We have received many nice notes from students and parents regarding the results of the April in-school SATs. For most, this good news is tempered by our advice: TAKE THE JUNE SAT Very few students maximize their scores the first time around. Indeed, we tell many of our students to take advantage of super-scoring and […]
Read MoreThe world is uncertain. The pace of change is the real revolution. In the Industrial Age, change took place over 50–75 years. Now, industries can emerge, flourish, and disappear in a matter of five years—or less. And beyond the economic realities, there is something even more concerning: The psychological toll on young adults. Rates of […]
Read MoreSince I work with students from schools ranging from New Haven to Middletown to Stonington, I have a reasonable comparative understanding of the strength of Connecticut schools in the Middlesex, New Haven, and New London County areas. If your child attends one of the stronger schools in the area – Guilford, Daniel Hand in Madison, […]
Read MoreIn providing college counseling to The Learning Consultants’ clients, perhaps the silliest thing I occasionally hear from parents, who are likely trying to calm themselves and their children down about the college process, is “it doesn’t matter where you go to college.” I realize that some parents are saying this to defuse the competitive nature […]
Read More“It is different now.” Ray, a father of a junior from Lyme Old Lyme High School, noted when his wife suggested that maybe they were making too big a deal about the college process. Ron is an executive in a multinational company. Ray’s wife noted that he rose to his position despite having attended a […]
Read More“I knew college was expensive, but I didn’t know it was this expensive.” Sarah, a highly paid executive at Pfizer noted. “We would have saved more. Now I know that Elisa needs to crush her SATs to get the money for the school she wants.” Sarah had listened to a lecture from a financial planner […]
Read More“It doesn’t matter where you go to college” is one of the most delusional comments that adults will say. I can break this down in multiple ways: where you go generates the population of people that you will meet at a vital time of life; the location where you will be developing relationships and comfort […]
Read MoreI am surprised by the continued success of Motivate Your Son. This is neither false modesty nor subtle bragging. The book was published in 2012. It continues to sell beyond expectation despite zero marketing in the last few years. Reader e-mails tell me the reason: I was correct in my view that we have an […]
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.) Real Economic Disruption I started this work in 2000, mostly focused on SAT prep and then began college counseling a few years later. The Great […]
Read MoreIn providing college counseling through the years, my financial acumen has been called upon with increasing urgency. Some part stems from my work in the career counseling space. I have a strong sense of what “pays off”. Some part stems from deep financial knowledge spurred in part from my early legal career – Securities and […]
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