As 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 […]
Read MoreAs parents and students call with news about their Early Action-Early Decision acceptances, deferrals, and rejections, it has become abundantly clear that the single distinguishing factor among those who were accepted into competitive colleges is SAT (or ACT) test scores. For example, several students in Guilford, Madison, Old Lyme and East Lyme have reported that […]
Read More“Jimmy just got $60,000 in scholarship money for a college he never visited.” So exclaimed Mrs. Steiner about her senior son from Branford, CT. Jimmy’s grades were good. His activities were solid but nothing outstanding. His SAT scores, however, were distinctly higher than the mean of the college in question. I know several other students […]
Read More“I’m not terrified of the GRE – can you believe it?” Marissa wrote in an e-mail seeking help for graduate school. I first worked with Marissa when she was an SAT student in my Madison class. She was terrified of big tests. She had created a story that she was terrible at tests based on hearing […]
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