Mistakes Parents Make in BS/MD Admissions

Mistakes Parents Make in BS/MD Admissions Scenarios

“Going it alone” in this vast multi-level maze that is the BS/MD admissions process can result in mistakes, as applicants are easily blindsided by obstacles and pitfalls that they don’t even know exist. When parents call our office to provide initial information, as I listen to their children’s BS/MD program profile, I can almost predict (using trends, predictive analysis and real-time insider perspective of the BS/MD programs) that their child will be REJECTED based on the sameness of their profile. Yet, when I explain to parents that their children sound exactly like other applicants they are in total disbelief. I have concluded that their children are merely following the advice of their parents and the parents are making detrimental MISTAKES that will cause rejection after years of their child’s hard work.

Which Mistake(s) do you fall under?

As an BS/MD Admissions Advisor with over 29 years of experience, an unmatched admissions track record and acceptance when I spend time talking with parents in attempt to explain my Continuous Comprehensive Services, I realize what mistake they are or will be making. It’s unfortunate that parents have made or will make these mistakes after all their children’s hard work!!! And these mistakes WILL result in their child being REJECTED!


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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges.  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru BS/MD Admissions Advisors. BS/MD Admissions Advisors, help high school students get accepted to top BS/MD programs. Year after year, his clients are accepted to top programs including Brown PLME.

High School Sophomores/Juniors Need Renewed Strategies for BS/MD Admissions

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High School Juniors: if you are interested in applying to BS/MD programs—it’s time to reevaluate your BS/MD Plans!  With such a competitive environment and the immeasurable value and benefits of BS/MD programs, the need for an effective admissions game plan is CRUCIAL.

Many aspects of the BS/MD admissions environment have changed.  At BS/MD Admissions Advisors, Dr. Paul Lowe and his team of advisors discover that many students and parents are clueless about what to do, when to do it, where to do it, who to contact, and why.   If you are a high school junior or your son or daughter is a high school junior and you are thinking about applying to direct BS/MD programs, it’s time to reassess your plans.

Most students (even with the help of their parents) read books, look at videos or visit college forum-type websites which they believe may provide personalized answers for them.

Many parents who call us (and whose children are performing the above and have the below profile) then believe that their child is a shoo-in for BS/MD programs and just need “some” advice.

Here is the typical BS/MD applicant-student profile of students when parents contact us:

  • GPA: 4.85 (weighted)
  • ACT: 35
  • SAT: 1580
  • APs: usually 10 -14 classes
  • Honors/Awards: several
  • Teacher/Counselor Recommendations: Excellent
  • Resume: 3-4 pages
  • Volunteer: Several organizations
  • Shadowed Doctors: 3-4
  • Extracurricular Activities: Several
  • Published a paper: 1-2
  • Laboratory Research: Participated and/or possibly published

With all of the above you would believe that this student will definitely be accepted – WRONG! This represents the most common and well-known factors for admissions. However, there are many more things to consider.

Here’s a small list of factors by admissions expert, Dr. Paul Lowe that you should consider if you are a junior seriously thinking about applying to BS/MD programs.

  1. Student CHARACTER – Each institution considers a student’s positive attributes in the light of the goals of the particular institution.  BS/MD programs thoroughly evaluate character attributes of a student as a factor for admissions.  Among the most important character attributes are honesty, integrity, empathy, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, adaptability, resilience, community, generosity, self-control, adaptability and optimism. Lip-service or just stating that one possesses these attributes will not help.
  2. COLLEGE-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTALS – You must complement and synergize your supplementals with your personal statement. All the school-specific essays are important, even the 50 word-count answers! Students have been rejected because of mistakenly using one word or a sentence in 50 word-count essays!
  3. WOW FACTOR – What’s your WOW Factor? How and when can you use it to WOW admissions? You want the admissions committee to say “WOW! We want this applicant on our campus.”
  4. ETIQUETTE –Are you mindful of how you present yourself and how people perceive you?  Etiquette matters! We provide personalized etiquette strategies for our clients.
  5. MANNERS – When you say something (or write something) what counts is not what you mean but how you are heard and perceived.  Are you mindful of your manners?  Manners matter! Do you know when or if you sound rude, pretentious, impolite, disrespectful, unrefined or uncultured?
  6. WHO ARE YOU? – What are your values? What do you stand for? Can you define you? Why are you different?
  7. INTERVIEWS – You may be perfect on paper (grades, SATs recommendations, volunteering to save the world, 1000 hours of shadowing), however, one incorrect word or statement in an interview results in a rejection – That’s right, just one!
  8. The KNOW-HOWOur proprietary-knowledge, unmatched experience, admissions success and years of close working relationships with admissions professionals ensures that you do it right!

