The PSATs are back. Connecticut high school juniors will suddenly note that “it’s getting real.” Parents feel the same way. In working with students in the CT shoreline through the last two decades, I’ve noticed some common themes when the PSATs come back: Some parents and students will note the importance and significance of both […]
Read MoreThe Connecticut Shoreline is an idyllic community. Having lived in or outside New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, I have some perspective on the greatness of growing up in the Connecticut suburbs. Other than the ubiquitously rampant legitimately horrible mean girl bullying that goes on, most of the problems for most of the kids growing […]
Read MoreIf your child attends one of the stronger schools in the area – Guilford High School, Daniel Hand in Madison, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, East Lyme, among others that come to mind – I regret to report that I meet with an abundance of students from these and other top Connecticut high schools that have […]
Read MoreTalking to one’s children about college is stressful. Whenever I give talks in our Connecticut offices about the subject, heads nod when I say that line. Parents don’t walk to talk about the subject because thoughts of their baby leaving the nest are sad. Children don’t want to talk about college because they know the […]
Read MoreParents, at least in our suburban Connecticut college counseling base, are often stuck in a paradox regarding their children and college costs. College costs are out of control and there is rarely any other large investment that can be made to help their children transition from high school to college. Let’s start with the first […]
Read MoreConnecticut parents with their first child going through the college process will hear a great deal of misinformation. Most misconceptions come from other parents with their singular stories of their child’s process, much of which will not have relevance to your child. Some of the misinformation comes from colleges who – as gently as I […]
Read MoreAbout five years ago when I was working with a student on her college applications, I remember looking at her GPA: 99.3. “Wow!” was my first reaction. She went to a very good high school in Connecticut so there was no immediate thought that her grades were misleading. But then I saw her class rank. […]
Read MoreFrom UCONN: Get one step closer to joining UConn Nation. A few things you should know: The SAT or the ACT is a required piece of your application to UConn. It’s one of several pieces taken into consideration as part of our holistic application review process. Test results must be submitted directly from the […]
Read MoreWe live in an area with many strong public high schools. East Lyme High School has consistently stood out to me as producing some of the smartest and most well prepared in our region. Perhaps one of the original reasons was that Pfizer would unofficially recommend East Lyme as the town to live in when […]
Read More“This is therapy.” a mother with a Daniel Hand High School junior recently said to me in relation to our kick-off to college counseling session. “I have been driving myself crazy with all the things that I thought my son had to do and I appreciate that you narrowed the list.” “Eat food. Mostly plants. […]
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