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ivywise produces proven results and helps students realize their potential and achieve their goals .
ivywise students are three times more likely to gain admission to highly selective colleges .
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ivywise empowers students to live up to their highest possible potential, both academically and personally .
dr. kat, ivywise’s founder and ceo, is also a member of our team of expert counselors, working with a select number of students and heading the round table review process, wherein ivywise students receive edits and feedback from the entire ivywise team including our board of advisors .
ivywise empowers students to live up to their highest possible potential, both academically and personally. for over
in 2017, 91% of ivywise students were accepted into one or more of their top 3 schools .
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his year our team of expert counselors worked with one of the largest senior classes in ivywise history. it was a successful college application season, with 92% of ivywise students gaining acceptance to one or more of their top three choice colleges. the schools to which ivywise students gained admission included all eight ivy league universities, stanford university, johns hopkins university, duke university, and mit, to name a few. in total, ivywise students were accepted to over 260 colleges this year !
dr. kat cohen is the founder and ceo of ivywise and one of the leading independent university admissions counselors in the world .
dr. katherine cohen, the founder and ceo of ivywise, is one of the nation' s top independent college counselors .
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october 2012: k - state’s top - of - the - line living facilities and resident assistants are recognized on the today show by the organization ivywise .
cornell: 57% of ivywise students who applied this year were accepted (cornell reported a 14. 9% admission rate for the class of 2019. )
admission to private, boarding, and independent schools can be very competitive. at ivywise, we offer services to help families navigate the primary and secondary school admissions process .
we caught up with brian to get this thoughts on receiving multiple ivy league acceptances, how he’s deciding which college to attend, and how ivywise helped him accomplish his goals .
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ivywise has been in business for over 20 years and our team has over 150 years of combined experience. we help students get into their best - fit schools through our proven methodology .
ivywise k - 12 services are available for students of all ages, including those entering k - 8, new york city high schools, independent and non - boarding schools, and boarding schools .
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dr. kat cohen is one of the leading independent university admissions counselors in the world. cohen is the founder and ceo of ivywise, a comprehensive educational consulting company—with expertise in admissions counseling, tutoring and test preparation, and school research—that works with students globally in over 40 countries to help them get into the schools of their choice. ivywise is comprised of a team of ex deans and directors of admission from the most selective universities .
working with some students as early as 10th grade, consultants, like those at ivywise, help students build their portfolios and identities in the
soft factors
like interests and activities, in efforts to aid the admissions process .
q: what was your experience with college counseling before working with ivywise? brian: my experience with my high school’s college counselor had also been very pleasant. my school is relatively small, so i was able to meet up with the counselor frequently and practice for important parts of the application, like interviews. however, my counselor at ivywise was able to provide individualized care that was just logistically impossible for my high school’s college counselor. this included immediate back and forth feedback on parts of my application, even when it got very late into the night. all in all, both my high school’s and ivywise’s counselor were great and very qualified. it was very helpful to have varying opinions from multiple people supporting you .
admissions is about more than just test scores and grades. colleges take a holistic approach to evaluating applications, considering activities, interests, and other factors outside of numbers, and ivywise takes that same holistic approach when counseling students. the ivywise methodology empowers students to identify and utilize their strengths and interests. our counseling, tutoring, and research services are seamlessly integrated to give students the most comprehensive support available. this counseling approach is unmatched – there’s no other consultancy that offers this service .
dr. katherine cohen (known as “dr. kat” to her students) is one of the leading independent university admissions counselors in the world. cohen is the founder and ceo of ivywise, a comprehensive educational consulting company—with expertise in admissions counseling, tutoring and test preparation, and school research–that works with students globally in over 40 countries to help them get into the schools of their choice. ivywise is comprised of a team of ex deans and directors of admission from the most selective universities .
years, ivywise has been dedicated to helping students find the schools that will be a good fit for them, where they will be happy and succeed. our team has over 150 years of combined experience and we have worked with thousands of students .
for over 20 years, ivywise has been dedicated to helping students find the schools that will be a good fit for them, where they will be happy and succeed. our team has over 150 years of combined experience and we have worked with thousands of students. in 2017, 91% of ivywise students were accepted into one or more of their three top - choice schools, and in our entire 20 year history, less than 1% of our students have ever transferred from their original school .
ivywise can arrange individual tutoring in all academic subject areas from kindergarten through middle school, as well as comprehensive standardized test preparation. tutors are matched with students based on the subject area students need assistance with, as well as fit, teaching style, and other parameters .
cohen graduated from brown university in 1989 and earned a ph. d. in latin american literature from yale university in 1997. she founded her business, ivywise, that same year. today, she advises about 20 clients at a time, at a rate of $ 33, 000 each (gardner, 2001) .
