My son is home from his first semester of college. It gave me a chance to reflect as a Dad, not simply as an educational consultant. What mattered in his off to college journey in terms of both his happiness/well being and his success/college admission? And, of course, what didn’t matter? The main thing that […]
Read MoreMy wife has watched a lot of sports in Old Saybrook though the years. She actually was a college athlete so knows a fair amount about talent. She’s way too nice to ever say something negative about anyone. But sometimes she’ll report as a data point to her educational consultant husband: “Mr. and Mrs. W. […]
Read MoreI saw one of my college classmates who lives in a different part of Connecticut last year around this time. His daughter is applying to college. We were discussing college and SATs in general. They noted that their daughter was really stressed. I suggested that they start SAT test prep as soon as possible. My friend’s wife – […]
Read MoreWhen 2017 arrives, your child is applying to college “this year” For Connecticut high school juniors, the joys of the holidays will soon be replaced by college madness. During our SAT-ACT Mastery Seminar, I tell our students that start in January something that makes them look up in shock: you will be applying to college by […]
Read MoreI recently sent a note to my son at college. He was complaining about how strict dorm life was compared to how I described my experiences at the same college. I was in college in Washington, DC, one of the last places in the country that had a drinking age of 18. I was actually […]
Read MoreThrough the years of my work as performance coach Connecticut For students taking the SATs, I developed a distinct methodology for how to practice. I called it “deep practice”. I would show students the right way to learn math, grammar, reading and so forth. Simultaneously, I immersed myself in the literature on performance across all […]
Read MoreOne of the better parts of our college counseling and SAT-ACT prep work is hearing the wonderful results from our students. Many Connecticut students will be hearing about their Early Action and Early Decision results this week. The success stories provide some lessons for parents of high school juniors. (1) Almost all those who were […]
Read MoreAs Connecticut parents review their children’s PSAT scores, many call The Learning Consultants with a distinctly stressful voice. My child’s PSAT scores were… words like “disaster” or “terrible” are common as are phrases like “not indicative of her school performance” or “a wake up call for college”. Our college counseling and SAT prep work tends […]
Read MoreWhen I hear students say “I’m not a good test-taker”, I cringe. Parents, and sometimes teachers, in an effort to bolster the student-child are usually the first person to program a child by saying: “don’t feel bad, you are just not good at tests.” Many often add – a well meaning but completely unrealistic comment […]
Read MoreA few years ago, a parent from Madison, CT – who I will call Mr. Engineer due to his constant focus on the math related to college admissions – met for a college counseling meeting to discuss his son’s chances at different elite colleges. His son’s grades matched the stated GPA range of a particular school […]
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