If you know how to plan, develop and implement (1-7) and how they are used in BS/MD admissions – that’s wonderful!!! But if you don’t, there is an increased probability that you (and your child) will make irrevocable mistakes that will cause instant rejections to all schools. Would you want this to happen after your years of planning as a parent and your child’s hard work?


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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges.  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru BS/MD Admissions Advisors.

Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late–Choose the Best Advice for Your BS/MD Admissions Game Plan

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With such a competitive environment and the immeasurable value and benefits of BS/MD programs, the need for an admissions game plan is ESSENTIAL.

At BS/MD Admissions, we discern that many students and parents are clueless about what to do, when to do it, where to do it, who to contact, and why. They fail to discover what they are doing that’s wrong, or they discover what they’ve been doing is wrong when it’s too late!
When considering a BS/MD program, we advise our clients to plan, plan, plan, and then re-plan. Early planning and goal-setting are important in the long run for admissions success!

If you’re parent of a high school student looking for BS/MD admissions guidance, you’re probably overwhelmed in finding the best and meaningful advice that increases their chances of acceptance into a BS/MD program. You can complement their years of hard work by seeking the correct advice that gets them noticed by admissions officers.

While high school counselors provide college counseling, based on our interaction with our clients, high school counselors do not specialize in BS/MD admissions advising nor have the school-specific knowledge of BS/MD programs.

Many independent educational consultants are experts in college admissions counseling, but DO NOT have our unparalleled knowledge of BS/MD programs and knowledge of BS/MD programs as it relates to international students and H4 students. Additionally, as experienced BS/MD Admissions Advisors, we know and understand what it takes to be a successful BS/MD applicant.

It is best to seek a BS/MD Admissions Advisor who has experience and expertise in admissions strategies to BS/MD programs for U.S. as well as international students. Choose an admissions advisor, who specializes in BS/MD admissions, who is not doing it part-time, who understands the medical school journey and or is a BS/MD graduate and who has admissions success.

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Dr. Lowe and his team’s dedicated medical-school-specific knowledge and expertise WORKS! With a lot at stake, in a short period of time, in such a competitive environment, BS/MD applicants need a winning BS/MD Admissions Game Plan that works.


Dr Lowe Admissions Strategy Sessions

By having Admissions Strategy Zoom sessions directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, brainstorming ideas, developing admissions strategies, essay review, and mock interview sessions to develop amazing student profiles, our clients stand out and are accepted into Ivy League and highly selective colleges/universities and BS/MD programs.

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges.  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru BS/MD Admissions Advisors.

Achieving the College Admissions Dream – BS/MD Programs

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It’s a family dream; your child to be admitted to a medical school.  Your child has studied long hours, taken many AP courses, volunteered many hours, participated on teams, joined school clubs, done research and published papers.

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Each year, many high school seniors are among the tens of thousands striving to be admitted to their dream school.  So how do you make that dream come true?  The need for an effective admissions game plan is ESSENTIAL.

Many aspects of the BS/MD admissions environment have changed.  At BS/MD Admissions Advisors, Dr. Paul Lowe and his team of advisors discern what many students and parents are clueless about what to do, when to do it, where to do it, who to contact, and why.  If you are a high school sophomore/junior or your son or daughter is a high school sophomore/junior and you are thinking about applying to direct BS/MD programs, it’s time to reassess your plans.

Let BS/MD Admissions Advisors, with Dr. Paul Lowe, help you make the dream for your child’s future come true.


