The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action
Hua Hsu
October 15, 2018
There are admissions-counselling companies, like Ivy Coach, based in New York City, that promise to make students “appear less Asian” in their application materials.Read MoreCategories:
Touring colleges is already expensive. This new service offers a $25,000 luxury version.
Aditi Shrikant
October 4, 2018
Brian Taylor, the managing director of college consultant firm Ivy Coach, has a different view on the package. He told the New York Times that the tours may actually be a bad idea, as a student jetting from school to school may not seem “likeable.” Sounds about right.Read MoreCategories:
Helping Make College Application Decisions: Private Admission Counselors
Richard Vedder
September 4, 2018
Some major independent counseling players include Focus Admissions, Ivy Coach, and Collegewise.Read MoreCategories:
Penn is the second most popular Ivy for transfer students after Cornell. Here’s why.
Julie Coleman
September 4, 2018
Taylor, managing director of Ivy Coach, a New York-based college consulting firm, agreed, adding that Penn is often looking to fill bigger classes than other Ivies.Read MoreCategories:
Taking the College Tour by Private Jet
Paul Sullivan
August 31, 2018
Students need to present themselves as likable, said Brian Taylor, managing director of Ivy Coach, a New York consulting firm, and college hopping by private jet may not be the best strategy.Read MoreCategories:
How do you get into Harvard? For the lucky few, there’s the Z list.
Deirdre Fernandes
July 28, 2018
The Z list is a way for Harvard to keep its alumni and donors happy while maintaining its reputation as a highly selective college, said Bev Taylor, the founder of New York-based Ivy Coach.Read MoreCategories:
Is The Cost Of College Getting Cheaper?
Greg Yang
March 30, 2018
At the end of the day, colleges are businesses. If they have to lower tuition costs to attract students and more business, Taylor says, they will.Read MoreCategories:
Experts and students raise concerns over long-term consequences of Penn’s tuition increases
Yoni Gutenmacher
March 12, 2018
Brian Taylor, director of the college counseling practice Ivy Coach, said that the yearly tuition increases are standard practice and normal procedures for any business.Read MoreCategories:
Dartmouth will not penalize applicants for protesting
Alex Fredman
March 6, 2018
Taylor said that this effort falls in line with Dartmouth’s admissions strategy in general. “Students who seek a better world are precisely the kind of students that the College on the Hill seeks in its incoming class,” she said.Read MoreCategories:
Faust Raises Concerns About Higher Ed Act’s Changes to Student Aid
Delano R. Franklin & Kristine E. Guillame
February 7, 2018
Brian Taylor, managing director of Ivy Coach, a college admissions counseling company, said the overhaul of the Higher Education Act would raise costs for low- and middle-income college students and be especially difficult for graduate students.Read MoreCategories:
