The US revoked Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, meaning foreign students can no longer attend the university. Existing international students must transfer or lose their legal status, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
Christopher Rim, a college counselor based in New York, said he had four calls from families within the hour of the announcement. Harvard senior Jada Pierre spent two hours on a call with about 20 other students hammering out the language for a statement urging the univ…
Elizabeth Stone, president of Top Tier Admissions, had a student pick Duke over Columbia this year because of concerns over federal funding for research, while Chris Rim, founder of New York-based Command Education, said many of his students who got into Columbia this y…
Sooner or later, every parent asks Christopher Rim the same question: What will it take to get my kid into Harvard or Yale?
His answer: $750,000.
That’s Rim’s going rate for advice on landing a coveted spot in the Ivy League for students who want to start college pr…
“Tuition and cost of attendance is not just going up at Ivy League and competitive schools, it’s going up everywhere,” said Christopher Rim, the CEO of college consulting firm Command Education. “If a Rolls-Royce and a Toyota are the exact same price, which one …
The efforts have paid off. US college consultants report double-digit increases in interest from British students over the past five years. New York-based consultancy Command Education has seen a five-fold increase in inquiries in that timeframe.
