A New Weapon for Upper Middle Class Students Trying to get into Ivies

Washington, DC - Vohra Method, a college strategy firm based in Washington, DC, announced today a program designed to protect upper middle class students from changes in Ivy League Admissions, which will be kicked off with a January 30th seminar. Ivy League colleges will be making the SAT optional this year for those applying this fall, and possibly in future years. This does not bode well for upper middle class families.

According to Arvin Vohra, founder of Vohra Method, Ivy Admissions officers consider both objective achievement (through the SAT, ACT, etc.) and personal demographics (race, income, and geographic location).

The SAT favors upper middle class, college educated families. Demographic-based admissions highly disfavor the upper middle class.

With the SAT out of the way, Ivies are now able to admit the previously underrepresented groups, including those whose parents did not attend college, without worrying about their lower academic achievement. The result is that parents who work hard, sacrifice for their kids, prioritize education, and provide a stable home are being punished for their hard work and achievement. Kids who work hard and sacrifice leisure in favor of achievement are also being punished.This does not bode well for the suburban families vying for Ivy spots. In the past, many from underrepresented racial groups or geographic locations were automatically disqualified from consideration based on low SAT scores. Now, they are back in the running - and given heavy preference based on their demographics.

According to Vohra Method's Director of College Strategy, Chelsey Snyder, "The new admissions policy is punishing parents and children for working hard - and that's just wrong. We've created a program, starting with a seminar on January 30th, to make sure that people who work hard and prioritize education get the rewards they've earned. We have built up our earlier strategies, and created entirely new strategies in response to these changes in admissions policy."

According to Mr. Vohra, "The Ivy League has a history of discriminating against applicants for working hard. In the early 1900s, Jewish Americans were heavily discriminated against. More recently, Asian Americans have been discriminated against. Now it's the entire upper middle class."

The financial pressures that in the past forced Ivies to accept some wealthier students is also gone. According to Ms. Snyder, "Any student can get a federally backed student loan. When they default, the upper middle class families will end up paying for them anyway, through their taxes. Either way, upper middle class suburban families will be paying for the education, even if their children don't actually go to the best colleges."

Vohra is unimpressed by social pushback against the new program. "Despite what some detractors say, we aren't 'defenders of privilege'. We're proponents of hard work and achievement," he says. "If you work hard, if you achieve more, you should be rewarded, not punished."

The first seminar in this program will be on January 30, 2021. It will be an online seminar. Tickets can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ivy-league-admissions-have-changed-seminar-tickets-135403289885

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This release was published on openPR.