Inside the Pricey, Totally Legal World of College Consultants
Dana Goldstein & Jack Healy
March 13, 2019
Ivy Coach students sign and submit their own applications, according to Mr. Taylor. He said the fact that Mr. Singer was submitting applications on behalf of his clients was “a mark of unscrupulousness in and of itself.”
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Quotation of the Day: The Pricey, Totally Legal World of College Consultants
Dana Goldstein & Jack Healy
March 13, 2019
“Who can say what is too much in America? If someone wants to pay a fee that you command, they have that right.” - Brian Taylor, the managing director of Ivy Coach.
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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.
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Are You First Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking
Rochelle Sharpe
November 3, 2017
“It’s something that colleges love to brag about,” said Brian Taylor, managing director of Ivy Coach, a New York counseling company, noting that many colleges list their first-gen statistics in their brochures.
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Taking Summer School to Get Ahead, Not Catch Up
Kyle Spencer
August 16, 2016
Brian Taylor, the director of Ivy Coach, a college advising firm on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, said the belief was that college admission boards rewarded quantity when it came to A.P. exams.
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Video Gaming on the Pro Tour, for Glory but Little Gold
Richard Nieva
November 28, 2012
“Colleges want to see kids who are passionate in one area,” said Bev Taylor, founder of Ivy Coach, a college admissions consultancy.
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Volunteer Trips: Is Your Family Ready?
Jennifer Conlin
August 10, 2012
"Everyone in admissions started seeing essays about these volunteering trips six or seven years ago," said Bev Taylor, the founder of Ivy Coach, a New York-based college admissions counseling service. "Now we have to tell kids not to write about them."
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Colleges Debate Early Admission
Karen W. Arenson
December 23, 2002
One reason, Ms. Taylor said, is that universities sometimes take weaker students who commit themselves through early decisions and reject stronger students who apply later, or put them on waiting lists.
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As Applications to Some New York Colleges Drop, Officials Cite Sept. 11
Karen W. Arenson
March 22, 2002
"Bev Taylor, a guidance counselor on Long Island, said that some of her students were thinking about staying closer to home, and that New York City colleges like Columbia, N.Y.U. and Fordham "are still top choices."
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