Ivy Insiders

Many a college student will often daydream about starting their own SAT test-prep or college admissions consulting service. But, for recent Harvard grad Nick Green, what might have been a daydream once is today a nationwide business, which is growing exponentially and giving the big guns like Kaplan and Princeton Review a serious run for their money. Green's company, Ivy Insiders, is not even five years old (founded in 2003 when Green was still in high school), but it already boasts a presence in 25 states, with a total of 60 branches planned for this summer, up from 15 in 2006. As if doubling in size each year for the past two years were not enough of an achievement, the Ivy Insiders program also leads the industry in SAT score improvement (~300 points), handily outpacing both Kaplan and Princeton Review. The company accomplishes this through an extensive proprietary program that Green developed himself, using a unique "SAT Game Theory" approach thatContinue Reading...