Dr Lowe Admissions Strategy Sessions

By having Admissions Strategy Zoom sessions directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, brainstorming ideas, developing admissions strategies, essay review, and mock interview sessions to develop amazing student profiles, our clients stand out and are accepted into Ivy League and highly selective colleges/universities and BS/MD programs.

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges.  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru BS/MD Admissions Advisors.

Consider An Admissions Expert As An Investment In Your Child’s Future!

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Lots of parents use the “do it yourself route” or hire an inexperienced educational consultant in attempt to navigate an oftentimes daunting, ever-changing and uncertain admissions/application process.

An applicant’s profile is really a conversation amongst admissions committee members. One component out of sync will raise red flags that will cause a rejection. An admissions expert will work with you to discover MISTAKES and omissions, as well as continually and comprehensively help you through the process in completing the task of applying to top educational institutions.

This year, I am celebrating my 29th year as an admissions/knowledge advisor specializing in helping students get accepted to elite boarding schools: Andover, Exeter, Choate, Deerfield, etc.; Ivy League colleges/universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.; top BS/MD programs: Brown PLME, RPI/Albany Med, U Rochester (REMS) and top medical schools: Harvard Med, Johns Hopkins Med, UPenn Perelman Med, etc.

Are you willing to invest in your child’s future?


Work Directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, Admissions Expert: Unlike other educational consulting firms, where clients are assigned to or farmed out to different employees or consultants, you work directly with Dr. Lowe. As lead consultant/admissions advisor, Dr. Lowe personally works with each of his clients so that they directly benefit from his expertise, experience, networks, contacts and the collective knowledge of his educational team. 

Dr. Lowe’s exclusivity allows him to provide individualized attention, commitment and principal availability to each client through Zoom sessions. – Admissions Strategy Meetings. Dr. Lowe develops and crafts personalized winning admissions strategies for each client.

Your Personal Brand Matters for Admissions

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It is essential to accurately convey your personal brand in order to be accepted into an elite boarding school, Ivy League college/university, a direct BS/MD program or a top medical school.  Consider the following questions.

  1. How do you create and convey a distinct and memorable impression?
  2. How do you define the incomparable you?
  3. How do you persuade others to recognize the authentic irreplaceable value you will bring to an educational institution?
  4. How do you ensure that the admissions profile you create is about the unique you?
  5. How do you successfully communicate your personal brand to admissions committees?
  6. How do you avoid creating the wrong impression that will cause instant rejection?
  7. How do you assess your unique attributes in comparison to your peers?
  8. Do you know how people who don’t know you feel about you?
  9. Are you aware of the subliminal messages about yourself that you impart to people, verbally and/or non-verbally (body language)?

The informed responses to all these questions are the key to why MY clients are accepted.

Stand out in the college selection process

As an admissions advisor, Dr. Lowe understands the answers for each individual so that my clients are accepted!

Dr. Lowe has 29 years of practical experience helping applicants identify, craft and refine their personal narrative that will successfully communicate their admissions profile to admissions committees.

Admissions committees only have a small amount of time to spend learning about each applicant. YOUR PERSONAL BRAND matters!

In competitive admissions, it’s imperative to stand out amongst the rest!

Work Directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, Admissions Expert: Unlike other educational consulting firms, where clients are assigned to or farmed out to different employees or consultants, you work directly with Dr. Lowe.  As lead consultant/admissions advisor, Dr. Lowe personally works with each of his clients so that they directly benefit from his expertise, experience, networks, contacts and the collective knowledge of his educational team.  Dr. Lowe’s exclusivity allows him to provide individualized attention, commitment and principal availability to each client through Zoom sessions. – Admissions Strategy Meetings.  Dr. Lowe develops and crafts personalized winning admissions strategies for each client.

Personalized Admissions Strategy Sessions with Dr Paul Lowe

It Takes Admissions Intelligence To Be Accepted Into Your First-Choice Schools

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WE HAVE WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR – ADMISSIONS INTELLIGENCE

It takes ADMISSIONS INTELLIGENCE to successfully navigate the uncertainty and challenges of an admissions process, whether you are striving to be admitted into elite boarding schools, Ivy League colleges/universities, top direct BS/MD programs or top medical schools!

