Many Connecticut students will be taking the SAT for the first time in March. This has been the case for the decade and a half that The Learning Consultants has been teaching test prep. But it is THE NEW SAT and so parents are losing their minds. i have taught long enough that I was […]
Read MoreWhat madness am I suggesting? Let me start with the obvious: most Connecticut schools are stronger than most schools in most states. Those in the top 10% of schools such a Guilford High School, Daniel Hand High, Lyme-Old Lyme High School, East Lyme High School, Old Saybrook High School, Valley Regional High School (Essex-Deep River) […]
Read MoreMost Connecticut students will be taking the SAT in March. While it is the NEW SAT for all crazed parents, it is just the SAT for juniors as most never saw the old SAT. For those interested in the differences, I provided some comments in last Sunday’s Hartford Courant. The real question confronting many students […]
Read MoreMost Connecticut High Schools have provided their PSAT results back to their students (Daniel Hand in Madison had a PSAT delay but I understand that the delay won’t be long.) Parents understandably want to know what’s next after the PSAT results come back. For students in public schools in Connecticut, most every high school will […]
Read MoreMy natural people pleasing tendency coupled with my great worry of ever appearing self-serving has caused me to give flawed advice over the years. Budget conscious clients would contact me about what they should do for test prep. They knew me or of me so they trusted that I would give them honest advice. And, […]
Read MoreSince so many Connecticut parents have contacted us for counseling related to paying for college, I’ve immersed myself in the literature. Some of the literature is a challenge: most families living in Connecticut (particularly in the Shoreline area, Branford, Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, East Lyme etc.) have incomes that are too high to […]
Read MoreOur combined SAT-ACT class is starting next week: Old Saybrook, Saturdays, either 9-12 noon or 12:15-3:15 pm and Madison, 12:45-3:45 or 4-7 pm. Students can attend any of the 4 classes on any given weekend. (1 class per weekend). 7 weeks, $595, all books and materials included. In the past, we have run SAT classes […]
Read MoreThe SAT (and ACT) are scored on a curve. To quickly refresh those who may have forgotten the term: in school, if a teacher curved a test within an absolute equal distribution, she would award 20% As, 20% Bs, 20% Cs, 20% Ds, and 20% Fs. You may remember the more common curving – such […]
Read More“I didn’t do well on the SATs.” I hear this statement quite a bit. But I have learned to filter according to the student’s high school. For example, when a student from East Lyme High School makes this statement as one recently did, I’m pretty sure the student probably did well compared to the rest […]
Read MoreNovember wasn’t that far in the past. March isn’t that far in the future. As Connecticut juniors return to school today, they might not realize that the SAT is just around the corner. Due to new state law, all Connecticut public school students must take the SAT. By way of simple back story, federal mandate […]
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