Not all college counselors gives the greatest advice. We know. We know. It’s utterly shocking. But when a college counselor offers advice to students that appears in the press that we believe is wrong, well, we’ve never been shy about articulating as much. So why start now? After all, a …
Thinking of attending a summer enrichment program at an elite university? If so, you’re likely not a regular reader of our college admissions blogs because our regular readers know all too well that fancy shmancy summer enrichment programs at elite universities are no way to go. You see, in the …
We at Ivy Coach have been leading many charges over the years in highly selective college admissions. We recently led the charge against the SAT’s Adversity Score. On national television, we announced it wouldn’t last long. It was nixed mere weeks later. We’ve been leading the charge against the practice …
In a piece published this week in The Washington Post — a piece in which Ivy Coach is featured — writer Anne Kim, a skeptic of the value of pre-college summer enrichment programs, documents what Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University state on their websites about their pre-college summer program: …
We came across a radio segment on “Public Radio International” that we figured we’d share with our readers. The segment focuses on college summer programs. For those of you who read our blog regularly, you know where we stand on the topic of fancy summer programs. We think they’re a …
As it’s now summertime, the floodgates of criticism about Ivy Coach’s position on summer university enrichment programs have opened. And you know how we feel about that? Let it flow, baby! If you’re not familiar with our unapologetic position on summer college enrichment programs, we think they are more likely to hurt …
Summer enrichment programs at highly selective colleges are a great way to stand out in the highly selective college admissions process, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. You may think that attending, say, a summer enrichment program at Stanford will help you stand out in the Early Action round at this very school. …
If you’re a regular reader of our college admissions blog, you know that we at Ivy Coach stand firmly against fancy summer enrichment programs. So many parents believe that these fancy summer enrichment programs will help improve their child’s odds of getting into a highly selective college. These parents couldn’t …
We wrote a few days back about prestigious college summer programs and about how popular these university summer enrichment programs were becoming nationwide. If you’re reading this blog to find out which programs are best, to learn about whether the Harvard summer program is better than a similar program at …
Are you thinking of sending your child to a summer program at an elite university like Stanford or UPenn? Are you thinking attending such a program would improve your child’s case for admission to highly selective universities? If so, we’d urge you to reconsider your plans. It’s not that we …
