/UCWE/ - Colleges’ Early Action/Decision results are out. In spite of the build-up to the Early outcome, many students find upon opening the envelope from their dream school that they have been neither rejected nor accepted. Instead, they learn they have been deferred to the regular pool, left to wait another few months for the moment of truth. IvyWise, a Manhattan-based educational consulting firm, has a system for helping deferred students increase their chances of being accepted in the Regular Decision round.

“IvyWise counselors are professionally trained to offer personal guidance at the level that works best for students and their families,” says Katherine Cohen, Ph.D., IvyWise’s founder and president.

Students should try taking the following steps to increase their chances of admission:
- Write a one-page letter to the school, stating clearly that despite being deferred, the school in question is still his or her number-one choice, and should he or she be admitted in the spring, he or she will definitely attend.
- Update the school on all new achievements he or she has made since the application was submitted.
- Make sure to keep grades strong—beware of senioritis.

IvyWise is an educational consulting company that provides comprehensive admissions counseling services to students worldwide. Through its expertise, personalized attention, and professional guidance, IvyWise has established an impressive track record: In the high school class of 2005, a over 70 percent were admitted to their top choice school, and 100 percent were admitted to one of their top three choices. Those students are now enrolled in such top-ranked schools as Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Cornell, Duke, Stanford, Georgetown, New York University, Northwestern, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, and University of Chicago, among others.

For more information or to schedule an interview with IvyWise’s founder, Katherine Cohen, please contact Carrie Schechter at (212) 262-8203.