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The Ivy Dean’s 2017 College Success

Posted on: April 8, 2017 by: dee

This year, colleges across the country reported a record-high number of applications and lower acceptance rates—making this one of the most selective years in college admissions history.

Despite the increase in selectivity, The Ivy Dean continues to have great success. For the 2016-2017 college admissions cycle, all of my students got accepted into one of their top colleges and many of my students got into the Ivy League.

Here are some of the colleges my students got accepted into for the Class of 2021:

Stanford University
Yale University
California Institute of Technology (CalTech)
University of Chicago
Dartmouth College
University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
Duke University
Cornell University
Northwestern University
Georgetown University
New York University (NYU)
University of California – Berkeley
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Rice University
University of Southern California (USC)
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Washington University – St. Louis (WashU)
Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech)
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC – Chapel Hill)
University of Virginia (UVA)
Tufts University
Northeastern University
University of Texas – Austin (UT – Austin)
Case Western Reserve University
Wesleyan University
Fordham University
Brandeis University
College of William and Mary
Haverford College
Bucknell University
Lehigh University
Colgate University
Dickinson College
Franklin and Marshall College
University of Maryland
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
University of California – Irvine
University of Maryland
University of Wisconsin
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
College of Charleston (CofC)

Each year, The Ivy Dean works with a small group of students that apply to colleges of their choice. To review the full list of my students’ college acceptances, you may click here.

Our success is due to my signature Application Positioning™ process. The Ivy Dean is the only college admissions consultants to offer such a service. In addition to Positioning, I offer college admissions services for each step of the college application process.

If you are interested in being among the next class of students to be accepted to a top college, you may click here to contact The Ivy Dean to learn more information.

Testimonials

On paper, I am by no means a perfect student. However, thanks to my Application Positioning, I was able to maximize the strengths that I bring to a college to compensate for other factors. Thanks to The Ivy Dean Team, I will be attending Princeton University, my dream school, in the fall.

Douglas R. – Princeton University

Dee provided excellent advice and guidance throughout the application process. Her overall expertise in admissions, professionalism and warmth made the experience a great one. I was thrilled that I was accepted to several of the most selective colleges in the country and will be attending Stanford in the fall.”

Laurel P. – Stanford University

It's my pleasure to inform you that I've been admitted to my first choice college: the University of Southern California. My dream is becoming reality! I am thrilled to get the chance to belong to the USC and to start a new adventure there. It is also thanks to your great help that I've been accepted, I'm very grateful! Thank you so much for everything.

Sonia G. – From Switzerland

Our son and daughter wanted to go to colleges in the same city but they had different interests and different strengths. She matched them each with their ideal college, one Columbia University and the other NYU, and worked to get them admitted. We couldn't have been more pleased.

Niki and Roger S.

I was a serious student but also wanted a university where I could continue competitive cycling. There weren't many schools that met my needs and fit my personality. From her experience, she was able to hone right in on what became my first choice school. I graduated last year and the entire college experience was awesome.

Colin J.

My parents and I didn't know how helpful it could be to have someone who understood things from the inside working with us. Ms. Blackman was able to identify just what would make me the most attractive candidate to colleges.

Bob M. – Harvard University