Exceptional experience with the Ivywise team! We have had an exceptional experience working with Ivywise. From the very beginning they listened to our needs and helped pair us with the perfect counselor, Robin. Robin has been nothing short of amazing. Her expertise has been invaluable. She is friendly, thoughtful, responsive and extremely knowledgeable on the college admissions process. We are still early in our college journey but we feel much more prepared and informed with the process ahead of us with the Ivywise team and Robin by our side. We have also had a terrific experience with the SAT tutoring team, particularly with Carl, who is preparing our son exceptionally well for the SAT. We are truly grateful for the Ivywise team!

Harsh critiques I liked the fact that the counselors critically evaluated the essays. However, it seemed as if their goal was to make the applicant seem inadequate and unworthy of Ivy League schools. It felt like a condescending environment and process, in general with a primary goal to criticize instead of to help applicants constructively create effective, inspiring and impactful essays. We felt as if it was more of an attack on the inadequacies of an applicant’s essays and application, versus a supportive, educational environment that uses the experience of the counselors to optimize an application. There was almost no advice on how to reword or to rewrite essay prompts. Instead, there was only repetitive criticism. If you’re going to have a group of experienced admissions counselors, they should tie into their experience and expertise in helping applicants, write impactful and inspiring essays, with more direct guidance versus constant critiques without any real answers or solutions. Additionally, the cost to go through the process is extremely high, considering the input and guidance the process provided. For those reasons, I would not recommend IvyWise unless someone had $20k + to blow. I understand the idea of not giving applicants false hope, but what about SOME hope and real concerted guidance to get them as close as possible?

We had the best experience with IvyWise… We had the best experience with IvyWise so and mainly because of our adviser Christine! Very thorough and patient! We had a great short term and long term plan and were guided every step! And of course the essays Essays that went back and forth over and over until the final ones got my son into 18 schools he applied to! He chose Stanford! Thank you IvyWise! Thank you Christine !! 🌺🌸

Victoria helped me to write a personal… Victoria helped me to write a personal statement and she really kept me on track with all the timelines and all the elements I needed to do- essays, activity list, portfolio and creating a website to show my work in art, music and acting.

IvyWise IvyWise, specifically Meg, provided our daughter with useful feedback in her sophomore and junior year, giving her advice on recommended classes, projects, and summer activities. During the application process Meg provided manageable timelines and constant support as my daughter worked through her applications. As our daughter heads off to her dream school, we are grateful to IvyWise.