General Education Advice

“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. After he attended our SAT seminar, he was eager to talk with his parents about college.  […]

During our SAT-ACT classes in Old Saybrook and Madison, I lead with motivational lectures related to college. For many high school juniors, this is the start of the emotional realization that they will be moving away from home soon. I emphasize “emotional” because shifting people from inaction to action requires appeals at the heart level. […]

If you are a Connecticut public school student, taking the SAT will be part of graduation requirements.  As such it is inevitable that you will take the SAT.  You may as well do the best you can based on the additional reasons listed below  Whatever nonsense you may have heard about the SAT not being […]

“It used to be that if you graduated from a decent college with decent grades, you were nearly guaranteed a decent job.” This is a standard line I give when speaking on the changing work world.  I can’t recall any of my high school or college friends who faced prolonged unemployment after college graduation.  Even […]

There are all sorts of problems with our educational process and its relation to college transition.  One problem that is rarely cited is how most everyone has been programmed that change happens to them rather than by them.  Consider how change occurs in school.  4th grade over.  Time for 5th grade and all the massive […]

Since Thursday, my in box and phone has been blowing up with messages from parents related to their children’s SAT results. The happiest calls are from those who took our SAT-ACT Mastery Seminars or had individual SAT Prep with The Learning Consultants’ tutors prior to April.  Most students exceeded expectations and are both delighted and […]

“Is this really a big deal?” I answer this somewhat rhetorical question in our SAT-ACT Mastery Seminar when addressing the significance of the college process.  Yes. I explain and then relay that I was one of those semi-rebellious teens who did not automatically follow my parent’s directives. I needed to know “why”. “College” is a […]

Connecticut students should have all their college admissions results in. In working with our college counseling, SAT-ACT prep, and tutoring students, The Learning Consultants likely has more data on what matters most to colleges than any other organization through our area. The obvious: Grades and test scores.  Regarding the latter, it is very clear that […]

“Bringing up college just leads to a fight.” So said a well-meaning mom from Essex, CT.  She relayed the all too common battles with her teen son when she would ask about anything related to the future. When I recently gave a presentation in our office in Madison, CT, I encountered similar remarks from parents.  Students […]

In running a tutoring and test prep company through the years, I certainly am well aware of how high school students feel when spring arrives.  They have been working hard – or think they have – and are now ready for fun!  That’s great and I certainly do not discourage a healthy dose of high […]