Solomon Admissions Consulting is a college admissions firm that emphasizes its insider knowledge of the admissions process. Nearly all of its 150+ consultants are former admissions officers from top schools. The company emphasizes this “insider advantage” by promoting its consultants’ experience in actual admissions decisions at highly selective schools. The company specializes in helping students aiming for Ivy League and other top 20 schools. Their students are about 6 times more likely to get into Ivy League schools than the national average.

Solomon Admissions offers comprehensive college admissions packages that can include extracurricular mentorship, application review, essay review, course selection, and tutoring, among other services. Unlike many competitors which only offer services to current high school students, Solomon Admissions counsels students as early as 6th grade, helping them prepare for high school in terms of both academic and extracurriculars. 

Solomon’s approach to college admissions focuses heavily on positioning students to stand out in a crowded field. Their advice often involves having students switch their desired major from “oversubscribed” majors like business and pre-med to less common majors. They also often encourage students to  take on new, more “impressive” extracurriculars, like starting a blog or nonprofit, that relate to that new major. Some students may not mind doing these things, but they may feel inauthentic to others and like they’re creating a fake persona just to impress colleges.