The ethics of college consultants in China leave a lot to be desired. In the United States, college consulting firms that are members of NACAC and IECA are bound by principles of good practice.
A university ranking list of all universities in China has recently been released and it has not been published without controversy. According to reports, the maker of the rankings, Wu Shulian, a researcher at Guangdong Academy of Management Science, may have been influenced by bribes. The more a university paid, …
A teacher in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Levy, wrote an interesting editorial today in the “Huffington Post” based on his experiences teaching in China and the United States. He describes how at this time of year at his high school in New York, students come in wearing all of these …
According to a university press release, the New York University Board of Trustees, the President of NYU, and the President of East China Normal University announced today that New York University would be opening NYU Shanghai, “a comprehensive research university with a liberal arts and science college in China’s financial …
There was a recent change in the admissions process for universities in China. Previously, students in China interested in attending university in their native country took the National College Entrance Exam in the hope of getting accepted to one of the China’s top schools. But recently, “Nato,” (not the North …
On July 19th and 22nd, Ivy Coach gave seminars in China on the U.S. college admissions process. One seminar was at Beijing University and another was at a high school in Nanjing. The turnout was fantastic for both. What was so wonderful was that we met some incredible students who …
