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Command Education is a thought leader in the education and admissions consulting industries, routinely providing expert insights in regional, national, and global news media outlets. Our team is frequently called upon to comment on emerging trends in college admissions, student success, and the evolving landscape of higher education.
03/27/2026
Top Colleges Release Their Admissions Decisions—Here Are The Admissions Rates For The Class Of 2030
Yesterday, students across the globe received their admissions results from the Ivy League and select top schools, an annual tradition of coordinated admissions releases known as “Ivy Day.” As in previous cycles, a number of Ivy League schools—including Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, and Penn—chose to withhold their admissions data, continuing to distance themselves from their reputations for hyperselectivity.
03/26/2026
How To Boost Your Odds Of Getting Off The Waitlist At An Ivy League School
Each spring, thousands of high-achieving students open admissions decisions from elite colleges expecting a final response, only to discover that they are stuck in limbo. A waitlist decision from an Ivy League or other top school can be a disappointing extension of the waiting process, leaving many students unsure how to evaluate their options and proceed toward the May 1 Decision Day.
03/26/2026
Surviving Ivy Day 2026: Your complete guide to Ivy League admissions and navigating the waitlist
“With such steep competition, Ivy League admissions are no longer about whether a student is valedictorian of their class or received a perfect SAT score — elite schools are looking for students with singular focus and demonstrable passions,” offered Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education.
02/23/2026
What the Trump administration’s Harvard lawsuit could mean for future applicants
By compelling Harvard to make this admissions data more accessible, “this lawsuit has broken open the long-secret world of ‘holistic admissions,’” said Christopher Rim, president and CEO of Command Education, a New York-based college consulting firm.
12/22/2025
Elite colleges admitting one student minority group at incredible rates, post affirmative action
“I was like, wow, that’s a big one,” Yiatin Chu, a Queens mother who’s soon to start preparing to go through the college process with her teenager, told The Post.
“This was always about the civil rights of Asian parents, having fairness in the system, and not being discriminated against.”
10/14/2025
Stubborn Columbia now the last Ivy League holdout to not require SAT or ACT scores — but why?
“[Columbia] are effectively eliminating one of the most important factors for… comparing applicants across different schools and regions,” Command Education CEO and college admissions consultant Chris Rim told The Post. “This will actually make the process less holistic, as well as less rigorous.”