These teens got accepted into dozens of colleges and earned millions in scholarships: ‘Gratitude kept me motivated’
David Artavia
May 8, 2023
Brian Taylor, managing partner of Ivy Coach, a top agency equipping high schoolers with college prep, says it’s become common for college hopefuls to apply to "20 or 30 schools at a time."
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Athletic Recruitment at Elite Colleges Skews Wealthy and White
Mark J. Drozdowski, Ed.D.
April 27, 2023
"Most schools that have early programs are encouraging their recruited athletes to apply in those early rounds," Weingarten said.
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Ambitious parents are spending hundreds of thousands on consultants to help get their kids into Ivy League schools
Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero
March 31, 2023
"These schools every year get better and better at getting students to apply," Brian Taylor, managing partner at private college counseling firm Ivy Coach, told Bloomberg.
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‘On its last legs’: How Penn is quietly refining its legacy admissions policy
Jared Mitovich
March 22, 2023
Taylor said the Operation Varsity Blues scandal has also helped put legacy admissions "on its last legs."
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Sports and Entertainment Law: How to Pick the Right J.D. Program
Jackson Nimesheim
March 20, 2023
"From the admissions perspective, sports and entertainment law is in a little bit more demand than other fields," Weingarten says.
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments for 2 Student Loan Forgiveness Cases
Morning Rush
March 1, 2023
Jayson Weingarten of Ivy Coach discusses student loan forgiveness.
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Parents Accuse Schools of Withholding Scholarship Award
NewsNation
January 11, 2023
Brian Taylor of Ivy Coach discusses the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and Langley High School National Merit Award scandal.
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Why the Supreme Court Can’t Fully Prevent Race-Conscious Admissions
Mark J. Drozdowski
December 2, 2022
Weingarten doesn't believe universities practicing holistic admissions will become purely race-neutral and fail to consider race in some form or fashion.
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Colleges struggle to retain students as enrollment drops
Sloane Glass
August 22, 2022
“The college experience can’t exist in a vacuum anymore,” said Taylor. “We really need to connect students with their next best step after college.”
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Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans
Sharon Bernstein and Rose Horowitch
Several students raised similar concerns about attending college in North Carolina after the state in 2016 passed a law restricting which bathrooms transgender people could use, said counselor Jayson Weingarten of New York-based Ivy Coach.
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