Stop Everything!
It's Your Child's Senior Year.
4 Very Important College Application Facts Every Parent Should Know.
To get accepted to the top colleges and universities, the application that your child sends out must represent a student who appeals to the admission staff at the particular college or university of your choice. These are the all-important people who decide if your child is a “good match” for their campus community.
Your child’s application will be one of thousands. Every detail about his application must distinguish it from the others.
Your child’s application must be impressive and show that your child is impressive as well.
Each application is reviewed very quickly; and will get only “one shot” to receive the coveted letter of "Congratulations."
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The Facts
The Goal
The goal in working with Lily Trayes is to win a "Congratulations!" letter from the college of your dreams.
Lily Trayes, founder and director of Ivy League Placement, is an accomplished NYC Ivy League College Admissions Counselor who has helped hundreds of students create winning college applications. 
As a highly successful college advisor since 1995, Lily has counseled students on both coasts and many international clients. The students that she takes under her wing continue to break all records with admissions to all of the eight Ivy League Universities each year.
Students come away from brainstorming sessions with Ms. Trayes, beaming with enthusiasm. She builds the self-confidence of each student and energizes them to recognize their talents and abilities. Thus each student learns how to translate these skills in a number of successful venues to the colleges.
By drawing the attention of the Admissions Departments to the important elements in the student’s application, Lily Trayes commands a high success ratio making the Goal of opening the coveted "Congratulations!" letter from the college of your choice a dream come true.
The Promise
Lily Trayes is your own personal Ivy League college admissions advisor and mentor. As the founder of Ivy League Placement, Lily Trayes will:
Work one-on-one with the student by e-mail, telephone conferencing and/or office meetings.
Motivate each student on the importance of editing, rewriting and refinement of each segment of the application.
Work closely with each student to set deadlines for every element of the application.
Provide complete college application creation and design.
Create an effective and results-producing presentation of both the résumé and supporting materials.
Meet all deadlines for college applications including Early Decision & Regular Decisions.
Offer timing and insightful recommendations on the submission of SAT scores.
Review and oversee each application thoroughly before it is mailed.
Coordinate the compilation of all materials for the final application package.
Oversee and monitor the delivery of each application, including proof of mailing and receipt by the colleges and universities.
And be available to share the joy when the acceptance letters arrive.
The Assurance
Every facet of your child’s college application along with its supporting materials will represent your child to his best advantage.
The individually tailored college application package will reflect the student’s best all-out effort.
Each application will indicate a strong “show of interest” for each college and university.
Essays, both long and short, will be interesting, engaging, and thought-provoking. They will include intellectual flavor and will show insight and knowledge about the particular college or university.
Lily Trayes will work one-on-one with the student by e-mail, telephone, video conferencing and/or office meetings.
Lily Trays will motivate and counsel each student on the importance of editing, rewriting and the refinement of each segment of the application.
By working closely with each student deadlines will be set for every element of the application process.
The Method
Ivy League Placement Facilitate The College Acceptance Process by:
Creating a winning College Application Package.
Capturing the interest and imagination of the college admissions staff.
Crafting and writing a personal essay that “jumps off the page”.
Formatting and designing a distinguishing résumé that illuminates your child’s talents and personality.
Finding strong and creative supporting material specific to your child.
Coordinating and overseeing every element of the final application package.
Building a relationship with the admissions office.
Building relationships with professors and current students on the college campus.
Successful interviewing techniques for both on campus and alum interviews.
Proposing creative ideas on how to “stand out” when meeting college representatives.
Teaching techniques to stay “alive” in the admissions office from the time of mailing until the decisions are final.
The Early Decision Dilemma
"Why not go out on a limb, that’s where all the fruit is." Mark Twain
"So, before your child climbs out onto a limb, let’s be sure they select the best tree. Then let’s do everything it takes to reap the fruitful rewards your child deserves. While the early decision process is risky, the odds are in your child’s favor with an outstanding application!" Lily Trayes
In the case of Early Decision, a student may find it difficult to declare to parents and a guidance counselor their decision to “go out on a limb.” The college application process demands risk-taking. It takes great courage to place your one application in a competitive Early Decision pool of perhaps 2,300 qualified and competing students. A student may say, “I’m applying Early Decision to Dartmouth College. I know I don’t stand a chance, but I’ve always wanted to go there, so I'll apply and see what happens.”
This student begins to visualize being on the Dartmouth College campus, attending classes and participating in the university lifestyle. By the time the results of Early Decision come out in mid-December, this student truly believes in his chances of being admitted and anxiously awaits a letter of “Congratulations!”
"So, before your child climbs out onto a limb, let’s be sure they select the best tree. Then let’s do everything it takes to reap the fruitful rewards your child deserves!" Lily Trayes
