Author: Daryl Capuano

“Whenever I want to talk about college or the future, my son either blows me off or tells me don’t worry about it.” A mother said last year in relation to her high school junior at Guilford High School. Eddie came to our spring SAT class with that vacant look of “why am I in […]

I am asked a great deal about SAT and ACT schedules. All Connecticut public school students have to take the SAT as part of graduation requirements.  Most are giving the test in late March.  This SAT is could be the one that students use for college admission.  But based on last year, it is not […]

“I’m not good at standardized testing.” so said Maggie, a student at Guilford High School.  She told me her scores.  She was in the 90% percentile nationwide.  Her perception stemmed from comparing herself to her smart friends in Guilford’s IB program and, as I pointed out, comparing herself to students from not only Guilford but […]

  Connecticut public high school students will be taking the SAT in late March.  This is the mandated test and will serve as an excellent warm-up-practice test for may. Most Connecticut high school juniors should also take the SAT again in May and/or June and perhaps should take the ACT in April and/or June. Many […]

“What do you mean she might not get into UCONN?” a stunned mother from Waterford, CT said last year during a college counseling session.  “Donna has nearly straight As and is involved in dozens of activities.” Donna’s SATs were below 1200. Off the record, I have heard 1260 is needed for most students.  There are […]

All Connecticut students attending public high schools will take the SAT as part of their graduation requirements. In the Shoreline area, Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Valley Regional, Old Lyme, East Lyme, among other schools, will be administering the SAT in either late March or early April. These tests will be administered without the essay. But […]

Imagine that sometime this year you had to demonstrate excellence or at least competence in tennis and that doing so mattered a great deal for the future.   You would have several opportunities in March-October to be evaluated.  When would you start your preparation? If you are wise, there is only one answer: now or as […]

I have gone from the idealistic educator who was highly self-conscious promoting the benefits of test prep to someone who realizes the foolishness of not advocating the benefits to my Connecticut clientele. The hesitation stemmed from a combination of worry about being self-serving (still there) and my own educational purist disposition. My embrace stemmed, oddly […]

Two conflicting but true thoughts cross the minds of most parents – at least those from suburban Connecticut – as their children prepare for college. College is unquestionably the most significant turning point in their child’s life at this point in time.  It will provide their child a new world.  New friends, new peers, new […]