PSAT Results Are Back
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PSAT results are back
General Education AdviceA combination of anxiety, worry, and, in some cases, panic sets in for parents and students of high school juniors. The best thing to do: take action Ask your friends with older children, at least those “in the know” – and your guidance counselors, if they will speak to you off the record, about The […]
Read MoreReducing the angst of college application essay writing
College Advice, Writing Training“Never use a long word when a short one will do.” Good advice from George Orwell (“Politics and the English Language,” 1946) that students might want to keep in mind when writing college application essays. Orwell wasn’t suggesting that writers use simple vocabulary to “dumb down” their prose. He was arguing against what he saw […]
Read MoreMotivating Boys –
Student MasteryThis is an article written by Daniel Friedman, from Raising Arizona Kids magazine. I’ve read articles and listened to radio broadcasts about how boys are doing less well in school than girls, graduate from college less than girls and overall seem to be falling behind academically. Daryl Capuano, author of Motivate Your Son (Student Mastery Publishing, 2012), has read the same articles and […]
Read MoreCollege… and career….and financial counseling
College CounselingIn the not so old days when we provided college counseling to our Connecticut clients, most parents were focused on “fit” based on socialization, class size, campus, clubs and other factors primarily related to the 4-year experience at the college, as if the post-college career outcome was not particularly important. The Great Recession marked a […]
Read MoreCareer Planning: Start now
General Education AdviceAmazon I speak with Connecticut parents every day about college. I have done so for 2o years. In the last several years, discussions have almost always included the financial investment required. While we all want our children to have a great life experience in their college years, most every parent is worried about the career […]
Read MoreAs Thanksgiving approaches, give thanks for college
College CounselingRight now, The Learning Consultants is immersed in college counseling for our Connecticut seniors who are finishing their early action and early decision applications and taking on college counseling clients for those juniors who are kicking off the going to college transition. As a parent, you are likely stressed. But the stress also comes from […]
Read MoreIs college worth the cost?
College CounselingThis issue is addressed in a recent article in Forbes The resounding answer: “yes”. Some key points: “But could their skepticism about college be right? Not based on earnings. The national arbiter of the data on the value of college degrees is Anthony Carnevale, director of the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown […]
Read MoreThe need for Connecticut students to have a high academic index
General Education AdviceBroadly speaking, college admission is based on: (1) objective factors: the academic index (2) subjective factors: “hooks” (such as athletics/diversity/connections) and activities/defined interest/essay/application Unless one of those hooks is exceptionally strong, the objective factors dominate the initial screening of candidates. If students do not reach a certain number within the school’s academic index, then the […]
Read MoreYou Want to Work for Jeff Bezos? Take a writing class!
General Education Advice, Writing TrainingSix-pages, full sentences, “narrative” format. These could be the requirements of a middle school writing assignment. But, they’re actually Jeff Bezos’s guidelines for “pitching” plans at Amazon. According to Franklin Foer in “What Jeff Bezos Wants” (The Atlantic, November 2019), Bezos insists that his employees explain their ideas in lengthy narratives, because he knows that […]
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