My wife has watched a lot of sports in Old Saybrook though the years. She actually was a college athlete so knows a fair amount about talent. She’s way too nice to ever say something negative about anyone. But sometimes she’ll report as a data point to her educational consultant husband: “Mr. and Mrs. W. […]
Read MoreI saw one of my college classmates who lives in a different part of Connecticut last year around this time. His daughter is applying to college. We were discussing college and SATs in general. They noted that their daughter was really stressed. I suggested that they start SAT test prep as soon as possible. My friend’s wife – […]
Read MoreThrough the years of my work as performance coach Connecticut For students taking the SATs, I developed a distinct methodology for how to practice. I called it “deep practice”. I would show students the right way to learn math, grammar, reading and so forth. Simultaneously, I immersed myself in the literature on performance across all […]
Read MoreAs Connecticut parents review their children’s PSAT scores, many call The Learning Consultants with a distinctly stressful voice. My child’s PSAT scores were… words like “disaster” or “terrible” are common as are phrases like “not indicative of her school performance” or “a wake up call for college”. Our college counseling and SAT prep work tends […]
Read MoreWhen I hear students say “I’m not a good test-taker”, I cringe. Parents, and sometimes teachers, in an effort to bolster the student-child are usually the first person to program a child by saying: “don’t feel bad, you are just not good at tests.” Many often add – a well meaning but completely unrealistic comment […]
Read MoreA few years ago, a parent from Madison, CT – who I will call Mr. Engineer due to his constant focus on the math related to college admissions – met for a college counseling meeting to discuss his son’s chances at different elite colleges. His son’s grades matched the stated GPA range of a particular school […]
Read MoreHaving worked with Connecticut high school students for the past 15 years, I have noticed a significant uptick in the number of students with anxiety related to taking the SATs and other standardized tests. Here’s the surprise: a large chunk of the anxiety has not stemmed from overbearing but from avoidance. Unquestionably, the biggest helicopter […]
Read MoreAs Connecticut high schools release PSAT results, students – and some parents – “suddenly” ramp up the college process. Parents, for the most part, have been keenly aware that college is approaching. But – just like their kids – they often put off thoughts of anything stressful. The PSAT results – and the inevitable comparisons […]
Read MoreI am reading The One Thing, a book that posits that we should focus on our energy on the one thing that can change our lives. Scattered attention on half a dozen things often leads to mediocrity. I thought of this in relation to many of our college counseling clients throughout Shoreline, Connecticut. When we meet […]
Read MoreConnecticut students will be getting their PSAT results back during the next couple of weeks. Anxious students and parents will wonder what the results mean for their future and lackadaisical students and parents probably should wonder what the results mean for their future! Since I live in Old Saybrook, I have to avoid going to […]
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