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Parents Are Paying Consultants $750,000 to Get Kids Into Ivy League Schools
Acceptance rates at the nation’s top universities are plunging, and parents are doing whatever it takes to get their kids in.
Harkness Tower stands on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
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The mantra for making it into America’s top schools rings from New York City to Kentucky: Whatever it takes.
College consultants charging as much as $750,000 to build standout applications starting in seventh grade? Worth it, says Hope Choi, whose son applied to 22 schools and has already won a spot at Yale.