Knowing that the admissions environment changes every year, rather than relying on old data, outdated books, antiquated information and tips from chatting with others (“adda”, as it is known in some circles among my clients), you should choose an experienced admissions expert to help.

ADMISSIONS INTELLIGENCE requires knowledge-intelligence, insight, foresight, vision, predictive analytics, an insider’s knowledge, collaboration, relationships, trust, contacts and networks!

You want to hire a firm where the CEO/lead admissions advisor works DIRECTLY with you and has the experience to help you STAND OUT amongst other applicants!

Stand out in the college selection process

Personalized Admissions Strategy Sessions with Dr Paul Lowe

Dr. Paul Lowe is CEO, managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group.  PinnacleAAG is a global advisory firm providing strategic admissions advisory services to families and students seeking admissions to elite U.S. boarding and day schools, Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities, direct BS/MD programs, top medical schools and graduate programs.  Ivy League Admissions Advisors helps students gain admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges and universities.  Boarding School Admissions Consultants helps student gain admissions to elite U.S. boarding schools – The Ten Schools.

PinnacleAAG is headquartered in Woodbridge, Connecticut, with satellite offices in Greenwich, Manhattan, White Plains, Boston, Fort Lee & Princeton, NJ, Wilmington, DE, and Houston; and international affiliate partners in London, Beijing, Delhi, Paris, São Paulo, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Lagos and Singapore, our clients hail from 50 countries.

Congratulations To Our Clients Who Attend Katy Independent School District High Schools – Texas

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The opening of our affiliate offices in Dallas and Houston, Texas has allowed my team and me to help high school students achieve their Ivy League college and BS/MD admissions goals! Wow! And I am happy about that!

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Over the past 5 years, MANY parents of students who attend Katy ISD high schools have contacted us regarding our college and BS/MD admissions advisory services. Dr. Paul Lowe and his team have worked (and continue to work) with students from several Katy ISD high schools including:

  • Seven Lakes High School
  • Tompkins High School
  • Cinco Ranch High School
  • Taylor High School
  • Katy High School

Despite the fact that these are all excellent high schools, MANY parents contact Dr. Lowe because they realize that due to the size of the schools, school counselors are unable to provide continuous weekly or biweekly individualized college and/or BS/MD admissions services to their children.


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**** Working Directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, Admissions Expert: Unlike other educational consulting firms, where clients are assigned to different employees or consultants, you work directly with Dr. Lowe. As lead consultant/admissions advisor, Dr. Lowe personally works with each of his clients so that they directly benefit from his expertise, experience, contacts and the collective knowledge of his educational team. Dr. Lowe’s exclusivity allows him to provide individualized attention, commitment and principal availability to each client through Admissions Strategy sessions. Dr. Lowe develops and crafts personalized winning admissions strategies for each client. ****

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Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in helping students gain admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges. It also helps students transfer to Ivy League colleges.  BS/MD Admissions Advisors specializes in helping students gain admissions to top BS/MD programs: Brown PLME, RPI/AMC, Rochester REMS, NJIT/NJMS, etc.

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College and BS/MD Admissions: Standing Out

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Competitive and selective college admissions is all about standing out!

High GPA, top SAT scores, numerous AP courses, stellar letters of recommendation, multiple honors and awards, varied extracurricular activities and the “perfect” high school simply means that your child may be viewed (by you) as the perfect student, but NOT the BEST APPLICANT!

The BEST APPLICANT stands out in the crowd gets ACCEPTED!

Year after year, our U.S. as well as international clients are ACCEPTED to Ivy League colleges/universities and top BS/MD programs.

Dr. Paul Lowe’s 29-years of admissions experience and ACCEPTANCES, insight and knowledge-intelligence, connections and networks empower his clients to successfully navigate the new shifts, trends, current sweeping changes and uncertainty in the college admissions landscape.

Your child deserves the very best.

Let us help you!

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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges.  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru BS/MD Admissions Advisors.

