Command Education In the News
Why Are More and More Northern Kids Heading South For College?
Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education, an independent college consulting company with offices in New York and Miami, says that a family with children at the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan recently shifted their focus away from schools like Stanford, Duke, and Georgetown to Washington University in St. Louis, Emory, and SMU. “They say they want a school where ‘You see a sense of community and where you’re really able to have debates and have conversations with opposing viewpoints and not be canceled,’ ” says Rim
The Benefits of AP and IB Foreign Language Courses
“I always tell students foreign language is the way to go,” says Christopher Rim, CEO and founder of Command Education, an education and admissions consulting company. “When students are applying to colleges, top-tier schools …
10 Application Tips To Stand Out To Ivy League Colleges During The Admissions Process
Admission to top colleges has been growing increasingly competitive. Every year, colleges receive more applications than the last, but are only able to accept roughly the same number of students.
The Top 5 Habits Of Ivy League Bound College Students
Starting freshman year, there are plenty of opportunities that students can and should take advantage of to help set themselves up for college admissions success.
Choosing a Major in College: What to Know
While students might have certain schools they’re interested in due to prestige, family ties or geographic location, they should keep an open mind when considering colleges, Rim says.
College Applications Are on the Rise: What to Know
“If you are able to hire a tutor, get the prep books and the materials, you’re obviously going to be able to score a little bit higher,” says Christopher Rim, the founder and CEO of Command Education, an education and admissions consulting company.
How to Get Admitted Off a College Waitlist
“If they stay on the waitlist with no intention of attending that school, then they are essentially taking a seat from a student who would have loved to attend that school,” Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of the admissions firm Command Education.
How this life coach gets students into Ivy League schools for $1.5K per hour
What does one need to get into a top Ivy League school such as Columbia, Princeton, Cornell or any of the other eight institutions? You probably need to start with a stellar GPA of 4.0 or higher.
American private schools now need to weigh the consequences of accepting the kids of Russian billionaires, experts say
“It’s so strange these students over the past few weeks have not been answering us at all,” said Christopher Rim, the founder of the education and college-consulting firm Command Education
Looking at Private Middle Schools in New York City
In New York City, where competition for top high schools is tight and many private schools serve grades K-12, families often look to middle school as a path to the high school they want their children to attend.
Enrollment Freeze Looms at Berkeley
Some are questioning why UC Berkeley didn’t make the announcement of a possible enrollment reduction sooner, given the far-reaching impact it has on students who have applied. Christopher Rim, CEO of the admissions firm Command Education, suggests that Berkeley downplayed the enrollment freeze order because it didn’t want to receive fewer applications.
Exploring Private High Schools in New York City
“You can’t really compare the level of education received from a top private New York City school to any other school in the country,” says Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education. “You just can’t.”
The SAT is going entirely digital
“There is a clear link between household income and test performance. If you practice enough and have the right resources, you will see your score rise. Test prep and tutoring is a multibillion-dollar industry; those who can afford such resources will generally outperform those who do not.”
How to Find a Tutor for Your Child
“For elementary and middle school students, it is often most productive to start tutoring sessions with an icebreaker activity and plan a variety of subject-related activities for each session, such as playing question games,” Rim says.
Lawsuit claims 16 top colleges overcharged over 170,000 students by ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
“If [colleges] didn’t care about financial needs, or whether or not you can afford tuition, they wouldn’t ask that,” says Rim, who attended Yale and maintains that his alma mater does a superior job of separating financial aid and admissions decisions.
Wealthy high schoolers are upping their application game to 25 colleges this year. It’s setting up a big payday for schools while leaving lower-income students behind.
There’s a sign of a return normalcy in the higher education sphere as more high school seniors are applying to colleges than pre-pandemic. This is good news for universities, but not so good for those who can’t keep up with the rising costs of education.
College admission applications spike as January deadline nears
Rim advises clients to apply to 15 to 18 institutions, including a near-split of safety, target and reach schools. Applying to too many is a waste of time and resources on top of schoolwork and extracurriculars, he said.
This Ivy League College Coach Helps Students Stand Out And Get Admitted Into Top-Tier Colleges
Christopher Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education, a private admissions consultancy headquartered in New York City, knows how much emphasis top schools put on the less quantitative elements of an application. “Getting into a top school isn’t solely about grades anymore,” Rim told Worth. “It’s about what makes you stand out.”