Your Son Didn’t Get Rejected Because He Is White

Originally Published on February 18, 2019: Being White Has Nothing to Do With College Rejection It’s a refrain we often hear from parents — who are not our clients at Ivy Coach — navigating the college admissions process: “My white male son…” It’s a refrain that disgusts us because no matter how … 

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Affirmative Action Workarounds

If the Supreme Court chooses to outlaw the consideration of race in college admissions, which is a distinct possibility and — we would argue — even probability, how will America’s colleges continue to enroll diverse student bodies? After all, it wouldn’t be a good look for America’s elite universities to … 

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On Affirmative Action

In an op-ed for The New York Post, a conservative-leaning daily newspaper, a writer argues that our nation’s elite colleges essentially have a moral imperative to end Affirmative Action so various under-qualified underrepresented minority students who earn admission don’t have to struggle to succeed academically once they matriculate. It’s an … 

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College Presidents Overwhelmingly Support Race-Conscious Admissions

A recent survey conducted by the publication “Inside Higher Ed” conducted by Gallup found that 62% of college presidents across America strongly agree or agree that race should be a factor in the college admissions process. 19% of college presidents who partook in the survey strongly disagree or disagree that … 

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Racial Divide in College Admissions

There is a racial divide in college admissions. We know, stop the presses. But there’s a new report released by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce that details how American college campuses are not as diverse as we think that they are. According to the report, since 1995, … 

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