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\b \cf2 BY LORA VLAEVA AND ROBERT ABEL \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 After failing
to get their sons into Ivy League schools, a Hong-Kong couple decided to file a lawsuit
against education consultant, Mark Zimny, for fraud and breach of the contract. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.wggb.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 WGGB has this report:}}\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \'93The Hong-Kong couple says they gave Mark Zimny more than $2 million under the
assumption that he could assure their sons a ticket into Harvard; Zimny used to teach
at the university before heading IvyAdmit Consulting LLC.\'94
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 When meeting the Chows in 2007,{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.ivyadmit.com/"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul Zimney presented himself as a current Harvard professor\ulnone }}with strong connections.
They agreed to pay $4000 a month for tutoring through his company, for each of their sons.\uc0\u8232
\u8232 The couple first became suspicious when they gave $2 million to Zimny, who said
he would filter that money into donations to elite universities as well as investments
to help pay his own fees.\u8232 \u8232 But it is still unclear where that money has gone.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/10/09/chinese-family-lawsuit-former-harvard-professor-promised-admissions-help-took-million/7tfbug9YlmW5LR4EqumIFN/story.html"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul The Boston Globe reports}}\uc0\u8232
\u8232 \b \'93In depositions thus far, Zimny has
not provided clear or comprehensive answers to the question. But documents show that while
he was working with the Chows he made numerous investments in real estate, and e-mails show
he tried to interest the family in property as well.\'94
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 Invoices from IvyAdmit suggest the company used forged papers in
some of the student client applications. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215151/Former-professor-sued-Hong-Kong-couple-failed-sons-Harvard-despite-paid-2-2MILLION.html"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 The British Daily Mail points out,}} the Chow case is not unique.\uc0\u8232
\u8232 - all cases seem to \b involve international applicant who does
not understand how the US system works \b0 .\uc0\u8232 - and according to
\b an independent report in 2010, 90 percent of recommendation letters from Chinese students
were fake, 70 percent of college application essays were not written by the students, and
half of all high school transcripts were falsified \b0 \uc0\u8232 - but Universities aren\'92t
fooled, Mark Sklarow, executive director of the Independent Educational Consultants Association
(IECA) points out \b universities are 'highly skeptical of international
applicants who come with promises huge rewards and a lack of transcripts, recommendations,
grades, etc.' \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 Despite the conflict,
Chow\'92s children still got into another Ivy League University. As for Zimny, he denies
all charges filed against him.\u8232 \u8232 \
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