<p>Quite a story. The PDFs are a good read too.
We’re not from Asia. However, I have an old schoolmate from here in the U.S. who moved to Asia after college and now has successful businesses over there. Two years ago, he hired a U.S. based educational consultant who absolutely guaranteed admission to Harvard for their oldest child. My friend is a skeptical type, but was really impressed by this educational consultant. In the end, my friend’s kid preferred another school, but still one of the HYPMS, to which this educational consultant also guaranteed acceptance. The kid did get accepted and now attends that HYPMS school. No idea how much they paid the consultant. My friend is affluent enough, and focused on the best educational experience for their kid, that if the price was in the millions, but acceptance guaranteed, they’d pay it. Crazy.</p>