The glossy color brochures, each crammed with photos depicting a Chinese student’s high-achieving life from birth to young adulthood, pile up in the admissions office. The brochures, though they are almost never read by admissions officers, are a sign of Grinnell’s success marketing itself in China. At rural Grinnell, nearly one of every 10 applicants being considered for the class of 2015 is from China. Half of Grinnell’s applicants from...

SAT SCORES: The average score of Asian-Americans: 1,623 The average score of Hispanics and blacks: 1,364 and 1,276 The average score of Caucasians: 1,581 Asian applicants typically need an extra 140 points to compete with white students. There may be an “Asian ceiling’’ at Princeton and other top colleges. Yale’s class of 2013 is 15.5 percent Asian-American, compared with 16.1 percent at Dartmouth, 19.1 percent at Harvard, and 17.6...

Do you want your child to get better PSAT or SAT scores? Does your child have desire to get better PSAT/SAT scores? Is your child’s academic average B or above? If your answers are yes, our summer PSAT/SAT improvement program is your best choice! Our effective PSAT/SAT improvement method was tested and proved true by our own children and our students. If your child is enrolled in our program and follows our instructions accurately, we...

Many parents have asked us if Lyts could provide an education program for their children about gaining admission to top colleges rather than only educating parents. We value your suggestions highly and are glad to announce that we are planning to hold a two-part workshop series in July, entitled “Paving Your Way to the Ivy League.” Our program goal is to two-fold: (1) to stimulate students’ ambitions for striving toward top universities by...