Yes – hard to believe – but your child who was allowed to ride her bike past the neighborhood just a couple of years ago is embarking on her college journey. Most feel overwhelmed when they start too late in Junior year. Most feel under control when starting before Junior year. While I work with […]
Read More“There is no more availability in Connecticut”. I had just received the third message from a frantic parent. Having to drive to Rhode Island or Massachusetts before an SAT is no fun, particularly for a senior who had Boston College as his Early Decision hope and needed a higher SAT score in August (maybe October) […]
Read MoreAs summer begins, embrace the fact that we are heading back to normalcy… post Covid. This means that summer enrichment – a good thing, certainly better than video-game playing/Tik-tok watching – will include SAT Prep for those who are college bound. We work with students individually and in class format. Despite optionality at many colleges, […]
Read Morehttps://www.tutoringandtestmastery.com/test-prep-classes/test-prep-classes-shoreline-ct/ Test Prep Classes – Shoreline, CT. – The Learning Consultants The Learning Consultants is an elite tutoring and test prep service that offers the very best SAT and ACT prep classes in Connecticut. www.tutoringandtestmastery.com SAT Mastery Seminar Summer Class: July 13-August 10 Late starters welcome and missing scheduled classes is very normal! We […]
Read MoreThose who know me view me as an incurable optimist and positive thinker. For me to sound an alarm… well… there really is a fire. I started noticing pre-Covid. Students simply did not seem as well educated as in the past. Our teaching staff at The Learning Consultants noticed as well. I am always mindful […]
Read MoreMy college counseling work has evolved since Covid. Parents in our area – the Connecticut shoreline and Fairfield County – are usually well educated. So when I started college counseling in the 2000s, my work was often focused on guiding the student through the college counseling process, a reasonable amount of which the parents understood. […]
Read MoreIs your child a high school junior? What else can be done at this date to change your child’s chance of admission and your chance of securing merit aid? Do well on finals. “Deepen” your activities through leadership. Increase SATs. For most, that’s it. Yes, many schools are test-optional. But I speak to college admissions […]
Read MoreAI Generated Writing All Sounds the Same Even the best AI writing tools are programmed by people other than you. What’s more, AI-generated writing all sounds pretty much the same. It can’t possibly reflect your unique voice. No matter how “good” a piece of AI writing might be, it won’t help you stand out from […]
Read More“Are they training to become professional athletes?” My European friend – who spends his summers in Old Saybrook – asked with genuine curiosity. We were discussing some of his other Shoreline, CT friends. He was perplexed. “They spend their weekends driving to other states. They must spend a fortune.” “I love sports. But he was […]
Read MoreOur school systems are in trouble. Deep trouble. The reasons are structural: the academic subjects – “why do we have to learn this?” – are increasingly anachronistic. This is from someone who enjoyed school and has enjoyed working with students to help them do better in school. the classroom structure – “I’m so bored” – […]
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