There are some preliminary studies confirming a plethora of anecdotal accounts that our children’s educational gaps due to the pandemic are serious. During the fall, I taught SAT classes in our Old Saybrook office and virtually to high school students across Connecticut. I saw the gaps immediately. Numerous students said “we didn’t really learn much […]
Read MoreIf you are a parent of a high school junior, your son or daughter will have turned in all – or close to all – of their college applications by the end of THIS CALENDAR YEAR! Moreover, for those who will apply Early Decision, they will know where they are going to college if admitted. […]
Read MoreHaving grown up in New Jersey, the bulk of my high school friends and acquaintances now have their children immersed in high schools across New Jersey. Most every week, I’m engaged in college counseling, formally and informally, with my New Jersey brethren. “He wants to study film.” Mike, a parent of student from Princeton noted. […]
Read MoreApproximately 60% of college students are women. Delighted for the success of women. But it also confirms the thesis of my book: boys are underachieving at a dizzying rate. Anecdotally, I noticed the problem in my SAT classes. I started teaching test prep in Guilford, CT in 2002. Our classes would fill the big back […]
Read MoreAs early action and early decision results come in, I get many kind notes and calls from our college counseling clients as well as our past tutoring clients. Of late, one comment has been consistent; “We went through the process in a much more emotionally positive way than we would have without you and […]
Read MoreThere is a hard truth about life: going through challenges – successfully – elevates us. We all wish we did not have the challenge and could just get elevated. But that is not how life generally works. Years ago, I worked with a member of one of America’s wealthiest and most prominent families. He […]
Read MoreDo we have a mental health emergency among today’s youth? The Surgeon General just said so. And, this is one of those rare areas that is not a partisan issue. A few years ago, I saw one of my college classmates who lives in a different part of Connecticut last year around this time. His […]
Read MoreUS News & World Report, the arbiter of all rankings(!), released a report on the best states. Connecticut came in 4th for education. But for towns along Shoreline-Southeastern, CT as well as Fairfield County Connecticut, Connecticut is really number 1 for education. Our suburban population’s statistics are disproportionately affected by Connecticut’s cities which, unfortunately, are […]
Read MoreDue to Covid, you have been around your teen far more than most parents have been with their teens in the past. This is either a very good or very bad thing! Or both. One thing I know for sure: college planning has been limited. Something about a global pandemic that prevents people from planning […]
Read MoreLiving on the Connecticut shoreline, particularly in a small town like Old Saybrook, leads to running into former students frequently. One of the more common comments from past students has been that they used the framework of growth from our SAT class and applied it elsewhere. Recently, Liam, an old student from neighboring Old Lyme, […]
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