are absolutely abysmal writers. There is literally no way to get them to construct even halfway decent responses than by providing the language ourselves. Crimson administration turns are completely blind eye to this practice and even tacitly encourages it.

This is a criminal-level consultancy every admissions officer in the US should be aware of.[/quote]

"Stephen M" is either an imposter or out of a job now.[/quote]

If you've read other articles on Crimson from parents who have used them, it's kind of a revolving door over there.  Lots of people talk about being assigned one mentor and getting shuffled to another one or two others because people who work as their mentors don't stay in that position for very long - some go on to other jobs and the good ones realize that they are giving too much $$ to the house and they could make a lot more money by hanging their own shingle.  Talk about a job that has low barriers to entry - just graduate from a top school and you can work from home anywhere and set your own schedule and pricing scheme.[/quote]

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