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cohen graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from brown university. she continued her studies at yale university, receiving two masters degrees and a phd. she also received her certificate in college admission counseling from u. c. l. a. extension. prior to founding ivywise, she served as a reader in the yale university office of admissions, evaluating applications to yale college .
dr. kat cohen, ceo and founder of ivywise, sat down with daughter, sienna, to have an honest conversation as part of the talk to me campaign. over the course of their conversation they delve into sienna' s ambitions, kat' s hopes for her daughter' s future and kat' s role as an educational consultant. there is also a little revelation about how much candy sienna is actually consuming ...
q: what aspect of counseling do you think helped you the most? brian: i think that the feedback on the essays was the most helpful part of the counseling. my counselor, having been an admission officer, was very familiar with strengths and weaknesses of college essays. furthermore, my essays received feedback and tips from other members of the ivywise team. through all of their help i felt that i improved the most in the essays aspect .
in a profile published in the new york times earlier this month, ms. viswanathan said that while she was in high school, her parents hired katherine cohen, founder of ivywise, a private counseling service, to help with the college application process. after reading some of ms. viswanathan' s writing, ms. cohen put her in touch with the william morris agency, and ms. viswanathan eventually signed with jennifer rudolph walsh, an agent there .
it’s no wonder that health and medicine are top of mind in august, as this month is national immunization awareness month, national psoriasis month, cataract awareness month, neurosurgery outreach month, and spinal muscular atrophy month in the united states. if you’ve been bitten by the medical bug and are considering a career in the field of medicine, the expert counselors at ivywise have just the cure! we’ve done a healthy dose of research and compiled a list of schools where you can make (or witness) medical history .
february is black history month, a time to celebrate those who improved the lives of african americans in the us. there are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) in the us today. these schools were originally established with the intention of serving the black community, and have evolved into some of the nation’s preeminent educational centers. for students interested in schools with a rich cultural history, dr. kat and the expert counselors at ivywise have identified a list of colleges with strong roots in african american history .
a key talent | my communication skills – and not just how i carry on a conversation. i do my due diligence to learn everything i can about the people i’m meeting with and their backgrounds. i speak many languages and always work on picking up more, but i’ve also traveled a lot in order to learn about other cultures. communication is also about understanding different personalities. having engaged with a wide variety of parents and students through my company, ivywise, i’m better able to communicate with them and others outside of my business .
who cares about anything besides real estate, ivf, and getting into prestigious exclusive colleges? not new york, clearly. this week' s inferiority - complex inducer is an article about the insane impossibility of getting into college, wherein crazily overqualified applicants are evaluated, then dismissed (
a red flag is the ping pong club
it still puts him in the right range for a minority, socioeconomically disadvantaged student
) by an expert :
katherine cohen, ceo and founder of ivywise, a school - admissions consulting company .
though it may seem hard to believe, the topic of women’s history is a relatively recent addition to higher education, having been largely absent prior to the 1970s. to address this issue, the education task force of california established women’s history week. strong support eventually led to congress declaring march as women’s history month, and today thousands of events celebrate the accomplishments of female leaders in various fields. for students interested in women’s history and gender studies, dr. kat and the expert counselors at ivywise have identified a list of colleges and programs that would make susan b. anthony proud .
beyond the $ 20, 000 - plus a year she spends on anna' s tuition, she has invested thousands more on separate math and verbal sat tutors - -
i believe in specialists ,
susan pronounces, sitting in the library of her sun - splashed park avenue apartment on a recent morning. however, the priciest member of her daughter' s college - admissions swat team undoubtedly is dr. katherine cohen, the founder of ivywise, a college - consulting firm, and possibly new york' s youngest, probably its most handsomely compensated, and without a doubt its hippest independent college - guidance counselor .
i don’t just focus on education though – i find inspiration in a variety of places. i’m a consumer of literature, art, culture, news, music, environments, and more. i’m fueled by a constant curiosity – anything from the latest interesting novel to revisiting a book i read a long time ago. environments and the people you surround yourself with can also inspire growth. recently i went to art basel and i was so inspired by the art and the creative people i met there. i also travel a lot, both personally and for ivywise. visiting and working in places like the middle east and india keeps me informed and breeds creativity .
