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"Anxiety about winning a place in college is prompting students to apply to more schools than before, said Bev Taylor, a college counselor in New York." from Bloomberg.com
Harvard Applications Soar With High School Anxiety

"In fact, colleges are proud to say, 'We rejected a thousand students who had perfect scores'," says Bev Taylor of the admissions coaching firm the Ivy Coach. It boosts a school's rankings in the press and its allure as an elite institution. from Forbes
Acing Your Application

Don't lie, but avoid the question if you can. Colleges don't want to admit students who aren't going to matriculate. It lowers their yield ratio--one of the statistics used in many annual college rankings. If the admissions office thinks you are likely to enroll elsewhere, it is less likely to accept you. College admissions coach Bev Taylor says none of her students have ever been penalized for not answering the question, so she advises them to steer clear of it. from Forbes
Step By Step: Acing Your Application

"Colleges make themselves hot with some savvy self-promotion. "It's the college sending out stuff that starts it happening," says Bev Taylor, a college counselor in Roslyn Heights, N.Y. A flood of glossy brochures will make some kids consider a school they hadn't thought of before." from US News and World Report
How Schools Get Hot

"Essays can be effective even when they pinpoint something that might seem insignificant in the grand scheme. Bev Taylor, a New York-based independent counselor known as the Ivy Coach, worked with a young woman who discarded several failed ideas before writing about her lucky rubber-band ball and how it connected her to her family and friends. Her admissions letter from Williams College included a rubber band for her collection." from US News and World Report
Express Yourself: How to Tell Your Story

"Not every question requires an answer, says Bev Taylor, founder of the Ivy Coach, a New York counseling service. For instance, she says, some colleges ask applicants to list all the other schools to which they've applied -- which Ms. Taylor believes can hurt an applicant if the college concludes the student is treating it as a safety school. She suggests skipping the question." from The Wall Street Journal
Manage College-Application Anxiety

"Bev Taylor, a guidance counselor on Long Island, said that some of her students were thinking about staying closer to home, and that New York City colleges like Columbia, N.Y.U. and Fordham ''are still top choices.''" from The New York Times
As Applications to Some New York Colleges Drop, Officials Cite Sept. 11

"Some guidance counselors, like Bev Taylor, an independent counselor in Roslyn Heights, N.Y., say they encourage students to apply early if they have decided where they most want to go. One reason, Ms. Taylor said, is that universities sometimes take weaker students who commit themselves through early decisions and reject stronger students who apply later, or put them on waiting lists." from The New York Times
As Early Admissions Rise, Colleges Debate Practice

"First of all, if you are applying to a competitive school, everyone is a member of the National Honor Society. Mentioning it isn't going to get you anywhere. The best essays seemingly have insight. The writer should show, not tell. This is the only thing that is not objective on your application. Everything else is courses and grades." from The Washington Times
Giving Admissions Essays the Old College Try

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that when these colleges make SAT scores optional, only applicants with higher scores are going to submit them, thus inflating the college's mean [SAT] score," said Bev Taylor, an independent college consultant based in New York." from The Washington Times
Test-Optional Colleges Won't Require SATs

Bev Taylor, the founder of the Ivy Coach (an independent college admissions counseling service), confirms that lowballing is common at prep schools, whose worst nightmare is having graduating seniors who haven't been admitted to any college at all. "The last thing any school wants is for a graduating senior to not to get in anywhere," says Bev, who charges clients a flat rate of $46,000 for tutoring on how to get into the top colleges, and starts working with some students as early as the seventh grade. "Schools worry that parents would sue them, so they play it safe and lowball students who can probably get into more highly selective colleges." from New York Post
Private School Rejects

According to Bev Taylor, an independent college consultant with The Ivy Coach, since Zbylut was offered a place at each of the schools, he took that offer away from other students with dreams to attend one of the many schools on his list. She says, "That's why it is so unfair for kids to do something like this without doing their homework first." from TheStreet.com
Did This College Admissions' Junkie Play Fair?

"Highly selective colleges have a certain number of international students that they accept in a given year, so students from China compete against other students from China," says Bev Taylor, president of The Ivy Coach, a college admissions advisory service based in New York City. from Beijing-Kids.com Thinking Outside the Harvard Box

"The tour guides will give you the script, but the students are going to tell it like it is," says Bev Taylor, director of the Ivy Coach, a New York–based college-consulting company. Visit the buildings, including the dorms. And don’t hesitate to knock on someone’s door and ask to see his or her room." from AmericanWayMag.com School Daze

Bev Taylor, founder and director of an independent college consulting firm called The Ivy Coach, tells her clients to maintain contact with regional representatives of the schools they’re applying to. "Sometimes it’s too early for a student to even know that they’re interested in that particular college, but it’s really important for students to meet these people and then follow through," Taylor said. "Keep that dialogue going. That’s really important." from Unigo.com
Admissions Officers are People, Too

"The first priority of an Indian family is always education," says Bev Taylor, president of The Ivy Coach, an independent college counseling service in Manhattan and Roslyn Heights, New York. "These parents are looking for their children to get into the most highly selective colleges that they can."" from Mood Indico
Getting Into A Good School. Does Your Kid Have What It Takes?

