College admissions consultants?

<p>What are the top college admission consulting firms? Obviously CC is one...are there any that guarantee ivy league acceptance?</p>

<p>Nobody can guarantee Ivy League acceptance. Let me tell you a funny story. I read this in a book--I would credit the book if I could remember which book I read the story in. Once upon a time a man had a college admission consulting business. He insinuated that he had an "in" with the admission committee at Brown University. He said to clients, "I can't guarantee that every client I speak up for will get into Brown, but if your child doesn't get into Brown, you'll get your money back." He asked for a payment of $3,000. Once the parents paid up, he proceeded to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. (In fact, he had no connection with the Brown admission committee at all.) Some of those applicants got into Brown, and he cashed their checks. Some others didn't get into Brown, and he returned their checks. That's a pretty good income for doing no actual work.</p>

<p>lol, good point. i guess some consultants can just play the odds and still make a profit.</p>