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kaavya viswanathan, the harvard sophomore accused of plagiarizing parts of her recently published chick - lit novel, acknowledged yesterday that she had borrowed language from another writer' s books, but called the copying
unintentional and unconscious .
the book ,
how opal mehta got kissed, got wild and got a life ,
was recently published by little, brown to wide publicity. on sunday, the harvard crimson reported that ms. viswanathan, who received $ 500, 000 as part of a deal for
opal
and one other book, had seemingly plagiarized language from two novels by megan mccafferty, an author of popular young - adult books .
in an e - mail message yesterday afternoon, ms. viswanathan, 19, said that in high school she had read the two books she is accused of borrowing from ,
sloppy firsts
and
second helpings ,
and that they
spoke to me in a way few other books did .
recently, i was very surprised and upset to learn that there are similarities between some passages in my novel,' how opal mehta got kissed, got wild and got a life,' and passages in these books ,
she said .
calling herself a
huge fan
of ms. mccafferty' s work, ms. viswanathan added ,
i wasn' t aware of how much i may have internalized ms. mccafferty' s words .
she also apologized to ms. mccafferty and said that future printings of the novel would be revised to
eliminate any inappropriate similarities .
michael pietsch, publisher of little, brown, said that ms. viswanathan planned to add an acknowledgment to ms. mccafferty in future printings of the book .
in her e - mail message, ms. viswanathan said that
the central stories of my book and hers are completely different .
but ms. mccafferty' s books, published by crown, a division of random house, are, like ms. viswanathan' s, about a young woman from new jersey trying to get into an ivy league college - - in her case, columbia. (ms. viswanathan' s character has her sights set on harvard .) like the heroine of
opal ,
ms. mccafferty' s character, jessica darling, visits the campus, strives to earn good grades to get in and makes a triumphant high school graduation speech .
and the borrowings may be more extensive than have previously been reported. the crimson cited 13 instances in which ms. viswanathan' s book closely paralleled ms. mccafferty' s work. but there are at least 29 passages that are strikingly similar .
at one point in
sloppy firsts ,
ms. mccafferty' s heroine unexpectedly encounters her love interest. ms. mccafferty writes :
though i used to see him sometimes at hope' s house, marcus and i had never, ever acknowledged each other' s existence before. so i froze, not knowing whether i should (a) laugh, (b) say something, or (c) ignore him and keep on walking. i chose a brilliant combo of (a) and (b) .
similarly, ms. viswanathan' s heroine, opal, bumps into her love interest, and the two of them spy on one of the school' s popular girls .
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ms. viswanathan writes :
though i had been to school with him for the last three years, sean whalen and i had never acknowledged each other' s existence before. i froze, unsure of (a) what he was talking about, or (b) what i was supposed to do about it. i stared at him .
' flatirons,' he said.' at least seven flatirons for that hair.'
' ha, yeah. uh, ha. ha.' i looked at the floor and managed a pathetic combination of laughter and monosyllables, then remembered that the object of our mockery was his former best friend .
ms. walsh said that she put ms. viswanathan in touch with a book packaging company, 17th street productions (now alloy entertainment), but that the plot and writing of
opal
were
1, 000 percent hers .
alloy, which referred questions to little, brown, holds the copyright to
opal
with ms. viswanathan .
in the times profile, ms. viswanathan said the idea for
opal
came from her own experiences in high school
surrounded by the stereotype of high - pressure asian and indian families trying to get their children into ivy league schools .
tina constable, a spokeswoman for crown, said a reader had noticed the similarities between the books. that person, she said ,
told megan. megan alerted us. we' ve alerted the little, brown legal department. we are waiting to hear from them .
it was unclear whether harvard would take any action against ms. viswanathan .
our policies apply to work submitted to courses ,
said robert mitchell, the director of communications for the faculty of arts and sciences at harvard .
nevertheless, we expect harvard students to conduct themselves with integrity and honesty at all times .
ms. walsh, the agent, said :
knowing what a fine person kaavya is, i believe any similarities were unintentional. teenagers tend to adopt each other' s language .
