SAT ACT Test Prep

The PSATs are both a very important number and a meaningless one, for all but top scorers. The importance: The PSATs provide a baseline score to give a sense of one’s potential SAT score.  Anything connected to the SAT is connected to college.  Anything connected to a big life change like college is a big […]

The PSATs are back. Connecticut high school juniors will suddenly note that “it’s getting real.”  Parents feel the same way. In working with students in the CT shoreline through the last two decades, I’ve noticed some common themes when the PSATs come back: Some parents and students will note the importance and significance of both […]

If your child attends one of the stronger schools in the area – Guilford High School, Daniel Hand in Madison, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, East Lyme, among others that come to mind – I regret to report that I meet with an abundance of students from these and other top Connecticut high schools that have […]

Talking to one’s children about college is stressful. Whenever I give talks in our Connecticut offices about the subject, heads nod when I say that line. Parents don’t walk to talk about the subject because thoughts of their baby leaving the nest are sad. Children don’t want to talk about college because they know the […]

Parents, at least in our suburban Connecticut college counseling base, are often stuck in a paradox regarding their children and college costs. College costs are out of control and there is rarely any other large investment that can be made to help their children transition from high school to college. Let’s start with the first […]

About five years ago when I was working with a student on her college applications, I remember looking at her GPA:  99.3. “Wow!” was my first reaction. She went to a very good high school in Connecticut so there was no immediate thought that her grades were misleading.  But then I saw her class rank.  […]

From UCONN:   Get one step closer to joining UConn Nation. A few things you should know: The SAT or the ACT is a required piece of your application to UConn. It’s one of several pieces taken into consideration as part of our holistic application review process. Test results must be submitted directly from the […]

In 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 […]

We all know the overly involved sports parent and those in theatre know the overly involved theatre parent.  While there certainly are parents who are overbearing in relation to academics, it has been my observation that the number of parents who are heavily involved with sporting teams and some other activities dwarfs the number who are […]

Schools in Connecticut’s affluent suburbs – Branford, Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, Valley Regional, East Lyme, etc. all are extremely strong compared to the rest of the nation. US News & World Report, the arbiter of all rankings(!), released a report on the best states.  Connecticut came in 4th for education.  But for towns along […]