Hong Kong parents pay me $40,000 to get their kids into top US colleges. Helping families cope with the stress of admissions is a big part of my job.

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Jerome Barty-Taylor, 35, has spent the past decade tutoring old-money families in Hong Kong.
Jerome Barty-Taylor, 35, is a tutor in Hong Kong.

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The bad math behind Harvard's refusal to do away with legacy admissions

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A wall containing family pictures, and a Harvard Certificate
The explosion of endowments at elite colleges has allowed many forward-looking schools to drop their legacy admissions preference with no signs of financial suffering.

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