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’Harvard is Harvard’: Will controversy harm university’s reputation?
Ultimately, any criticism about how the school handled what some students see as increasing antisemitism on campus will take a back seat to the allure of Harvard, said Brian Taylor, managing partner of the admissions consulting company Ivy Coach. Jewish students, as well as Black students who might be dismayed by attacks against Gay, Taylor said, will still apply to and enroll at Harvard. “Of course Jewish applicants and families are upset … but they’re not so short-sighted to eschew the Ivy League for second-tier schools,” he said.
January 5, 2024
The Biggest Lies in College Admissions
What are the biggest lies told to parents in college admissions today? Jayson Weingarten, Senior College Admissions Consultant at Ivy Coach and a former UPenn admissions officer, has helped hundreds of prospective students get into the schools of their dreams. In this episode, Jayson shares some of the outrageous lies in college admissions.
The New College Math: Calculating ROI
“If you’re in the 0.1 percent, your kid will be fine no matter what,” says Jayson Weingarten, senior admissions consultant at Ivy Coach. “We are really talking about upper-middle-class families. Those parents have had to work hard for their life, and they don’t want to see it go down the drain.”
Find an Undergraduate Business School That Helps You Stand Out
“Undergraduate business programs are the most pre-professional types out there, so schools with strong alumni connections often offer better access to mentorship and job opportunities,” Ivy Coach’s Jayson Weingarten says. “A robust alumni network can act as a powerful lever when you start job hunting.”
Selective Colleges Reinstate Testing, See Drop in Applications
Jayson Weingarten, a senior admissions consultant with Ivy Coach and a former admissions officer at Penn, told BestColleges in an email that the return to testing creates a barrier that will hinder application submissions. “People who were going to apply to Dartmouth reconsidered and directed their ‘one more app’ toward Penn,” Weingarten said.
NJ high school senior accepted to 7 Ivy League colleges: ‘I’m still processing it’
The vaunted institutions that have opened their storied gates to the neophyte from Newark boast the nation’s stingiest acceptance rates — Harvard 3.6%; Yale 3.7%; Columbia 3.85%; Princeton 4.62%; Brown 5.16%; UPenn 5.38%; and Dartmouth 5.41%, according to Ivy Coach.
Fearing Recession, Young People Are Heading to Grad School
“The number one influencer of students thinking about grad school is either an economic downturn or economic uncertainty,” said Jayson Weingarten, senior admissions consultant at Ivy Coach.
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