Complete Admissions Consulting:

Thank you for choosing IvyEdge, LLC! Since 1998, IvyEdge has been the premier college and graduate school consulting company on the planet. Armed with expertise from former Admissions Deans, Heads of University Clubs and Professional Admissions Consultants, IvyEdge offers its clients well informed and competent advice on any and all matters related to college admissions.

IvyEdge’s College Admissions Consultation differentiates itself from competing services through its unique breadth and depth. Our Ten Point System ensures that each and every one of our clients achieves the maximum possible outcome in the college admissions game.

Ten Point System

1. School Selection: Every applicant presents a unique background and set of preferences, and different schools offer distinct value propositions. The purpose of school selection is to create a list of schools that not only match the preferences and capabilities of each student, but also to account for myriad constraints such as geography, intended concentration availability, and so forth. Perhaps most important, the final school list must fully explore the upside potential of the applicant, yet at the same time also protect from downside risk by way of safety schools.

2. Essay Guidance and Editing/Re-write: At the heart of IvyEdge’s college consultation is guidance on an often ill-regarded aspect of admissions – essays! Essays provide applicants with a golden opportunity to tell their story, state their purpose and convey their passions. Stellar essays can and often do make the difference between an admit and deny. Your IvyEdge consultant will advise you on proper topics, brainstorm with you, instruct on how to write your first drafts and then take all the liberty that is required to make your essays sing.

3. Recommendation Guidance/Assistance: Critical to a strong application are excellent recommendation letters. Recommendation letters from people and with content that echo your essays serve to frame a unified application and reinforce the authenticity of your stated interests, goals and passions. Your IvyEdge consultant will advise you on whom to approach for recommendation letters, and when possible, assist in their creation.

4. Volunteer/Community Enhancement: Many times, and in particular at top tier schools, an applicant’s commitment to their community can make or break an application. The problem is that many applicants realize this later rather than sooner. Your IvyEdge consultant will help to source a range of volunteer opportunities that won’t take you months to complete and yet at the same time, will align with your background and goals so as not to appear as “last ditch” efforts to appease admissions committees.

5. Application Timing: An applicants plan of attack for application submission is crucial to maximizing admit yield. Your IvyEdge consultant will create a submission timing strategy not only to ease the application process, but importantly, to facilitate acceptance at your preferred schools, such as through Early Decision/Action.

6. Mock Interview: Many times, applicants are requested to interview either in person or over the phone with an admissions committee member or alumnus. This can be a daunting process for applicants. However, your IvyEdge consultant will conduct a lengthy mock (phone) interview with you in order to ensure that you are fully prepared for the real thing! We at IvyEdge have spent the last 10 years compiling a list of the most commonly asked questions, as gleaned from interviews with our 3000+ consulting clients.

7. Financial Aid/Scholarship Advice & Assistance: Minimizing the cost of your educational expenses can not only ease the strain on the wallet but also make seemingly expensive options attainable. IvyEdge possesses the most comprehensive database of scholarships, alternative grant and loan sources available today. Whether through institutional bursaries, third party grants or loans, your IvyEdge consultant will work hard to ensure that you will have access to the requisite funding for your pending educational odyssey.

8. Waitlist Strategies: Though rarely a welcomed response, a waitlist decision is the gateway to acceptance. If and when you are waitlisted, your IvyEdge consultant will apply decade-tested waitlist strategies to put you over the top!

9. Where to Enroll: After the admit tickets roll in, you will need to determine where to enroll. The enrollment decision depends on numerous variables including expense, institutional brand equity, placement success and several other factors. Your IvyEdge consultant will work with you to arrive at a well informed decision on the best place for you to enroll.

10. Everything in Between: Did we miss anything? Well... nobody’s perfect. In the course of every consult, issues may emerge that are not herein enumerated, but are nonetheless important to your admissions chances. Your IvyEdge consultant will help you with everything – from doorstep to doorstep – until you matriculate.

Cost: $3995.00 USD

Investment: With the average, all-inclusive annual cost of private college education in the US estimated at nearly $40,000, investing a fraction of that to help ensure that you gain admission to a school that will in turn yield a favorable investment is, for most applicants, viewed as a sensible choice. Moreover, today, roughly 1 in 4 applicants to US undergraduate and graduate/professional programs secure the services of a college/admissions consultant. That is estimated to increase to as high as 1 in 3 applicants by 2010. Thus, it becomes imperative to invest in a seasoned consultant not only to maximize the fruits of your investment in education, but also, to help ensure that you compete on equal footing with your competition in the admissions game itself!

To speak with an IvyEdge Consultant about our 10 Point College Consulting program, whether you are applying at the undergraduate, graduate or professional school (MBA, JD, MD, etc.) please call us today at 203-562-2852. Thanks!