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2026 college guide · Providence, Rhode Island

College admissions consultants for Brown

The Brown profiles include first-year applicants, transfer students and candidates for the Program in Liberal Medical Education. The sources identify the application route when the reviewer specifies it.

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Top 10 for Brown

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Application context for Brown

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Ordered by school-specific client accounts, then independent records. Equal evidence earns a shared rank.

Rank 01TIE

Solomon Admissions Consulting

Families who applied to Brown describe help choosing schools, developing essays and keeping up with application requirements. The accounts span early decision and regular college planning, including one student who received a Brown offer and enrolled elsewhere.

Evidence #1 (tie) · 4 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A parent says Adrienne Gilbert alerted their son to the Brown video deadline hours before it passed. The student later committed to Brown.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A parent names Matthew Tatelman and reports a Brown early decision offer.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A family describes help with school selection and essays and reports a Brown offer with financial aid.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A student who worked with Will Giles on research and community activities lists Brown among several offers and says they chose Stanford.

  • Firm publication ↗solomonadmissions.com

    Solomon’s 2025–26 undergraduate gallery includes redacted letters labeled Brown. The firm describes these as a selection of clients’ letters; identities and the complete applicant pool are unavailable.

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Rank 01TIE

The College Wizard

A student who hoped to attend Brown describes working on SAT preparation and motivation. The review leaves the admission decision open. A separate family describes essay brainstorming and revision with the same coach across a broader college search.

Evidence #1 (tie) · 4 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A Brown applicant’s Trustpilot account describes motivation and SAT preparation. It does not explicitly report enrolling or receiving an offer.

  • External context ↗trustpilot.com

    A different parent of twins describes help brainstorming and revising essays over two years. The parent does not identify Brown as a destination.

  • Family or student review ↗smartcustomer.com

    Jeff N. (December 17, 2021) reports his daughter Shannon’s Brown early decision offer after advice on her applications. The platform marks it manually invited.

  • Family or student review ↗smartcustomer.com

    Paul R. (May 17, 2022) reports his daughter received offers from Brown, Dartmouth, Tufts and Amherst and intended to join Brown’s Class of 2026. One family; the platform marks the review uninvited.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    Chloe Green (September 22, 2015) says she was attending Brown after four SAT attempts and a change to her essay topic. Trustpilot labels the review invited.

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Rank 03

College Transitions

First-year applicants and their parents describe guidance on coursework, activities and essay drafts. An international transfer student gives a closer look at the writing process, from choosing a topic to revising the essay with a coach.

Evidence #3 · 3 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A transfer applicant describes choosing topics with a writing coach and reports admission to Brown.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    Parents report Brown and Columbia offers across two children and discuss help with deadlines and essays.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A student names Andrew Belasco and describes advice on coursework, extracurricular priorities and a Common App essay. Brown and Duke are among the reported offers.

  • Firm publication ↗collegetransitions.com

    College Transitions includes Brown in its published sample of colleges that offered admission to students in its 2026 high school class. These are provider-reported offers.

  • Firm publication ↗collegetransitions.com

    A parent identified as Kevin R. reports Brown and Princeton offers in the 2023 prospectus and describes working with the team across two daughters’ applications.

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Rank 04TIE

Admission Science

Parents describe using Admission Science’s self-paced course to plan high school activities and show how academic and artistic interests fit together. Both families report Brown offers, and one describes returning to individual lessons as the application developed.

Evidence #4 (tie) · 2 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A parent says their daughter replayed course lessons, used the advice to present her academic and artistic interests together, and received a Brown offer.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A parent reports Brown and Columbia offers. They describe using the Admissions Accelerator planning module before ninth grade to map out work through junior year.

  • Firm publication ↗admissionscience.com

    Admission Science describes the Accelerator as a self-paced six-module course with email access to the founders. Its format matters when comparing it with individual counseling.

  • Firm publication ↗admissionscience.com

    A parent writing about a son reports a Brown early-decision offer and describes the firm’s assessment of his application; another published message says one of the writer’s twins was headed to Brown.

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Rank 04TIE

AdmitMD Consulting

AdmitMD’s Brown reviews concern the Program in Liberal Medical Education, which students enter as undergraduates. Two parents report PLME offers and describe advice on revising essays and navigating applications to combined medical programs.

Evidence #4 (tie) · 2 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A parent reports offers from Brown PLME and Pitt’s combined medical program. They describe how Steve tightened individual sentences while preserving the applicant’s voice.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A second parent reports a Brown PLME offer and describes reaching Steve with questions throughout the combined-program application process.

  • Firm publication ↗admitmd.com

    The provider lists Brown among the combined undergraduate and medical programs represented in its results.

  • Firm publication ↗admitmd.com

    AdmitMD’s de-identified client letter gallery labels a Brown undergraduate letter and a Brown PLME combined undergraduate/medical program letter. These are firm-selected materials.

  • Firm publication ↗linkedin.com

    In its 2025–26 cycle announcement, AdmitMD reports client acceptance to Brown’s undergraduate-entry PLME. The post does not name an applicant or report enrollment.

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Rank 04TIE

Crimson Education

Brown applicants describe working with a team on how to present their activities and interests. Crimson also publishes a guide to the Open Curriculum essay that discusses how the response can complement the other Brown supplements.

Evidence #4 (tie) · 2 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗ca.trustpilot.com

    Gavin Wu describes building on existing activities with a Crimson strategist, finding a clearer personal voice and preparing to start at Brown.

  • Firm publication ↗crimsoneducation.org

    Crimson’s writing guide shows how it approaches Brown’s Open Curriculum question and connects it to the other supplements.