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cohen is the best - selling author of the truth about getting in and rock hard apps, and is a sought - after speaker and expert on university admissions. she is a ypo member, one of the most highly rated ypo speakers, and has been a faculty resource for ypo since 2000. cohen also speaks frequently to banks, corporations, and schools about the university admissions process. cohen serves as the higher education expert for linkedin and on the educational advisory board of react to film. she is routinely quoted in international media and regularly contributes to the today show, cnn, cnbc, fox business, forbes, the new york times, the huffington post, challenges, the wall street journal, businessweek, and entrepreneur .
cohen is a member of the national association of college admission counseling (nacac), the independent educational consultants association (ieca), the international association for college admission counseling (iacac), and the western association for college admission counseling (wacac). she has chaired the brown university alumni schools committee and is currently a member of the advisory board of the brown entrepreneurship program. she lives in new york city with her family .
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parents appreciate katherine cohen' s brains and her keen social instincts. girls appreciate her fashion sense. boys appreciate her good looks. all this has made her the east side' s hottest independent college counselor. but it still may not get your kid into yale .
aking the sats for the first time - - or even the third time, as many driven teenagers in search of the perfect 1, 600 do these days - - can constitute something akin to a near - death experience. but for anna, a senior at one of the city' s top private schools, it was even worse than that .
everything completely went wrong that day ,
says susan, anna' s mom, who has been involved, perhaps too involved, in her daughter' s quest to gain admission to a brand - name college .
it was a disaster, a horrible situation .
the proctor didn' t show up until minutes before the 9 a. m. start of the test, susan says, interrupted anna during the exam to register her, shortchanged her time on several sections (anna knows this because she was wearing a stopwatch at the suggestion of one of her sat tutors), and denied the teenager an entirely permissible bathroom break. furthermore, a street festival was getting under way outside the testing center that fateful saturday morning, further adding to anna' s woes .
when the test was over, she was hysterical, crying ,
recalls her mother .
everything that could go wrong did go wrong. they study, we pay for tutors, they' re nervous wrecks .
while susan may have overreacted somewhat - - she shot off a five - page, single - spaced, handwritten letter to the educational testing service, called the organization' s president, and thought of suing (
i could have had the proctor on trial ,
she explains ,
but my husband refused to let me do it
) - - she had reason to be upset .
katherine is very cool ,
anna attests .
she' s got great fashion sense. her apartment is really cool. she started her own business. she cares about her clients. and she looks great in a bikini .
guys lust after her and the girls want to be like her ,
observes john katzman, the head of princeton review and a friend of cohen' s .
the kids don' t see a straight line between where they are right now and older academic guys ,
he adds .
it' s easier to see the straight line to kat. she' s only a couple of years older and much less parental .
brandon gross, a former client of cohen' s and a sophomore at brown university, denies that his interest in his tutor extended beyond having her help him craft a crack personal essay, though he admits she caused quite a stir at his birthday party .
my friends couldn' t believe she was my college counselor ,
he says .
kat, as her awestruck proteges call her, is part of a prosperous new breed of private counselors who are helping the children of the rich attain their birthright of getting accepted to the ivy league college of their choice despite the ever - mounting odds against them. cohen' s
platinum package ,
which includes 24 sessions and an hour of phone time per week, typically spread over junior and senior year, costs $ 28, 995 .
i sold out already ,
she tells me, referring to next year' s crop of high - school seniors .
everybody wanted a platinum package this year. i' ve got to clone myself .
that' s not to say that worthy families need fear attacking the psychologically traumatizing college - application season alone or, god forbid, exclusively under the direction of their kid' s sleep - deprived in - school guidance counselor. cohen, who, at 33, has the sort of academic credentials (brown and yale), kick - ass work ethic, and nicely toned physique that inspire confidence in the overdecorated sanctum sanctorums of the upper east side, has several lesser payment plans still available .
you can also do an a la carte series if you can' t afford a whole package ,
she says as she sits in her elegantly utilitarian midtown office (she also has one downtown), whose paintings and fabrics are by junior socialite and cohen friend lulu de kwiatkowski. cohen is referring to her warp - speed college - application - review option .