High School Juniors Need Renewed Strategies for BS/MD Admissions

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High School Juniors: if you are interested in applying to BS/MD programs—it’s time to reevaluate your BS/MD Plans!  With such a competitive environment and the immeasurable value and benefits of BS/MD programs, the need for an effective admissions game plan is ESSENTIAL.

Accepted into BS_MD Programs

Many aspects of the BS/MD admissions environment have changed.  At BS/MD Admissions Advisors, Dr. Paul Lowe and his team of advisors discern that many students and parents are clueless about what to do, when to do it, where to do it, who to contact, and why.   If you are a high school junior or your son or daughter is a high school junior and you are thinking about applying to direct BS/MD programs, it’s time to reassess your plans.

Most students (even with the help of their parents) read books, look at videos or visit college forum-type websites which they believe may provide personalized answers for them.

Many parents who call us (and whose children are performing the above and have the below profile) then believe that their child is a shoo-in for BS/MD programs and just need “some” advice.

Here is the typical BS/MD applicant-student profile of students when parents contact us:

  • GPA: 3.9 (UW) 4.6 
  • ACT: 35
  • SAT: 1580
  • APs: usually 10 -14 classes
  • Honors/Awards: several
  • Teacher/Counselor Recommendations: Excellent
  • Resume: 2-3 pages
  • Volunteer: Several organizations
  • Shadowed Doctors: 2-3
  • Extracurricular Activities: Several
  • Published a paper: 1-2
  • Laboratory Research: Participated and/or possibly published

With all of the above you would believe that this student will definitely be accepted – WRONG! This represents the most common and well-known factors for admissions. However, there are many more things to consider.

Here’s a small list of factors by admissions expert, Dr. Paul Lowe that you should consider if you are a junior seriously thinking about applying to BS/MD programs.

  1. Student CHARACTER – Each institution considers a student’s positive attributes in the light of the goals of the particular institution.  BS/MD programs thoroughly evaluate character attributes of a student as a factor for admissions.  Among the most important character attributes are honesty, integrity, empathy, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, adaptability, resilience, community, generosity, self-control, adaptability and optimism. Lip-service or just stating that one possesses these attributes will not help.
  2. COLLEGE-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTALS – You must complement and synergize your supplementals with your personal statement. All the school-specific essays are important, even the 50 word-count answers! Students have been rejected because of mistakenly using one word or a sentence in 50 word-count essays!
  3. COLLEGE-SPECIFIC-BS/MD ESSAYS – The “Why doctor essay?” “I want to help people”. Everyone in the service industry does that!
  4. WOW FACTOR – What’s your WOW Factor? How and when can you use it to WOW admissions? You want the admissions committee to say “WOW! We want this applicant on our campus.”
  5. ETIQUETTE –Are you mindful of how you present yourself and how people perceive you?   Etiquette matters! We provide personalized etiquette strategies for our clients.
  6. MANNERS – When you say something (or write something) what counts is not what you mean but how you are heard and perceived.  Are you mindful of your manners?  Manners matter! Do you know when or if you sound rude, pretentious, impolite, disrespectful, unrefined or uncultured?
  7. WHO ARE YOU? – What are your values? What do you stand for? Can you define you? Why are you different?
  8. INTERVIEWS – You may be perfect on paper (grades, SATs recommendations, volunteering to save the world, 1000 hours of shadowing), however, one incorrect word or statement in an interview results in a rejection – That’s right, just one!
  9. The KNOW-HOWOur proprietary-knowledge, unmatched experience, admissions success and years of close working relationships with admissions professionals ensures that you do it right!

If you know how to plan, develop and implement (1-8) and how they are used in BS/MD admissions – that’s wonderful!!! But if you don’t, there is an increased probability that you (and your child) will make irrevocable mistakes that will cause instant rejections to all schools. Would you want this to happen after your years of planning as a parent and your child’s hard work?

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By having Admissions Strategy Skype/Zoom sessions directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, brainstorming ideas, developing admissions strategies, essay review, and mock interview sessions to develop amazing student profiles, our clients stand out and are accepted into Ivy League and highly selective colleges/universities and BS/MD programs

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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs.   The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges.  Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru BS/MD Admissions Advisors.