This workshop is designed specifically for parents of 9th to 11th graders. Cory Bragar, Ivy Link’s Director of Standardized Testing and an alumna of Harvard Law School, Trinity College and The Dalton School, will provide the most current information on the SAT, ACT and Subject Tests and address issues such as which tests students should take, when and how many times to take them, how the tests are scored, and the impact of Score Choice and super scoring.
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 6:30-7:30pm Location: Christ Church School, 520 Park Avenue
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This workshop is designed for parents of primarily 4th to 10th graders who are applying to private schools. Adam Nguyen, Founder & CEO of Ivy Link, will provide parents with current information on the ISEE and SSAT and address important issues such as which tests students should take, when to take them, what topics are tested, and how the tests are scored. By understanding the process in advance, parents can help their children plan, prepare for the exams and reduce their stress.
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 9:30-10:30am Location: 115 East 82nd St, #1C
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Register to take a simulated, full-length diagnostic SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT or LSAT and have the opportunity to discuss your scores with one of our experts. Space is limited.
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Columbia University
Cost: $45
Ivy Link, together with Columbia’s Center for Career Education, presents a webinar that aims to jumpstart the process for attorneys who wish to change careers by exploring issues such as self-assessment, career-changing challenges, networking, goal-setting and leveraging your assets. The presenters, attorneys who have successfully leveraged their backgrounds as attorneys into non-legal careers, will share their experiences with making the transition.
Date/Time: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 12:00-1:00pm
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This workshop is designed for parents of 9th to 12th graders. Adam Nguyen, the Founder and CEO of Ivy Link, will discuss the changing landscape of college admissions and selectivity and address issues such as the profile of the competitive applicant, the role of grades and test scores, what extracurricular activities to pursue and how high school class selections are assessed by colleges.
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 6:30-8pm Location: 885 3rd Avenue, Suite 3040 (call-in number available) Cost: $35
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Jennifer Brozost and Vimmi Shroff, founders of PEAS and partners of Ivy Link, signed their new book, “The Private School Admissions Handbook,” and answered questions relating to private nursery and on-going school admissions.
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This workshop will explore what is required of successful applicants to the top law schools, including an in-depth discussion of the LSAT.To RSVP, please email info@myivylink.com.
In this webinar hosted by Columbia University’s Center for Career Education, Ivy Link’s Adam Nguyen and Laurent Vasilescu shared up-to-date information about today’s business school admission process, including a candid discussion of why it is important to pursue not only a graduate degree in business, but also one from a top program. The webinar covered a variety of topics pertaining to the application process, such as finding your business school match, preparing for the GMAT, determining what is most important in the application and acing the interview.
Amid the uproar over Amy Chua’s Wall Street Journal essay, titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Adam Nguyen, Ivy Link’s Founder & CEO, published a response to Chua’s “tiger mom” parenting style in a Daily Caller article titled “Are Chinese Mothers Superior?”
Nguyen was also quoted in the legal blog AboveTheLaw.com: I agree with the idea of hard work and persistence — and that’s what I always preach to my students and parents. But I wonder about her [Chua's] definition of education and success….
Ivy Link’s Founder & CEO, Adam Nguyen, sat down with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg TV’s “Taking Stock” for an interview and discussed Ivy Link’s mission and approach, as well as the challenges in education and the admissions process. To watch the interview, please click here.
