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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You just don’t know the whole story sometimes. I know an average kid at an ivy and it turned out their rich  uncle had donated a building to the university. Or there was the kid who had a parent who worked for the president  and was able to get a reference letter for the kid from the president. Harvard has a huge legacy advantage. I know someone very average who graduated from Princeton but then she mentioned she had legacy status there going back many generations. Her sister, dad, grandfather, uncle, great grandfather, etc went there. Others I knew used Ivy Coach to help prep their applications. There are many back doors into the Ivy schools [/quote]

What ivy league college admits underqualified legacy applicants that are not also development admits or otherwise hooked?  I don't think any do. 
 Legacy, at best, gets you knocked in off the fence before the thousands of other qualified applicants just like you.

Oh, and Ivy Coach cannot polish an application so that an average kid gets admitted to an elite school.  No matter how much they charge.  Nor can any other consultant. 0% chance.[/quote]

Please, tell us how you know....[/quote]

Because if there were secrets they wouldn't be secrets long.  And yes, I have investigated many of these firms and ultimately chose not to hire them. A good, fair-priced consultant can add commensurate value, but there are no secrets, no shortcuts, and no tricks that are not known and frequently referred to here as hooks.

A few good admissions books, preferably written by former ivy adcoms, will be just as valuable and much cheaper.[/quote]

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