it takes me about two or three hours, and it' s $ 1, 000 .
getting into one of the nation' s most selective ivy league colleges or their equivalent has always been something of a blood sport among ambitious manhattan families, most of whom apply to the same handful of schools. what' s different today is that kids from places like albuquerque and tucson, with the encouragement of the colleges, no less, have the temerity to believe they have equal rights to an ivy league education .
i' m afraid manhattan parents are among the most parochial in the united states ,
sighs tom parker, amherst college' s dean of admissions .
it' s like a little town in tennessee in terms of being oblivious to the rest of the country. they sort of think,' because my daughter is doing well at brearley, she must be one of the very top kids in the u. s.' there are lots of bright kids throughout the country. it is simply more competitive .
so competitive, in fact, that last year a yale admissions officer, by all accounts a winning fellow, told one west side family that the college could have tossed all its acceptances in the trash and culled a statistically identical and stellar freshman class from the reject pile .
it' s as if the schools were being asked to choose between superman and batman. a horace mann senior who got into harvard early - action this year touched upon the absurdity of the situation when she tried to describe the difference between a yale man or woman and one who might make the cut at harvard .
the yale type is very well rounded - - an a student who' s a varsity athlete ,
she said .
a harvard student is someone harvard thinks is going to be famous someday .
harvard' s director of admissions, marlyn mcgrath lewis, admits as much .
in order to make a final decision to admit ,
she says ,
we have to identify for ourselves some unusual characteristic that will set the candidate apart in our pool - - either a very unusual academic accomplishment, a contribution to the humanities or writing, a great performer or composer, or someone who can help one of our 41 intercollegiate teams. once we' re as sure as we can be of the academics - - which highly developed, one might say overdeveloped, talents set the person apart as someone we' d want to bring here ?
cohen is the best - selling author of the truth about getting in and rock hard apps, and is a sought - after speaker and expert on university admissions. she is a ypo member, one of the most highly rated ypo speakers, and has been a faculty resource for ypo / wpo since 2000 .
the difference between good and great | people who are great at what they do have a passion for what they do and the willingness to go above and beyond what’s expected of them. they work hard. they also have the ability to understand what they know and what they don’t know so that they can seek the support of others or external resources for the things that they may not be good at. great leaders don’t assume they know it all. doing constant professional development is what separates people who are great at what they do from those who are just good at it .
the characteristics of success | tenacity, willingness to work hard, resilience, risk - taking, and the ability to pick myself up in the face of failure. also the ability to think ahead in a macro way – i always like to be a few steps ahead and consider the bigger picture and what i envision for the future. from our business model to details like our logo, materials, talks, and more, my creativity and foresight has led to a lot of success in our industry .
how i use my mind | i am, at the same time, very focused and a multi - tasker, so i’m able to manage a lot of things at the same time but also focus on a lot of things at the same time. i also put my mindset in a place of assuming success instead of assuming failure – and that success breeds more success. i think “what should stop me from being successful? ” going into anything i do with a positive attitude has helped me achieve many of my goals and ambitions .
lessons i have learnt | one of the biggest lessons is learning from failure. to not brush a failure under the rug, but to instead look at what i could have done better and apply those lessons to future endeavors .
also, learning to move on. if something’s not really working – whether it’s with an employee, client, vendor, etc. – there is a point when you have to move on. part of this is realizing that you can’t please everybody, so it’s important to identify people that you’re not going to be able to work with successfully and find a respectful way to move on rather than hold onto that relationship or constantly worry about it. it’s a small lesson but also a big lesson because it can apply to all aspects of life – friendships, business relationships, and more. you need to have the ability to let things go and to not take everything personally – especially in business. realize that everybody has his or her own struggles and personal things going on and sometimes it’s not about you .
performing at my peak | i take care of myself. i work out at least three days a week doing slt pilates or yoga to keep my energy up. i also eat healthy. i tend to eat only non - processed foods and make sure we’re always eating well at home. i also make sure i get enough sleep. i think sleep is key. personally, i need at least 8 hours of good sleep each night so that when i am up i am able to multi - task and perform at my best .
resources i use to stay inspired | for me there are two areas of resources that inspire creativity and growth: one doesn’t have to with my work and one does .
