As Connecticut schools reopen tomorrow, many parents will grumble. The daily school grind has returned. Getting children off to school on time, monitoring their homework, and taking them to endless activities can be energy draining if you view it as such. Lecturing myself as much as I suggest to my fellow parent brethren, catch yourself […]
Read MoreEvery year our Winter SAT class (this year SAT and ACT) held in Old Saybrook, CT and Madison, CT leads students to a wonderful result: they get their test scores in order early during the college process. The strategic plan is as follows: prepare vigorously for the March SAT (and either the February or […]
Read MoreResolution 1. I will not overdo activities at the expense of either important relationships or academics. “Lauren is heading to Pennsylvania that weekend for a softball tournament.” Mrs. Angeli said about her junior daughter at Guilford High School. So, she won’t be able to take the SATs. She’s also missing her grandmother’s 75th birthday. But […]
Read MoreJust some quick news for parents of Connecticut juniors, PSAT results are scheduled to come in. Daryl CapuanoCEO, The Learning Consultants and Connecticut’s top private education consultant full bio
Read More“What is the smallest thing you could do differently that would lead to better grades?” I asked JT, a sophomore at Valley Regional High School in Deep River, CT. Like most boys, JT was bored during class, distracted during his homework, and unmotivated about what he needed to do for college. The big shifts that […]
Read MoreFor those without the patience to listen, the simple summary is that we live in a knowledge economy. College provides a filtering mechanism for employers to quickly sort out who to interview among thousands of applications. Zakaria uses the example of a Wall Street investment bank with 20,000 plus applicants and a couple hundred spots. […]
Read MoreAs 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 […]
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