“Thank goodness. No more sentence completions!” Said Jake, a junior at Daniel Hand High School in Madison, CT. “I have a terrible vocabulary.” Jake was referring to the elimination of sentence completions on the new SAT. The current SAT’s sentence completion section has been criticized for having too many obscure words (like obscure!) that are […]
Read More“An hour and five minutes of SAT reading!” exclaimed Ethan, a junior at Guilford High School. “I can barely read for twenty minutes straight.” The current SAT reading test consists of three reading sections. Two sections are twenty-five minutes and one section is twenty minutes. Moreover, part of each of those sections is broken up […]
Read MoreI am one of the few SAT teachers in Connecticut who has been teaching SATs long enough to have been around during the last major overhaul of the SAT (circa 2005). The biggest difference in reaction is the pre versus post social media frenzy that this current test as caused. Back then, there was a […]
Read MoreIt is no exaggeration to say that hundreds of Connecticut parents of college bound juniors have asked me whether their child should take the current SAT. Here are a few thoughts: Pro: There is no harm if your child takes the current SAT and does not score well. Never submit the current SAT for consideration. […]
Read MorePlease read this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-rich-powerful-people-went-to-elite-colleges-2014-6 I’ve worked with the college bound since 2000. I feel protective of young adults. So, I feel the need to stop misinformation from spreading. Of late, there have been more than a few prominent thinkers – Peter Thiel of Paypal fame being the most well known – who have suggested […]
Read MoreThe creation of The Learning Consultants stemmed from a desire to help students reach their potential. That’s the mission. “Academic potential” is, of course, our practical focus. But the real mission is to help students reach their human potential. Our work in becoming the best place for SAT, ACT, and other test prep was a […]
Read MoreThe college process is horribly stressful to most parents and most students. Taking the SATs/ACTs, writing college essays and applications, worrying about rejections and… the big elephant in the room…your baby is moving away. Terrible stuff. But, if this is your family’s biggest challenge, then consider yourself beyond lucky. If your child is going to […]
Read MoreI’ve been working with students for 15 years. At this point, The Learning Consultants has likely had about 10,000 students use our services. Of those 10,000, the most common element separating the successful is not IQ but rather motivation. When I work with a motivated student, I know that “things will turn out alright.” This […]
Read More“Go far.” That was Professor Moore’s single piece of advice. I was 17 years old and attending a summer program. We were listening to a panel of education experts. Professor Moore continued with his reasoning: “you need to experience different parts of the world. Get away from your parents and your friends. Create some distance […]
Read MoreNo. Or, more precisely, it depends. Let me add a few parameters to the question. I will assume most anyone reading this article lives in suburban Connecticut or some similar location. While there are a lot of really wealthy parents in this area, I’ll further assume I’m addressing an audience that has concerns about how […]
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