在ＮＹ，好点的ＩＶＹ ＣＯＡＣＨ一小时咨询外加6小时的所谓boot camp（包括修改essays and Common App）就是一万美金，在白人上产家庭这个花费是必须的.全世界都在包装!!
www.today.com/money/how-much-would-you-pay-get-your-kid-ivy-league-1D80283149
How much would you pay to get your kid into Ivy League?
Nov. 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM ET
Two months before 17-year-old Alexa of northern New Jersey—a national merit scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and standout soccer player—planned to submit her application to Amherst, anxiety set in. Even though she met all the requirements to land her on the college's competitive playing field, she wanted an independent education counselor (IEC) to give the final nod on her application. It didn't matter that her parents, guidance counselor, coach and teachers invested more than 100 hours steering her through the college process.
Her parents contacted a pricey New York City college-planning service and, after relating Alexa's long list of achievements, they agreed to "fit her in," starting off with a 90-minute consultation and then a six-hour boot camp so a counselor could review her essays and Common App. Price: $10,000.
They signed on the dotted line.
While the tab seems exorbitant, Alexa's parents may have gotten off easy. Typically, students begin working with an IEC at the end of their sophomore year in high school, just prior to visiting colleges. But increasingly, parents are signing on as early as middle school and "can spend upwards of $100,000 to $200,000, depending on their chosen program and services," said Dr. Katherine Cohen, the founder of IvyWise, an educational consulting company in New York City that provides career counseling services to students.
Cara, a Harvard University student from New York, was in eighth grade when her parents contacted IvyWise. The company worked with Cara throughout all four years of high school, guiding her on the best way to demonstrate her STEM interest to colleges. IvyWise chose her high school courses, advised her to spend her summers in science programs conducting independent research, and helped her increase her SAT scores and write her essays.
The admissions game
Hiring an IEC to help navigate the college admission process is a growing trend, especially among high achievers, according to Lipman Hearne. The marketing and communications firm recently conducted a nationwide survey of 1,264 students who scored in the 70th percentile or higher on the SAT (at least 1150 out of 1600) or ACT (a composite of at least 25). Of these students, 26 percent admit to hiring an IEC to help them in their college search. This equates to about 160,000 college applicants.
The reason? Fear.
High school students and their parents have become so panicked with the mystique surrounding today's college admissions process that they are clamoring to find help to better their odds in the college admissions game.
That, along with the lack of quality admission counseling in the high schools, has been a boon for independent education consultants. The profession is exploding nationwide, to the tune of $400 million a year, according to the IECA in its latest report. It has grown from about 1,500 in 2008 to more than 8,000 professionals, IECA said. This figure does not include the extra 10,000 to 15,000 who "dabble" in it to earn extra income.
