Look at the calendar. It is March tomorrow! If you are the parent of a high school junior, you may have been in equal denial about the following: your child will apply to college in the next 7 months. That’s right. Most early action and early decision applications will be due Nov. 1. All Connecticut […]
Read MoreHaving spent the last 16 years immersed in helping Connecticut high school students, I have a lived a work mission of getting children prepared for leaving high school and heading to college. The mission is carried out through SAT-ACT prep, tutoring, college and educational counseling but those areas are the strategies and tactics to carry […]
Read MoreLooking back at my life and those of my friends, the choice of one’s spouse is easily the most significant life choice (mutual choice, of course!). The choice to have children and the number of children, within that decision, is next. Career choice is likely third. College choice is likely fourth, even ahead of where […]
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 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 More“Just go where you will be happy. The name of the college doesn’t matter.” The parents who say this to their children are almost always well-meaning and almost always incorrect. (I say “almost always” in anticipation of the exceptions.) I think our generation of parents was so well trained to be the anti-Dead Poet’s Society […]
Read MoreAs a parent of three, I wish the work world was going to be easier for my children than for me. When I give college and career talks throughout Connecticut, I see parents nod their heads when I say: “it used to be that if you graduated from a decent college with decent grades, you […]
Read MoreIn general, the Connecticut suburbs create an idyllic atmosphere. As a transplant to this state – having lived in the Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and New York areas for the first 31 years of life – I might appreciate Connecticut’s people (nicest I’ve met) and suburbs (most peaceful and charming I’ve seen) in a different way […]
Read MoreAs I wind up my meetings with tired teens ending the school year throughout the Connecticut shoreline, I remind parents to plan the summer. The summer provides an unusual gift: free time. Some part of the summer should be for complete relaxation and rejuvenation. Most Connecticut high schools are ending this week. Doing nothing but […]
Read MoreIf I had to recommend one book for parents to read on education, I might recommend Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell studied the “greats” – those out on the edges of performance – and revealed what The Learning Consultants has promised Connecticut parents for years: greatness comes through work character. There is a lot to be said […]
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