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From B’s and C’s to the Ivy League: How The Ivy Institute Helped This Student Get into Columbia!
Daniel wasn't your typical Ivy League applicant. He had a 3.2 GPA with a few Cs and a so-so 1240 SAT score. And to top it off, his extracurriculars weren't exactly dazzling. It felt like everything was stacked against him in the college admissions game. But guess what? The Ivy Institute's college admissions consultants saw something special in him, something that those numbers couldn't capture.
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