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| Company type | Educational Counseling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, USA |
Key people | Brian Taylor, Bev Taylor |
| Website | https://www.ivycoach.com/ |
Ivy Coach is a New York-based private college counseling firm that assists students from around the world in gaining admission to Ivy League colleges as well as other highly selective universities. Under the direction of Bev and Brian Taylor and their team of former Ivy League and elite college admissions officers, Ivy Coach is regularly cited by major news publications as a source of advice on Ivy League and highly selective college admission. In reference to the firm's tell-it-like-it-is approach, the newspaper of Dartmouth College has editorialized, "Way to tell it like is is, Ivy Coach."[1]
Outspokenness on College Admissions
editThe firm has been cited by news outlets on a number of issues surrounding the Ivy League and highly selective college admissions process over the years, such as:
− Championing the need for college applicants to demonstrate a singular, compelling talent rather than well-roundedness.[2]
− Calling for highly selective colleges to cease their discriminatory policies aimed at Asian American and Asian applicants.[3]
− Emphasizing the importance of college applicants applying through early decision or early action policies.[4]
− Discrediting the notion that high school summer programs at elite colleges help a student's subsequent case for admission.[5]
− Offering insight into the advantage legacy applicants and development cases, or the children of donors, can have in the admissions process.[6]
- Bringing to the public's attention the existence of Harvard's secret backdoor for the ultra rich, the Harvard Z-List.[7]
− Questioning the term 'need-blind admissions' by asserting that colleges rely on tuition dollars and that colleges cannot truly be need-blind if admissions officers are privy to the answer of whether or not students need financial aid on college applications.[8]
− Touting the importance of excelling on AP exams.[9]
- Highlighting the advantage males enjoy over females in the elite college admissions process due to attempts to gender-balance enrollment.[10]
− Holding elite colleges accountable for turning a blind eye to hateful rhetoric aimed at Jewish students on their campuses in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel.[11]
- Spotlighting how elite colleges have taken advantage of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' loophole within the high court's decision striking down affirmative action.[12]
Criticism
editIn a cottage industry of private college counseling firms in which many such firms charge high fees for their expertise, Ivy Coach's fees are at the high end of the range for such services. CNBC and Barron's have cited Ivy Coach's fee to be over $100,000, leading some to suggest the firm helps the rich get richer. Ivy Coach is not shy about its fees; the firm has also made a longstanding commitment to helping some of America's veterans on a pro bono basis earn admission each year to the highly selective colleges of their dreams.[13][14][15]
References
edit- ^ Li, Michelle (January 23, 2014). "I Can Teach You, But I'll Have to Charge". The Dartmouth.
- ^ Ozment, Katherine (April 4, 2012). "Harvard Posts Record Low Acceptance Rate". Boston Magazine.
- ^ Lin, Paul (September 2016). "September 2016 Edition of CUNY TV's Asian American Life". Asian American Life.
- ^ Loftus, Margaret (September 12, 2011). "Know if Applying to College Early is Right for You". US News & World Report.
- ^ Penn, Alyson (April 21, 2014). "Don't Waste Money Sending Your Kids To Those Fancy College Summer Camps". Business Insider.
- ^ Moore, Justine (March 12, 2013). "Connections to University can affect admissions decision". The Stanford Daily.
- ^ Schlott, Rikki (November 6, 2023). "Need Blind Admissions Is A Lie". The New York Post.
- ^ Taylor, Bev (July 24, 2014). "Need Blind Admissions Is A Lie". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Spencer, Kyle (August 16, 2016). "Taking Summer School to Get Ahead, Not Catch Up". The New York Times.
- ^ Dominus, Susan (September 8, 2023). "'There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys". The New York Times.
- ^ Griswold, Niki (January 5, 2024). "'Harvard is Harvard': Will controversy harm university's reputation?". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Weissmann, Jordan (June 19, 2023). "'How John Roberts remade the college application essay". Semafor.
- ^ Ward, Sandra. "The Grand Tour, College Admissions-Style". Barron's.
- ^ Booth, Barbara (November 12, 2014). "How much would you pay to get your kid into Harvard?". CNBC.
- ^ "Pro Bono College Admissions Help".