i work in education, so there’s a whole range of books, publications, and conferences that are higher education focused that also keep me inspired and growing – like nacac’s annual conference, the chronicle of higher education, education articles in various news publications, and even auditing free online classes through sites like coursera, academic earth, and talks on tedx .
the best advice i’ve received | we have on average about 28, 000 days on the planet, and i am in the middle of that time. if i think about the fact that those last, say, 4, 000 days are not going to be as good in quality because of how we age, i really only have 10, 000 days to accomplish my goals. when you look at it that way, you really start to think about the importance of every single day and how to make the most of it .
it’s important to think about how you choose to spend your time and who you choose to spend it with. we all have a shelf life, so think about the things you’re wasting time on. each day, each moment, is important – don’t waste it .
advice on building wealth | first, find something that you love to do. pursue something that’s connected to who you are and your core interests because if don’t love what you do it’s going to be hard to grow and build wealth around something you’re not excited about. keep in mind that wealth and riches aren’t necessarily monetary. you can be rich in a lot of things that are not financial – knowledge, relationships, quality of your life, the love in your life, love for what you do, etc. if you find your passion those riches will follow .
also you have to remember that at the end of your 28, 000 days you’re not going to take money with you. ask yourself: are you making enough to be comfortable during those days to live the life you want to lead ?
private college admissions consulting is a booming industry that offers to help families navigate the often - confusing and stressful process of college admissions. although many public universities provide application seminars, post application tips on their websites and distribute guidelines to high school counselors, the demand for applications advice often exceeds the capacities of most public institutions. indeed, public high schools in the united states employ an average of one staff member per 500 students. in 2013, 26 percent of all college applicants - - three times as many as in 2003, hired a
private admissions consultant
or an
independent educational consultant (iec )
to assist with their college applications .
fee - based college advice has long been available, but where such services once catered to students with difficult cases, an uneven transcript or learning differences, now they are becoming mainstream .
does your high school student need a private admissions consultant? it depends on your situation. can you afford one? it depends on the service, which can range from about $ 1000 to tens of thousands of dollars .
the first step might be to consult the professional organizations that offer affiliation: the higher education consultants association (heca), the independent educational consultants association (ieca) and the national association for college admissions counseling (nacac), or a nacac regional affiliate. all of these associations post a series of requirements and ethical standards for private consultants .
in addition to attending certification courses, some private admissions consultants have worked as admissions readers at universities. many of their brochures will advertise that they are college application readers and can help with application writing. in most cases, this means they are temporary
external readers
hired for application season. that is, during every admissions reading period from december to february, most large universities hire temporary readers to help sort the great pile of applications. much of the consultants'
inside knowledge
of the selection process is publicly available as well .
2) who is best suited to help your child with the application process? it may even be - - surprise - - you, the parent or a family member. professional guidance neither guarantees success nor is always warranted .
3) if you feel overwhelmed by the process, or if your child has special concerns, it might help to see an admissions specialist. in this case, pick a consultant with organizational affiliations, accreditation, good recommendations and clear explanations of their services and associated costs .
4) ethical consultants will not claim to possess some special influence or
pull
with college admissions professionals. their assistance in application writing remains confined to stylistic, organizational suggestions, never to writing anything for the student. most importantly, they encourage your child to write in his or her own voice - - not according to some imaginary formula for acceptance .
a number of highly critical articles, studies and books have responded to the private admissions consultant industry. one article even decries a
new snake - oil industry ,
which it claims is
increasingly propelled by greed, it preys on the fear of families, especially parents. it' s the private, for - profit college admissions consulting industry.
ivywise is a for-profit new york-based firm of educational consultants that assists students pursuing admission to college . ivywise counselors also work with students applying to nursery school , elementary school , high school/boarding school , and graduate or professional schools . ivywise was founded in 1998 by dr. katherine l. cohen . 
ivywise is a for-profit new york-based firm of educational consultants that assists students pursuing admission to college. ivywise counselors also work with students applying to nursery school, elementary school, high school/boarding school, and graduate or professional schools. ivywise was founded in 1998 by dr. katherine l. cohen.
ivywise is a for-profit new york-based firm of educational consultants that assists students pursuing admission to college. ivywise counselors also work with students applying to nursery school, elementary school, high school/boarding school, and graduate or professional schools. ivywise was founded in 1998 by dr. katherine l. cohen.