“Does it really matter where you go to college?” While I realize the question relates to whether one will be conventionally successful and I politely respond as such when asked. Here’s what I’m really thinking: Your child’s whole external world is changing. Colleges vary radically. To approach college for your child with such a cavalier […]
Read MoreOne of our Old Saybrook friends stopped the conversation that a few parents were having about college. That suited me since I am immersed in college counseling and would prefer a different topic during a party. But her response concerned me: “I don’t want to think about it.” Her daughter is a junior. I sympathize […]
Read MoreConnecticut high school juniors should take the March 9th SAT administered by the College Board. I realize that many students are waiting – or were told to wait – until the April in-school SAT given by all public schools in Connecticut. But that makes no sense. The SAT has score choice and super scoring, two […]
Read MoreMy friend who lives in Fairfield County asked me for SAT help for his freshman daughter. I noted that most students in Shoreline, Connecticut start junior year. “Not around here”, he said. We laughed at the differences between where live, even though, relatively speaking it is a very small space on the map. The college conversation […]
Read More“The Learning Consultants has become a public health service for Connecticut students and their parents,” so said a well known public health doctor from Yale as she extolled our college counseling, tutoring, and test prep services in an e-mail to her friends. I really loved reading the line about public health. It made me laugh […]
Read MoreConnecticut public high schools will administer the SAT to all its students in either late March or early April. But I urge our clients to take the March 9th SAT. Here’s the reasoning: 1.) Score choice Most every college allows students to choose which test result to submit. This is different than back in the […]
Read MoreHere’s some challenging news: even though many high schools have done away with class rank, colleges still find being in the 10% and top 25% extremely important. This creates some irony: due to Connecticut’s great high schools, it is harder to be ranked high in the class for a kid from Connecticut than a […]
Read MoreIf you have not heard of David Goggins, he is worth a Google search and then for entertainment, inspiration, and life lessons worth listening to/reading about/studying. This is particularly true for high school students who live in our idyllic Connecticut shoreline. David Goggins grew up in a household with a physically and verbally abusive father. […]
Read MoreLast year, I read The One Thing, a book that posits that we should focus on our energy on the one thing that can change our lives. The one thing that students can change dramatically: test scores. Through the years of working with students throughout Connecticut, we know these higher test scores can radically change one’s […]
Read MoreI received a wonderful Christmas present: one of my SAT students who took our SAT prep program in Old Saybrook last January and then followed up with a few individual test prep students in Madison in the fall was just admitted to one of our elite military academies. He’s a great guy and I’m glad […]
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