As Connecticut high schools release PSAT results, students – and some parents – “suddenly” ramp up the college process. Parents, for the most part, have been keenly aware that college is approaching. But – just like their kids – they often put off thoughts of anything stressful. The PSAT results – and the inevitable comparisons […]
Read MoreI am reading The One Thing, a book that posits that we should focus on our energy on the one thing that can change our lives. Scattered attention on half a dozen things often leads to mediocrity. I thought of this in relation to many of our college counseling clients throughout Shoreline, Connecticut. When we meet […]
Read MoreConnecticut students will be getting their PSAT results back during the next couple of weeks. Anxious students and parents will wonder what the results mean for their future and lackadaisical students and parents probably should wonder what the results mean for their future! Since I live in Old Saybrook, I have to avoid going to […]
Read MoreLast year, the new SAT was released. As I spoke at schools throughout Connecticut, I mentioned the following: 1.) the hysteria about the changes in the new SAT were completely…hysterical! And, this has proved to be the case. The SAT is still a test based on demanding reading comprehension, grammar, and math. The biggest new […]
Read More“My parents are telling me not to freak out but I am” said one of my students recently about upcoming PSAT results. I hear this more often than parents may realize. That teens do not readily confess their psychological challenges is certainly nothing new. What seems to be somewhat new is the impact that once […]
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 MoreSAT-ACT Test Prep and Merit Aid For College Some good news and bad news about your income. If you are a Connecticut parent -particularly in areas like Shoreline Connecticut that contain leafy small towns like Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, Essex, East Lyme etc., you likely make far more money than […]
Read MoreIn recommending The Learning Consultants services to a private school in Connecticut, a former client who had three of his children go through our SAT Prep classes, told his story to the Board of Trustees. “I was the classic underachiever in high school. My grades were spotty. I did well in classes I liked and […]
Read MoreAs Early Action and Early Decision results are around the corner for anxious Connecticut students applying to college, I sometimes am privy to insider information from parents who have their own inside connections to college admissions officers. This hidden world – what college admissions officers really think – can come through guidance counselors, particularly at […]
Read MoreOver the last couple of years as The Learning Consultants has focused more intensely on college counseling for our Connecticut clients, we have increasingly been asked: “is college worth the money?” Let me start with a paradox. College is horribly over-priced – for most and worth every penny – for most. I always add “for […]
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