Mr. Singer worked in the college counseling business for much of three decades, but he appeared to reach a pivot point around 2011. Those who knew Mr. Singer described him in interviews as a man constantly on the move, in and out of airports, hotels, boardrooms and living rooms. He sold copies of his self-published guide to college admissions with a close-up of his face on the cover. “He was like the Pied Piper,” said Dorothy Missler, a former administrator at a Jesuit school in Sacramento who had an encounter with Mr. Singer about 20 years ago. He was discussing his services as an admissions consultant, a relatively unusual occupation in those days, when college competition was fierce but had not yet exploded out of control.

Source: New York Times March 18, 2019 06:56 UTC