Even in the affluent Connecticut suburbs, paying for college has become the biggest financial college that most parents face. When I am get-togethers with my Old Saybrook neighbors, college tuition seems to be an omnipresent topic. This wasn’t always the case. A couple decades ago, most parents from the upper middle class suburbs of Shoreline […]
Read More“When should I take my SATs?” This is one of the most common questions that parents and students ask that are of the mundane nature. All Connecticut public school students must attain a certain score on the SATs as part of their graduation requirement. Most Connecticut high schools will administer the SATs in April to […]
Read More“Start training immediately!” Luke said in relation to my hypothetical question. I presented the following situation to Luke. I have run a marathon in a few months. For whatever reason, completing the marathon in some reasonable time is very important to my future. I haven’t started training yet. You are my friend. What would you […]
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 MoreMy oldest graduated Old Saybrook High School last year; my next is a sophomore; and my youngest is a middle-schooler. Thoughts of my children leaving the nest has created a depth of poignancy that I’ve never experienced before. One of the reasons my wife and I relocated from Washington, DC to Shoreline, Connecticut was our […]
Read MoreI am now of the age that my friends all have college age or soon to be college age children. The subject of college tuition comes up constantly. It is not a happy topic. The only good news – surprisingly – relates to SAT (and ACT) scores. Good test scores pay for college. Good grades […]
Read MoreI lived in Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New Jersey before Connecticut so most of my life long friends come from those parts. My wife is from the Boston suburbs so we similarly have another base of comparison with our Connecticut friends. The college conversation with those live in suburbs of major cities is different than […]
Read MoreWe live in 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. The problems of many kids growing up on the Shoreline in towns like Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Essex, Old Lyme, and East Lyme are […]
Read MoreI received a wonderful Christmas present yesterday: one of my SAT students who took our SAT prep program in Old Saybrook last January and then followed up with a few individual test prep students in Madison in the fall was just admitted to one of our elite military academies. He’s a great guy and I’m […]
Read MoreChristmas time brings gifts to Connecticut students and none better than early admission to colleges of choice, except perhaps scholarships to colleges of choice. Every year, I receive wonderful e-mails and Christmas cards from past students and families who went through our SAT programs: “I was admitted to My Favorite College and was given a […]
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