2017-2018 Coalition for Access Essay Prompts

We’ve been outspoken critics of the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success — particularly in how they so haphazardly rolled out their application. And we surely were not alone. The rollout of the half-baked Coalition for Access application was, to borrow a term from President Trump, “a disaster.” And while the Coalition … 

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Coalition College Application

There are 93 universities across America that have declared their membership with the Coalition for Access & Affordability. Of the 93 colleges that have subscribed to The Coalition’s application, about 40 might be offering this application this year (remember our post from back in April in which we wrote about the … 

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Coalition for Access in Limbo

We were quite critical of the Coalition for Access, Affordability, & Success when it was announced. Alright, we were more than a bit critical. We’ll own it. We tell it like it is and this Coalition was half-baked when it was announced at best. Maybe it was a quarter-baked. If … 

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Coalition for Access Website

We’ve been rather outspoken in the press and on the pages of this college admissions blog on the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success. If you haven’t read our thoughts on this Coalition, have a look at our thoughts as published in Brown University’s newspaper, Georgetown University’s newspaper, Yale University’s … 

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Criticism of The Coalition for Access

Ivy Coach is featured in “The Hoya,” the newspaper of the alma mater of Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutumbo, Alonzo Mourning, and Allen Iverson. For those non-basketball fans, their alma mater is Georgetown University. The article by Aly Pachter in “The Hoya” is entitled “GU Declines New Admissions Group” and, of course, … 

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Penn and Coalition for Access

Ivy Coach has been featured in “The Daily Pennsylvanian,” the newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. The topic of the piece, one authored by Sydney Schaedel, is the Coalition for Access, a new platform through which students can apply to various universities (including the University of Pennsylvania) beginning next admissions … 

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GW and the Coalition for Access

Ivy Coach was recently featured on the pages of “The GW Hatchet,” the newspaper of George Washington University. The article, written by Jeanine Marie, is entitled “As more than 80 schools personalize applications, GW sticks with Common App” and we figured we’d share it with our readers. As you might … 

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Holes in Boat of Coalition for Access

We at Ivy Coach have been outspoken critics of this new proposed Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success. We’ve shared our opinion with various news outlets, on the pages of “The Brown Daily Herald,” the newspaper of Brown University, on the pages of “The Dartmouth,” the newspaper of Dartmouth College, … 

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The Fledgling Coalition for Access

Ivy Coach is featured today in the newspaper of Brown University, “The Brown Daily Herald.” The piece, written by Julia Choi, is entitled “Brown joins Coalition backing Common App alternative” and in yet another Ivy League newspaper, we come down against this Coalition for Access. And for good reason. While we … 

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The Ill-Conceived Coalition for Access

Bev Taylor, Founder of Ivy Coach, is quoted today on the pages of America’s oldest college newspaper, “The Dartmouth,” the newspaper of Dartmouth College. The piece by Daniel Kim is entitled “College joins Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, will accept Common app alternative” and it focuses on the new … 

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