General Education Advice

Much like many, I would spend every last dollar on my children. This wonderful tendency has a cost. A big one. The retirement crisis – I prefer “financial freedom” – is real and getting bigger. To be clear, when I speak of children being financially independent that does not necessarily mean that they do not […]

Yes – hard to believe – but your child who was allowed to ride her bike past the neighborhood just a couple of years ago is embarking on her college journey. Most feel overwhelmed when they start too late in Junior year. Most feel under control when starting before Junior year. While I work with […]

“There is no more availability in Connecticut”.  I had just received the third message from a frantic parent. Having to drive to Rhode Island or Massachusetts before an SAT is no fun, particularly for a senior who had Boston College as his Early Decision hope and needed a higher SAT score in August (maybe October) […]

As summer begins, embrace the fact that we are heading back to normalcy… post Covid. This means that summer enrichment – a good thing, certainly better than video-game playing/Tik-tok watching – will include SAT Prep for those who are college bound. We work with students individually and in class format. Despite optionality at many colleges, […]

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Those who know me view me as an incurable optimist and positive thinker. For me to sound an alarm… well… there really is a fire. I started noticing pre-Covid.  Students simply did not seem as well educated as in the past.  Our teaching staff at The Learning Consultants noticed as well. I am always mindful […]

My college counseling work has evolved since Covid. Parents in our area – the Connecticut shoreline and Fairfield County – are usually well educated.  So when I started college counseling in the 2000s, my work was often focused on guiding the student through the college counseling process, a reasonable amount of which the parents understood.  […]

Is your child a high school junior? What else can be done at this date to change your child’s chance of admission and your chance of securing merit aid? Do well on finals. “Deepen” your activities through leadership. Increase SATs. For most, that’s it. Yes, many schools are test-optional.  But I speak to college admissions […]

“Are they training to become professional athletes?” My European friend – who spends his summers in Old Saybrook – asked with genuine curiosity. We were discussing some of his other Shoreline, CT friends.  He was perplexed. “They spend their weekends driving to other states.  They must spend a fortune.” “I love sports. But he was […]