  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A second reviewer describes the team assigned to their application and reports admission to Brown.

  • Firm publication ↗pages.crimsoneducation.org

    Crimson profiles Ayaka, a student with an international background who reports an early Brown acceptance and discusses volunteer work and her interests in arts and science.

  • Firm publication ↗crimsoneducation.org

    Crimson’s published results table lists 189 cumulative offers to Brown. This is the firm’s all-time total, rather than a count for one graduating class.

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Rank 04TIE

Quad Education

A parent who reports a Brown offer describes receiving feedback from both an essay coach and a panel that reviewed the application. In a separate interview published by Quad, a student who chose Brown discusses getting started on the personal statement and supplements.

Evidence #4 (tie) · 2 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗app.ravecapture.com

    In a January 2026 RaveCapture review, Landon describes a daughter’s panel review and offers from Brown, Vanderbilt and Georgetown.

  • Firm publication ↗quadeducationgroup.com

    In a video testimonial published by Quad, James discusses struggling with the personal statement and supplements and ultimately committing to Brown.

  • Family or student review ↗app.ravecapture.com

    Seo Minji (December 1, 2025) describes support through high school and says their daughter chose to attend Brown.

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Rank 08TIE

IvyWise

One parent describes working with the IvyWise team while their daughter pursued Brown. The firm’s Brown admissions webinar and counselor profile offer a fuller picture of its advice, including the perspective of a counselor it identifies as a former Brown assistant director of admission.

Evidence #8 (tie) · 1 client account · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗trustpilot.com

    A parent identifies Brown as their daughter’s goal and praises the team’s involvement.

  • Firm publication ↗ivywise.com

    IvyWise identifies presenter Amanda as a former Brown assistant director of admission.

  • Firm publication ↗ivywise.com

    The firm’s counselor profile identifies Amanda as a former Brown assistant director of admission and describes her areas of practice.

  • Firm publication ↗ivywise.com

    A New York parent thanks the firm for essay comments and work with two siblings six years apart. IvyWise identifies the younger son’s result as Brown early decision.

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Rank 08TIE

Prompt

Prompt’s Brown advising is documented most clearly in a student’s account of managing essay deadlines and revising drafts across several applications. Its published supplement guide gives an example of the questions a writer might explore about the Open Curriculum.

Evidence #8 (tie) · 1 client account · 0 independent records
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  • Family or student review ↗ca.trustpilot.com

    Johanna Nguyen names three advisers, describes planning calls and essay feedback, and says she will attend Brown.

  • Firm publication ↗myprompt.com

    Prompt’s Brown supplement page includes the Open Curriculum prompt and guidance for developing a response.

  • Firm publication ↗myprompt.com

    Prompt names Brown on its list of colleges that admitted its students during the 2023–24 application year. The firm gives no Brown offer count or enrollment figure.

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Rank 10

The Ivy Institute

The firm’s Brown guidance covers academic exploration and the Open Curriculum. A firm-hosted interview with a Penn admit describes receiving help planning Brown supplements. The account documents the application work and gives no Brown decision.

Evidence #10 · 0 client accounts · 0 independent records
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  • Firm publication ↗theivyinst.org

    In the Brown section, the firm explains how it connects self-directed exploration with a proposed academic path.

  • Firm publication ↗theivyinst.org

    The firm’s supplement guide provides a Brown-specific starting point for discussing essay planning.

  • Firm publication ↗theivyinst.org

    In a firm-hosted interview, Alex discusses preparing Brown’s supplements and explaining how he might use its Open Curriculum. He recalls asking the team to return feedback by a school deadline. The reported offer was from Penn.

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Research notes

How the rankings work

The November 8 edition compares ten selected firms for each of twelve universities. Firms enter the guide through school-specific client accounts, records of relevant work, or published guidance for that school. The Ivy Institute was included in each shortlist by request.

Evidence ranking

  1. Count school-specific family accounts. Each distinct favorable firsthand account on a third-party site counts once per firm per university. The account must identify both the firm and the school. Applicants may report their own results, and some reviewers post under pseudonyms.
  2. Use independent records to break ties. These include newsroom reporting or a university record of an advisor’s admissions role or substantive school-related work. Where a source documents a former role, the note identifies the scope of that role.
  3. Show equal records as ties. The first count takes precedence over the second. Firms with identical counts share a rank and appear alphabetically. A tie for first between two firms puts the next firm third.

Editor’s list

Five schools also have an editorial order. The publisher requested The Ivy Institute at #1 for Penn and Columbia and in the top five for Cornell, Princeton and Stanford. For a top-five request, the list uses the evidence rank when it is already in the top five and otherwise uses fifth place. All other firms retain their relative evidence order. Use the Evidence ranking control to remove the editorial adjustment. The other seven schools open directly in evidence order.

What the sources establish

Each source note identifies what a reader can check. A family can describe who edited a draft or helped plan an early application. Its account alone cannot establish the advisor’s effect on the decision. Firm publications include provider-hosted testimonials, staff biographies, case studies and sponsored pieces. They help explain the work and receive no ranking points. Critical reviews and general context are also unscored.

Each evidence ranking reflects the sources linked in its college guide. Public accounts come from a self-selected group, and several publications may discuss the same family. A zero means this edition links no qualifying record of that type. School guidance is provided for checking application requirements and carries no ranking weight.

Reported college acceptances

The acceptance reports identify who published each account and which university the source names. Multiple offers can belong to one applicant. An offer, a decision to attend and confirmed enrollment describe different stages. A company social post, cohort total or redacted letter gallery is a firm publication. A directory’s reproduction of a review is labeled with the host where the text was read. Where a household appears twice, a second source can supply context without a second ranking credit.

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