<p>I was wondering who is the most successful college consultant in the U.S., by the best i mean send the highest percentage of the clients to the top 15 colleges.</p>
<p>The best college consultant is only as good as the students she takes on. That said I believe the most sucessful in terms of building a business, getting her name out there and knowing her stuff is Michele Hernandez.</p>
<p>There are some consultants who offer an Ivy guarantee program, but you have to meet their qualifications. College Karma, who began this message board, is one of them.</p>
<p>What about (Katherine?) Cohen? She's written many books...</p>
<p>fireflyscout
Ivy guarantee program????? How does that work?
btw, which part of Houston r u from?</p>
<p>The best is someone who A) hand picks the most magnificent, over-achieving clients possible and then B) has them only apply to schools that they are over-qualified for, so that she or he can claim a 100% success rate (he says sarcastically).</p>
<p>The person whose name is out there the most is Michelle Hernandez, but she organizes every aspect of an individual's life in order to get into college. Also she makes you apply to schools that you are going to get into, if you have no chance at HYPSM, she won't let you apply there. Actually thats what most of those do, so you might as well use CC as a college consultant, its probably best. :-)</p>
<p>For more info on College Karma's Ivy Guarantee program:
IGAP</a> - Guaranteed Admission</p>
<p>bestswimmer - north of Houston</p>
<p>Because every college has to admit students every year to stay in existence, in some ways the problem of college admission is overstated. The college consulting business is all about managing expectations, so that the client will be happy with whatever offer of admission that eventually comes. </p>
<p>But this also reminds me of a story I have related in other threads. 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>