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Colleges evaluate a student's records starting from 9th grade. A former Columbia admissions reader will share insights into how colleges really evaluate applications and what admissions officers don't discuss publicly.
“Every autumn before college applications are due, I hear one thing above all else from parents and students: ‘I wish I had known about that sooner…’”
Navigating the college admissions process can be tough. That’s why we’re inviting you to a workshop led by Ivy Link founder Adam Nguyen, a Harvard Law and Columbia grad with 20+ years of experience helping students gain admission to top schools like Ivy Leagues, Stanford, and MIT.
In this workshop, you'll learn:
What gets an application noticed by admissions officers?
Do colleges really prefer “well-rounded” students?
What are admissions officers looking for in personal essays?
What should your child be doing now, and is it ever too late to start?
What matters more: grades or test scores?
How can you secure the best letters of recommendation?
Should your child take the SAT/ACT multiple times? What’s a good score?
Are AP exams worth it?
Adam will share insider knowledge based on years of data, including costly mistakes many families make and the key factors that could make or break your child’s admissions chances. This interactive session will provide actionable insights on how to build the strongest application from grades 7-11.
Waiting until 11th grade to start is often too late. Parents of students in Grades 7-11 will learn how to guide their children and start building the components of a successful application.
After over two decades of advising students, Adam Nguyen, a graduate of Harvard and Columbia and the founder of Ivy Link, an admissions strategy and tutoring company, has developed a well-tested method to help countless students gain admissions to their top choice colleges and programs. Using years of data, Adam will share insights on attributes of past successful students, costly mistakes during the admissions process, and key factors that make or break a student's admissions chances. Topics include:
What makes a college application stand out?
Are colleges looking for “well-rounded” students?
What do colleges want to see in the essays?
What can my child do now? When is it too late?
Which is weighed more: grades or test scores?
What are effective recommendation letters and how to obtain them?
How many times should my child take the SAT or ACT? What is a good score?
Should my child take the AP Exams?
A significant portion of the interactive workshop will be devoted to answering parents’ questions.
Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions before the workshop.
Presented By:
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.
