“Everyone smokes pot.” I’ve heard this from dozens of students throughout Connecticut. Having grown up in the era where the athletes drank and the “burn outs” smoked, I was taken aback when I first heard from one of my student-athlete clients that all of his buddies on the lacrosse team smoked. This was circa 2005. […]
Read MoreConnecticut parents often ask my opinion on which SAT and ACT books to purchase. My answer is not based on my subjective view. The only objectively correct answer is the official guide. For that reason, we only use The Official Guide to the SAT and the ACT’s Real ACT book for our SAT and ACT […]
Read MoreSome more reason for Connecticut parents to nag their children about needing to read more. Reading ability is even more important for the new SAT. Reading ability has always been important for the SAT but now even more so for several reasons. While some students will rejoice that sentence completions are no longer part of […]
Read More“My son is unsure of which test to take.” So begins a typical conversation with a Connecticut parent sorting out whether to take the SAT or ACT. The answer has now become more clear in my mind, at least for Connecticut public school students. It is no longer “which” but rather “should I also?” All […]
Read More“One of my friends told me…” Much like investment advice from random people makes no sense to follow without due diligence, advice from Connecticut parent circles should follow the same guidelines. Parents dealing with their first child’s experience navigating the high school to college transition often defer to parents who have done so previously. In […]
Read MoreMy most popular and perhaps only subversive SAT and ACT tip is telling students to sleep in on the day before the SAT or ACT (as in Friday, a school day, shh, don’t tell school officials). Sleep in as in sleep until 8 or 9 am as opposed to getting up at 6 or 6:30 […]
Read More“Nathan did way worse than expected on the SAT. Can you help?” Mrs. Honig said about her very bright junior at Old Lyme. After working with Nathan a few times, I agreed. This is not always the case. Sometimes parents expectations are not based on real data but rather hope. In Nathan’s case, he definitely […]
Read More“Do I have to take SAT again? Hannah, a junior at East Lyme High School asked. She knew the answer to the question. One and done is exceedingly rare, at least for Connecticut students interested in attending competitive colleges. Extensive research shows that SAT and ACT test takers improve the second and third time they […]
Read MoreYale has decided that the New SAT is so aligned with what it wants from testing that it will no longer require subject tests or more commonly called The SAT IIs. That will be a relief for Connecticut students applying to Yale. Whether other schools will follow suit remains to be seen. SAT IIs for […]
Read More“We were totally caught off guard by the essay!” said several students in my fall SAT class in Madison. These students had taken the ACT but only prepared by buying the ACT book, which only had versions of the old essay prompt. The ACT has been a highly stable test. The SAT has been overhauled […]
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