For more than two decades, Brian Taylor, the author of the most widely read admissions blog, has been a tell-it-like-it-is thought leader in college admissions. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he has debunked commonly held misconceptions about the admissions process and used the platform to speak truth to power, issuing a clarion call for a more transparent process.

Brian’s insights have been featured inThe New York Times on the male advantage at many top schools, Le Monde on how great grades aren’t enough, The Harvard Crimson on the waitlist, The Yale Daily News on the role of private college counselors, among many others. He has appeared on television programs ranging from Nightline to Morning in America, addressing issues from the Varsity Blues scandal to college enrollment trends. He has also joined Malcolm Gladwell in conversation on the donor door at elite universities.

Brian knows how to shape great stories, which underpins Ivy Coach’s approach to college counseling. He won a Peabody Award for producing Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, a series featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance that the American Film Institute deemed one of America’s greatest screen stories for its “contributions to America’s cultural legacy.”

Each year, Brian also works with America’s veterans on a pro bono basis to help them earn admission to the colleges of their dreams.