L.T. was admitted to Columbia Med after working with her InGenius Prep former admissions officer. Hear her tell you about her experience, especially her interview preparation with Phillip below. Congratulations, L.T.!
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Check out David's article in the National Forensics League's quarterly print edition of Rostrum, in which he discusses the various "admissions bumps" for high school debaters trying to get into college. You can find a PDF of the article below. E.K. was admitted to his top choice program. Hear his story and how his InGenius experience helped him catapult himself to the next level. Obviously, E.K.'s essay is confidential, but we've redacted another student's essay and converted it to an incomprehensible font to show you the kind of thorough edits we worked on together. (Note: Lines in red are not written by his InGenius counselor; they merely reflect changes from the first draft). See below:
Check out David's most recent video and blog about strategically writing a disciplinary addendum in your application: Congratulation to Aliza for getting into her dream school - the University of Pennsylvania - in the early admissions cycle! Hear about her experience working with InGenius Prep in the video below. The Young Cons, fellow Dartmouth graduates, wrote a great piece about entrepreneurship and why it is the engine of our economy. The editors over there interviewed Joel Butterly and I about our entrepreneurial experiences, discussing my restaurant development endeavors and Joel's decision to found InGenius Prep.
The jist of the article is that recent college graduates should be less hesitant to take the plunge and follow their passions (under the right circumstances) and should give careful consideration to not just following the crowd to a job in the financial services sector or straight to graduate school. If the right path for you is to go to graduate school, then often that work experience, especially of an entrepreneurial bent, will help you in the eyes of admissions committees. You can check out the editorial from the Young Cons that features my interview here. “The question of whether to seek a job as a paralegal between college and law school to
bolster one’s candidacy is one that is very commonly asked of our former admissions officers here at inGenius Prep,” said David Mainiero, the head of the JD & BA Divisions at inGenius Prep. Mainiero explains that while a paralegal job can be a good introduction to “big law” firm life or to the legal profession in general, admissions officers tend to see a lot of applicants with such a background. Thus, while it is certainly not a mark against someone to be a paralegal, it is not always the strong indication of interest in law that candidates hope it will be when they decide to take a year between college and law school to take such a job. “Our former admissions officers at inGenius Prep almost uniformly advise students to try to get a legal job that is more interesting that might set them apart from the pack,” Mainiero elaborated. For instance, a candidate who worked at the ACLU or the Save the Rainforest Coalition’s Legal Department for a year probably has a much more interesting range of experiences than someone who just defaulted to becoming a paralegal. However, there are certainly upsides to being a paralegal such as making connections with partners at a firm that you might come back to for a summer associate position and an eventual full-time job. These are all considerations that the candidacy-building program at inGenius Prep can help you wade through in order to make the most informed decision for you and your legal career. The terrific team at InGenius Prep enjoyed an incredible 97.5% success rate with its students in the 2013 application cycle and the acceptances are still rolling in. This success rate was measured by students getting into one of their top three school choices. When expanded to top five choices, the success rate was a pristine 100%. The best admissions statistics have come from its business school and undergraduate divisions, with law school and medical school statistics coming in just slightly below the former divisions.
The former admissions officers at InGenius Prep and the team of 75+ graduate coaches have are making incredible strides in bringing admissions consulting to the same level as test prep in terms of their importance in gaining admission to the most selective schools in the world. |