"Bev Taylor, an independent college counselor and educational consultant, says that a student who is not a great test taker but who knows how to study can still do well on the ACT. "It’s less of a standardized test and more of an achievement test. It’s more like a classroom exam," Taylor says." from Fast Web
The ACT: Why You Should Consider This SAT Alternative

"Colleges look for students who will be a good match for their school. Your interviewer wants to see a genuine interest in the college. "There’s always going to be a question ‘Why do you want to come to our school?’ so you really have to know the school," says Bev Taylor, an independent college counselor and director of the Ivy Coach. Spend time before the interview thinking about why that college would be a good match for you. "It’s important to talk about yourself. Students need to do their homework before an interview. Find out what it is about themselves that can make them happy at that college," Taylor says." from Fast Web
Five Common Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them)

"Students can actually knock off a semester – sometimes a year – of coursework at a college [if they score well on multiple AP tests], which translates into a year of tuition," Bev Taylor, an independent college admissions counselor, says." from Fast Web
Ace Your AP Tests

"A lot of students only apply to highly selective schools and they have no backups. Students need to do their homework and find out that these schools are such longshots and they're not going to be accepted," Bev Taylor, an independent college counselor, says." from Fast Web
You've Been Rejected: Understanding the Rise in Rejection Rates

"You have to let a college know you really care," advised Bev Taylor, director of The Ivy Coach, who coaches students trying to get into Ivy League and other schools. "While you are on the wait list, be proactive; put some work into telling them why you think you will be a good addition to the school." from The Bergen Record
Getting into college takes planning, flexibility

"Bev Taylor, director of the Ivy Coach on Long Island, is more blunt. "Colleges have a hidden agenda. They are not going to say this,'' she said. "They look for diversity and unless you know the culture of the school, you are not going to know what's diverse."" from The Bergen Record
The Secret World of College Admissions

"Bev Taylor, founder of The Ivy Coach, hopes early applications will remain an option. She thinks rejection or deferral early serves as a crucial reality check for kids who presume they'll get into highly selective schools. "Rejection is a wake-up call for these students so they know they need some safeties," she said. "It's necessary to find this out in December when they still have opportunity to apply to more schools in January."" from The Bergen Record
Navigating An Altered Admissions Landscape

"Colleges may have separate applications for scholarships or honors programs," says independent college consultant Bev Taylor of Roslyn Heights, N.Y. "Seniors who haven't taken the SAT or ACT (or think they can improve their score) can still take the tests in December or January," Taylor says." from USA Today
It Takes Two to Tackle College Entry

"While a few teens are absolutely certain about their career goals, the average kid is not, says Bev Taylor, an independent college counselor in Roslyn Heights, N.Y. "How certain can they be at 17?" she asks. "Your major should be what you're passionate about, and the only way to find out what you're passionate about is to go to college."" from USA Today
Undergrads Face Major Decisions

"To Bev Taylor, an independent college counselor from Roslyn Heights, the college visit is a must - "a no-brainer" in fact. Taylor said some highly selective colleges are even rating students' interest in their campuses. "It's called an IQ, for interest quotient," she said. But beyond showing one's interest, Taylor said a campus visit can help a student prepare for the essay many colleges require. "You cannot write that essay unless you go on a tour or overnight," Taylor said. If a student has visited a class, which admissions officers and counselors encourage, Taylor said, "you can put the professor's name in that essay. You can write about discussions that happened in that class ... It means so much to the college admissions person reading that application. Besides their interest, it shows they're not only doing what's necessary but going beyond."" from Newsday
The Tour Is the Cure

"Bev Taylor, an independent college counselor and creator of theivycoach.com, also emphasized this aspect of Penn's admissions. "If you're going to apply to Penn, apply early," Taylor said. Many prospective students "love [Penn], but they know that they don't have a shot regular-decision."" from The Daily Pennsylvanian
Early applications surge 21%

"Independent college counselor Bev Taylor said that in recent years her students have begun applying to more institutions, specifically to more Ivy League schools. She said most of her students apply to six or seven schools, but some apply to as many as 16." from The Daily Pennsylvanian
Applications up across the Ivies

"Bev Taylor -- who runs the Ivy Coach, a New York-based independent college-counseling firm -- said many colleges determine the overall academic quality of a student by calculating an "academic index," a mathematical formula using SAT I and SAT II scores and class rank." from The Daily Pennsylvanian
High Schools Learning When to Hide Info

"College admissions counselors say that the model, if completed, would indeed help students who live far from Penn to get a feel for campus. Bev Taylor, director of the New York-based The Ivy Coach, said the program has the potential to be helpful, but "to a degree." "It's certainly helpful with international students, and with students that live far away," she said." from The Daily Pennsylvanian
Nearly As Good As A Visit To Campus

"Bev Taylor of The Ivy Coach, who has been an independent college admissions consultant for over fifteen years in Long Island, New York and has successfully helped many students get admitted to their top college choices, strongly believes that the Interest Quotient in some cases can be the tipping point to a student getting admitted to a college." from Fox College Funding E-News
What is the Interest Quotient?