To get in to an Ivy League, more families turn to expensive private consultants

The goal, he said, is “inspiring and motivating students to figure out what their hobbies are and how to take that to the next level.”

The counselors at Command Education are all very recent graduates of the nation’s most competitive schools. The oldest senior counselor is 26.

“We’re non-parental,” Rim said. “Because of that, students trust us.”

And as a result, 96 percent of students they have worked with were accepted into one or more of their top choices, according to Rim’s own account.

Mimi Doe, a co-president and founder of Top Tier Admissions in Concord, Massachusetts, starts working with students as early as the 8th grade. Clients come from all over the world.

The prices range from $2,500 for five hours of essay guidance to $16,000 for a summer bootcamp and significantly more for private tutoring. “There’s more demand for private counseling than anything” Doe said, in part because they only work with a limited number of students each year.

Similarly to Rim, Doe and her team help students develop one area where they can shine.

“One hundred hours of random community service hours is a colossal waste of time,” Doe said. “They should be doing something they are passionate about.”

“Colleges don’t want a well-rounded student, they want a well-rounded class.”

“We give kids a streamlined approach for what really matters,” she said of their successful track record (94 percent of their private clients have been accepted to their first-choice school, according to Doe’s unverified tally).

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