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Command Education is regularly featured in major news outlets: here are our latest articles and publications!
![Confidence in colleges, universities reaches all-time low, new poll indicates](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/fox-news-colleges-and-university-command-education-400x284.jpeg)
In that same month, as then-Harvard President Claudine Gay was embroiled in controversy over campus antisemitism, college admissions consultant Christopher Rim told Fox News he was "completely shocked" to see students turning down their acceptances to the university for the first time in his career.
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Even the best student loans and other financial aid items don't always provide enough to cover all the costs of college. Scholarships are a great way to bridge the gap, with no obligation to repay the money. Finding scholarships you qualify for can be difficult. But there are several great ...
![As Ivy League prioritizes ‘activism at expense of academics,’ other schools rise to top for employers](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Harvard-University-Campus-Ivy-League-Cambridge-Massachusetts-Command-Education-400x284.jpeg)
“Those schools are being added to college lists and are being considered in a very similar light to the Ivy League,” college admissions consultant and Command Education CEO Christopher Rim told The Post. “Our clients are wanting to get into Ivies and Ivy-plus schools — including these ...
![Some Singapore students decide against going to elite US colleges over campus protests](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Harvard-University-Entrance-Gate-Cambridge-Massachusetts-Command-Education-400x284.jpeg)
Mr Christopher Rim, chief executive of Command Education, said 12 of its clients have been offered places at Columbia University and eight have received acceptance letters from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in the latest admission cycle, which began in late September 2023.
![US colleges face their next big challenge: furious parents](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/us-colloege-tents-set-up-on-campus-command-education-400x284.jpg)
Christopher Rim, founder and chief executive of Command Education, a company that helps students complete applications for competitive colleges, said he had received calls from more than two dozen parents with children at Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles.
![Protests have some students rethinking college choice](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LiveNOW-Fox-April-27-2024-400x284.png)
Gaza war protests on college campuses across the U.S. have led some soon-to-be freshmen at schools like Columbia and Yale to question their decision, according to the head of a college consulting firm. LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow spoke with Christopher Rim, the CEO of Command Education.
![Colleges Have a New Source of Protest on Their Hands: Irate Parents](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/protesters-on-college-campuses-command-education-400x284.jpeg)
Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education, a company that helps students complete competitive-college applications, says that in the past week he has received calls from about 25 parents with students at Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles—both sites ...
![University Protests Impacting College Decision Day](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/university-protests-impacting-co-400x284.jpg)
On May 1st, known as decision day for college-bound students, protests at universities like Columbia have complicated the decision-making process for many. Christopher Rim, CEO of Command Education, notes that students are uncertain about attending universities due to ongoing protests and ...
![Students are rejecting elite colleges like Columbia and Yale to attend southern schools like Clemson](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/clemson-university-campus-with-school-logo-400x284.jpeg)
Students are rejecting elite colleges like Columbia and Yale to attend southern schools like Clemson
Christopher Rim, the CEO of college consulting firm Command Education, told The Free Press that some students are giving up on going to elite schools entirely and are even interested in transferring to other institutions.
"One student we work with recently abandoned her years long dream of ...
![Kids Are Giving Up on Elite Colleges—and Heading South](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/college-student-in-college-classroom-400x284.jpeg)
“We are working around the clock with students to restructure their college lists as a result of the fallout,” says Christopher Rim, the CEO of college consulting firm Command Education. “One student we work with recently abandoned her yearslong dream of attending Columbia” because of ...
![After a difficult application year, college hopefuls have a ‘love-hate relationship’ with ‘Ivy Day,’ expert says](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/overjoyed-mother-and-son-laptop-good-news-email-college-acceptance-400x284.jpeg)
Yet, just weeks later, Harvard was named the ultimate “dream” school, according to a Princeton Review survey of college-bound students.
“Right now, a lot of students are still aiming for these top-tier, name-brand schools. But they really have these love-hate relationships with [colleges in ...
![Waitlisted at your dream college? Here’s what to do next](https://www.commandeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dissapointed-teen-after-being-waitlisted-at-dream-school-400x284.jpeg)
The admissions landscape at top schools has become more fiercely competitive than ever before. During the 2023–24 early application cycle, Yale announced that it accepted 709 of its 7,856 applicants, amounting to a 9.02% acceptance rate — the lowest in over 20 years, topping the precedent set ...