‘Gray Area’: College Admissions and the Private Counseling Machine
Xavier Blackwell-Lipkind
April 30, 2021
According to Taylor, college admissions offices play a role in the flawed college application process, too.
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Recruiting consultants foresee no major changes to Ivy recruiting despite canceled competition
Drew Beckman
March 7, 2021
Ivy Coach’s Taylor, who works with both athletes and non-athletes in the college admissions process, cited pandemic-induced cuts to varsity teams — as opposed to the cancellation of seasons — as the major concern weighing on recruits.
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Early applications increase across Ivy League
Luke Ciancarelli
January 20, 2017
Taylor said both early and regular application numbers tend to rise at every Ivy League college each year with only a few notable exceptions.
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Yale acceptance rate set to increase
Luke Ciancarelli
November 4, 2016
Taylor, director of Ivy Coach, a New York-based college consulting firm, did not think that Yale’s expansion was “interesting enough data” to influence students’ decisions to apply early action or regular admission.
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Group Sues Department of Education
Luke Ciancarelli
November 2, 2016
Taylor said SFFA and the Asian American Coalition for Education — a group consisting of over 100 organizations that has also been involved in litigating on behalf of Asian-American college applicants — do not have legal arguments and strategies strong enough to win their cases.
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Admissions to focus on character
Jon Victor
January 21, 2016
Taylor, director of New York-based college consulting firm Ivy Coach, said that Yale’s additional application question will only encourage students to be boastful about their personal qualities.
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Early apps increase at peer schools
Jon Victor
December 11, 2015
Taylor, director of Ivy Coach, a New York-based college consulting firm, said the lack of growth in Yale’s early application pool may be due to these efforts, which would come at the expense of garnering more applications overall.
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Early applications show increased diversity
Jon Victor
November 19, 2015
Taylor pointed out that Yale’s early acceptance rate has increased in each of the last three years.
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New alternative to Common App unveiled
Amy Cheng & Jon Victor
September 30, 2015
Taylor added that logistically, the Coalition Application would present challenges for admissions officers, since they will be taking on additional work in responding to students and advising them on their applications.
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Yale fares well on White House releases college scorecard
Tyler Foggatt
September 15, 2015
Taylor added that he believes students will continue to use U.S. News and World Report when searching for a comparison tool for colleges, since the U.S. News rankings are currently the most widely read.
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