"Evan Casalino, a senior at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, N.J., always dreamed about going to Harvard Medical School. As a student, he worked hard, got good grades and even did a summer lab research internship at Harvard to bolster his college application.
But in his freshman year of high school, his father died of sudden cardiac arrest and in his junior year, his mother died of ovarian cancer, leaving him devastated and overwhelmed. Determined to fulfill his academic dream, he needed help. So, he hired a coaching firm, Acceptance Ahead, to guide him through the college application process." …
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/education/learning/college-coach-for-students.html