Colleges are paying $2500+ to a firm that recruits international students.

Applying to College
1

<p>Interesting article: China</a> Rush to U.S. Colleges Reveals Predatory Fees for Recruits - Bloomberg </p>

<p>"At least 80 American schools have signed up with IDP Education since that agency -- half-owned by 38 Australian universities and half by online employment firm Seek Ltd. (SEK) -- began recruiting international students to U.S. colleges in 2009. Schools including Tulane, Rutgers in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, pay IDP $2,500 for each enrollment. </p>

<p>IDP charges some students in China from $3,000 for community colleges to $7,000 for top-30 colleges, and takes 10 percent of any financial aid or scholarship, according to a contract reviewed by Bloomberg News. Because IDP isn’t licensed to operate in China, it forms partnerships with agents there, “and it is really their contract that the students have to sign,” spokesman Matthew Ulmer said in an e-mail. Revamping its China operation is a company priority, he said."</p>

<p>Members of IDP that pay for recruitment: Partner</a> Institutions</p>

<p>Surprises me even a caliber of school like Tulane uses IDP. They also take 10% of scholarship money? I think this is wrong. To me, this article was pretty eye-opening.</p>

2

<p>There is a similar thread on either Parents Forum or Parent Cafe about this, referencing a recent article that talks about how these agents forge documents and write essays for the Chinese students who use them. You might want to see if this could get merged.</p>

3

<p>It wouldn’t surprise me that firms are hired to vet through the fakes – cuz there are tons of them.</p>