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• A college-entrance consultant with 19 years' experience describes ...

  Business Insider - 2 years ago

  After 19 years in college admissions, college-entrance consultant Abby Siegel is a prolific reader of essays. When she talked to Business Insider about the best admissions essay she'd ...
• Private College Admissions Consultants: Does Your Child Need One?

  HuffPost - 4 years ago

  Private College ... a private admissions consultant: 1) Your child. What are your child's needs, strengths and hopes? Does your child have an idea where he or she would be comfortable ...
• College Application Essays Don't Matter as Much as You Think

  Time - 3 years ago

  Parents: sit down before you read ... essays. They’re kind of fun." Elizabeth Heaton, senior director of educational counseling at admissions-consulting firm College Coach, and former ...
• Thinking of Hiring a College Consultant? Here's What to Expect

  Fox Business - 6 years ago

  Continue Reading Below As college admissions becomes ... helping them find the best fit colleges for those kids, and then guiding them through the process, all while being their biggest ...
• The College Derby

  Slate - 7 years ago

  But when my wife died six years ago, I devoured Didion's best-selling memoir about widowhood, The Year of Magical Thinking, and then for good measure I read ... a pricey ...
• Advice College Admissions Officers Give Their Own Kids

  New York Times Blogs - 2 years ago

  While most parents find the college process stressful and bewildering, we interviewed some who have a unique perspective: admissions officers who are ... “When my son was applying to ...
• Tutor reveals Ivy-admissions madness of rich penthouse parents

  New York Post - 4 years ago

  For a fee, Crawford would help them with their entry essays and applications to get them the one thing they couldn’t always buy — a spot in an Ivy League school. She ... ...
• College Admissions Requirements in America Are Crazy. Here’s a ...

  New Republic - 4 years ago

  “Admissions officers are hired because they’re perky,” she says. “A lot of my colleagues—they wouldn’t know a good essay ... One explanation I kept hearing from college admissions ...
• For a Standout College Essay, Applicants Fill Their Summers

  New York Times - 3 years ago

  Jill Tipograph, who founded a consulting company called Everything Summer, helped Mr. Isackson plan the China trips. To Ms. Tipograph, his experience was the best ... the college essay. ...
• College Admissions: America’s High School Cheating Epidemic

  Go Local Prov - 4 years ago

  Today, colleges and some high schools are beginning to use software like Turnitin to scan essays and catch plagiarism. So, the chances of being caught are higher than ever. The best ... ...