Stanford Class of 2019 Stats

The Stanford Class of 2019 stats are in. Congratulations to all of our Ivy Coach students who earned admission to Stanford University this past Friday! It’s absolutely our favorite time of year when our previously stressed out students and their parents call and email with the exciting news that they’ve … 

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Students at Stanford University

We’ve got some news for students at Stanford University. Have you been curious for a while what admissions officers had to say about your candidacy to The Farm? If that’s the case, you’re curiosity can indeed be satiated…at least a little. As a “Forbes” piece entitled “Wow, College Applicants Can Now … 

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Stanford Legacy Admissions

A recent Stanford University graduate wrote an interesting editorial on Stanford legacy admissions that we figured we’d share with our readers. Shockingly (not), the writer, Jonathan Poto, argues against the use of legacy status in admissions decisions at Stanford. It’s not exactly popular to argue in favor of legacy status … 

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Admission to Stanford University

There was an article recently by Paul Levy in “The Minneapolis Star Tribune” entitled “Perfect scores alone don’t make for admission to college of choice.” Well duh! In the article, Mr. Levy writes about Tanner McArdle who had a perfect 36 on his ACT exam, a 4.1 GPA, ran varsity … 

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