Comments on: Commodifying Caste: The IvyWise Defense http://madisonian.net/2006/07/13/commodifying-caste-the-ivywise-defense/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brad Flora http://madisonian.net/2006/07/13/commodifying-caste-the-ivywise-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-199275 Brad Flora Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:36:13 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=699#comment-199275 Frank, I'm a former college admission admission officer who shares your concerns on this matter. I've set up an open directory of admissions consulting services like IvyWise, Essay Edge and others where families can anonymously review their experience working with them. IvyWise has an entry on the index http://www.collegeconsultantreviews.com/content/view/18/26/ Anyone you can send over to weigh in on their experience would be doing a service to the whole educational community. Someone needs to hold these consultants accountable. http://www.collegeconsultantreviews.com Frank, I’m a former college admission admission officer who shares your concerns on this matter.

I’ve set up an open directory of admissions consulting services like IvyWise, Essay Edge and others where families can anonymously review their experience working with them.

IvyWise has an entry on the index
http://www.collegeconsultantreviews.com/content/view/18/26/

Anyone you can send over to weigh in on their experience would be doing a service to the whole educational community.

Someone needs to hold these consultants accountable.

http://www.collegeconsultantreviews.com

]]> By: Frank Pasquale http://madisonian.net/2006/07/13/commodifying-caste-the-ivywise-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-60243 Frank Pasquale Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:02:16 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=699#comment-60243 Thanks for that point, C.E. I'd love to learn more about how the book publishing industry works...for example, if agents can be bought by authors to get access to publishing houses. I'm afraid I know very little about the potential for commodification of publishing opportunities. And perhaps sympathetic observers will point out all manner of ways in which what may appear to be unfair advantage was only earned via merit. Thanks for that point, C.E. I’d love to learn more about how the book publishing industry works…for example, if agents can be bought by authors to get access to publishing houses. I’m afraid I know very little about the potential for commodification of publishing opportunities. And perhaps sympathetic observers will point out all manner of ways in which what may appear to be unfair advantage was only earned via merit.

]]> By: C.E. Petit http://madisonian.net/2006/07/13/commodifying-caste-the-ivywise-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-56427 C.E. Petit Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:12:52 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=699#comment-56427 Irony alert: Katherine Cohen is the "admissions counsellor" who referred Kaayva Viswanathan to the William Morris Agency, which in turn brought in Alloy Entertainment, a book packager. This should start ringing bells: Ms Viswanathan is the Harvard student whose novel was pulled from the shelves earlier this spring for plagiarizing several other books. Overall, this isn't a high recommendation for the process. Or other types of equity... Irony alert:

Katherine Cohen is the “admissions counsellor” who referred Kaayva Viswanathan to the William Morris Agency, which in turn brought in Alloy Entertainment, a book packager. This should start ringing bells: Ms Viswanathan is the Harvard student whose novel was pulled from the shelves earlier this spring for plagiarizing several other books.

Overall, this isn’t a high recommendation for the process. Or other types of equity…

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