“Do these kids think they will be professional athletes?” This was a serious question from a European educator who was visiting The Learning Consultants and shocked at how much time and energy parents had invested in training for sports. No. But many believe that their children will get college scholarships for sports. Small town Connecticut […]
Read MoreI wrote Motivate Your Son in 2012. The principles are timeless but I certainly did not anticipate the effect of Covid and how much social media would devastate the psychology of teen boys (and girls, but that will be a different post). This is a problem that could have lasting effects well beyond the early post-Pandemic years. […]
Read MoreAs one college admissions official directly told me: the SATs are the only way that we can compare a vast number of our applicants. He elaborated: we have a hard time telling the difference between grading systems at different high schools and parents vastly overestimate how much going to a “good” high school matters. For […]
Read MoreOf late, I have been immersed in college counseling. I am asked questions related to what is “needed”? Do my children need to have straight As? Take calculus? Play an instrument? Play a sport? Have a lot of community service? Need? To gain admission to “college”, no. But to gain admission to competitive colleges, then […]
Read MoreA well written article from: https://www.ivyloungetestprep.com/blog/does-class-of-2023-need-to-take-sat-act My Best Advice on the ACT or SAT for the class of 2023 For the class of 2023 and beyond, expect that you WILL have to take either the SAT or ACT for your college admissions. Yes, as always, you will need to see which schools you wish to […]
Read More“David left feeling so much better!” Kristen, David’s mother, exclaimed. “And now I feel so much better too.” David had been listless. He was going through the motions at school. He was naturally bright and thought “pandemic school was a joke.” So he had not really worked all that hard since March 2020. As the […]
Read MoreAt the Learning Consultants, our approach to writing reminds me of the old Chinese proverb, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Similarly, “Correct a student’s essay, and you help them get a better grade. Teach a student how […]
Read MoreWe have been helping the emotional development of young adults since our inception in the early 2000s. Jean Card, our lead Student Mastery coach, has created an Academic Therapy framework that has helped our students in flourish both academically and emotionally. My work – while ostensibly on all the concrete areas of college counseling, […]
Read MoreTip #3 Be authentic! This might sound cliched, but it’s useful advice for students writing their college essays. It’s much easier to write about yourself when you’re not trying to be someone else. I’ve been especially reminded of this wisdom over the past few months as I work with twins from Essex, CT on their […]
Read MoreTip #2 “I don’t know what to write about!” This is the number one source of frustration for students starting their college essays. A typical scenario occurred last week with one of my students from Madison, CT. She struggled to choose between two different essays. One, she really liked, but feared it wasn’t “traditional” enough. […]
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