General Education Advice

Moving away from home is the biggest transition in your child’s life. Even if they are acting nonchalant about it, and even if you do not want to pressure them to care, you should know what I know after providing college counseling through the years: they care… a lot.  Many have back-of-the-mind anxiety that affects […]

I will retell a story from a few years back. Vijay was a student from East Lyme, Connecticut.  He was moderately ambitious. But he had something equally valuable: parents with a plan. They had heard of The Learning Consultants through our years of helping East Lyme Students and also through our work with SCCS.  They […]

Time to write college essays! This may be the toughest essay your child will ever write.  It’s not the essay length or even the subject.  It’s simply “what to write.” Through the many years of working with young adults, I have developed a distinct system that helps college students write their essays relatively stress free. […]

Help your children. The SAT is coming back in a bigger way for college admissions and as a way to gain merit aid to pay for college. The Learning Consultants provides the best SAT prep in Connecticut. Quick Summary Program Dates Saturday, July 18 Saturday, July 25 Saturday, August 1 Saturday, August 8 Saturday, August […]

Malcolm Gladwell’s books are great: The Tipping Point and Blink, put him on the map. But Outliers is my favorite, particularly because he addresses the issue of education.   PTwo points for parents to consider: (1) When reviewing the variety of factors that led to student success, the single factor that most determined student success was how […]

I’m not from Connecticut.  And I did not grow up near a beach. I note that those who are from Connecticut and grew up on the Shoreline or in Fairfield County may take the greatness of each for granted. I live in Old Saybrook and routinely see the beauty of our shoreline CT towns from […]

Ask around – the best SAT Prep in Shoreline, CT Quick Summary Program Dates Saturday, July 18 Saturday, July 25 Saturday, August 1 Saturday, August 8 Saturday, August 15 Saturday, August 22 (Review/Make-Up Class) Attend Either Format Each Week Virtual9:00–10:30 a.m. OR In Person10:30 a.m.–12:00 noon The Learning Consultants121 Main Street, Third FloorOld Saybrook, CT […]

Class starts Monday… a few spots left Quick Summary Dates Monday, July 13 – Thursday, July 16 Time 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location The Williams School The precise classroom location will be sent in a separate email shortly. Don’t worry—there is only one Williams School building, and signs will be posted inside directing you […]

Unrelated to the SATs-ACTs, high stakes tests – such as finals – become a bigger part of one’s academic career as students move into the latter stages of high school.  In college, mid-terms and finals – high stakes tests – become an even more significant part of successs. So when I hear students say “I’m […]

“Young adults in the United States experience anxiety and depression twice as frequently as teenagers, according to a new nationally representative survey by Making Caring Common, a project of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Thirty-six percent of young adults — ages 18 to 25 — reported anxiety, compared with 18 percent of younger teenagers […]