Just some quick news for parents of Connecticut juniors, PSAT results are scheduled to come in. Daryl CapuanoCEO, The Learning Consultants and Connecticut’s top private education consultant full bio
Read More“What is the smallest thing you could do differently that would lead to better grades?” I asked JT, a sophomore at Valley Regional High School in Deep River, CT. Like most boys, JT was bored during class, distracted during his homework, and unmotivated about what he needed to do for college. The big shifts that […]
Read MoreFor those without the patience to listen, the simple summary is that we live in a knowledge economy. College provides a filtering mechanism for employers to quickly sort out who to interview among thousands of applications. Zakaria uses the example of a Wall Street investment bank with 20,000 plus applicants and a couple hundred spots. […]
Read MoreAs many Connecticut parents know, Connecticut has made the SAT the mandated exit exam test for high school students. This is good news. Prior to the this change, Connecticut students were scheduled to take the S-BAC Test. And, yes, even education experts weren’t quite sure what was on the S-BAC, how to prepare for it, […]
Read More“$120,000!!!” I put the phone away from my ear as Mr. Harris bellowed. “Thank you!” His son Jared, a senior at Waterford High School had just received early admission to his first choice college along with a $30,000 annual scholarship. I met Jared when he was a junior in our winter SAT prep class in […]
Read More“Can you get Sean to make some New Year’s resolutions related to his studying?” Mrs. Raskin said in relation to her sophomore son from Lyme-Old Lyme High School. New Year’s provides another time slot for parents to light their student-children with motivation. Every September, Connecticut parents contact The Learning Consultants to put their children in […]
Read MoreIn my years of providing educational counseling to parents and students, I have observed an uptick in anxiety among those interested in college counseling. There are likely several reasons: 1.) The Great Recession: Actual Economic Effect After 2008, Americans, even in prosperous states like Connecticut, lost so much wealth that, in a literal sense, most […]
Read More“What’s the most important thing I should teach my children next year?” an audience member asked during a recent presentation I gave in our Madison, CT office. “Work character.” was my two word mysterious answer. I elaborated. 15 years of working with all types of high school students in Connecticut has provided me a distinct […]
Read MoreThis will stun many Connecticut parents of high school juniors. As January 1 enters, by the end of the year, your high school junior will have completed his/her college applications. Some will know where they will heading to college due to Early Action and Early Decision. When I made this remark at a recent college […]
Read MoreCollege Case Study: This is a real world college decision made by a friend of a friend who lives in Fairfield County. The father in question’s daughter was admitted to Northwestern and Penn State. The friend lives in Pennsylvania so this decision is similar to considering Northwestern versus UCONN. The parents could broadly be described […]
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