Controversy Surrounding Independent Counseling
IvyWise is a private educational consulting firm and thus, is often included in news stories about the controversy surrounding the use of private educational consultants and the issue of a level playing field for all students. This issue is compounded by the fact that the company is based in New York City, where parents reportedly feel pressured to get their children into prestigious schools. The New York Times reports, Parents generally have a very skewed perception of the private school world, Mark Sklarow, executive director of the Independent Educational Consultants Association, a professional association based in Virginia, said. They're convinced that if they don't get into a good nursery school, they're never going to get into the right prep school, they won't get into Harvard, and their life is over.
Within that context, parents can be anxious to secure a spot for their children at private K-12 schools, and even pre-K programs. The article continues, It is no secret that for many Manhattan parents, getting a child into the Ivy League starts in nursery school.
The article continues on to report, "Several parents, however, said they had found the consultants helpful. You only have a fixed number of hours to focus on the school issues, said one parent. like the CliffsNotes of the process.
Forbes reports, Not everybody needs an independent counselor, admits IvyWise Chief Executive Katherine Cohen, but it is essential to get some kind of advice. Hundreds of thousands of students are getting little to no counseling.
IvyWise claims to address the issue of unequal educational counseling access by offering a pro bono service. Katherine Cohen has stated that one out of every seven students that work with IvyWise does so on a pro bono basis.
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