Learn how legacies, donors, VIPs, athletes and other categories boost admissions chances at the Ivy League and other elite colleges.
With the overturning of Affirmative Action by the U.S. Supreme Court, some admissions boosters have come under scrutiny, while others have received more consideration. Join Adam Nguyen -- a Harvard Law and Columbia grad, former reader in Columbia's Office of Admissions, and Ivy Link's Founder -- who will explain how preferences in college admissions pre- and post-Affirmative Action work and, if your student is aiming for a selective college, what strategies may increase your student's odds of admissions.
Adam, who has helped hundreds of students gain admissions to their top choice colleges and programs, will delve into the following:
How the Affirmative Action ruling, as well as legacy scrutiny, affects the upcoming application cycles
What really happens in the admissions offices of elite colleges pre- and post-Affirmative Action
The various types of legacy preferences at elite colleges
Other benefits and boosters available to students, such as donor status and athletes
What to do if your student doesn’t qualify for any “traditional” application boosters.
A portion of the interactive workshop will be devoted to answering parents’ questions. Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions before the workshop.
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“VIPs, you’re talking maybe the president of China or prime minister XYZ. Their children actually get preferences, believe it or not. Maybe it’s believable but they do and people don’t talk about it. ”
“[Nguyen] also predicted that pressure would grow against legacy admissions, notably with a less favourable view by recruiters of excellence in elite, expensive sports such as lacrosse, squash, fencing, skiing and sailing. He is already advising families with students in the sixth or seventh grade to focus on other activities to stand out.”
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Adam Nguyen, the founder of Ivy Link, has over two decades of experience helping students at all levels in admissions, test preparation and academic coaching. He has served as an academic advisor at Harvard and a reader of applications and interviewer in Columbia’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions. He is a member of the U.S. National Association for College Admission Counseling and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Columbia and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Adam is a frequent speaker and commentator on admissions, standardized testing and other education issues, appearing on Bloomberg TV and at Columbia University, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and the Parents League of New York.
