The summer provides an unusual gift: free time. .Doing nothing but having fun for the last few weeks of June straight through July 8th (post July 4th weekend makes plenty of sense. Many Connecticut students ended the school year in mid-June. Most That’s 20-25 days of pure vacation. Should be sufficient! Moreover, July and August […]
Read MoreI have had upcoming seniors improve their SATs by 200 points. This single factor changed their college admissions possibilities and often generated offers of thousands of dollars in merit aid. I note this because some seniors tell me that they hope their senior year grades will shift their college prospects. Some bad news on that […]
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8uhMBl6vI The wishful thinking nonsense of some leads to terrible counsel for others. “It doesn’t matter where you go to college” must be one of the most ignorant statements spouted off by either well meaning adults who take singular examples, such as their own success, to set forth a general theory or bitter adults who […]
Read MoreAleutians from Alaska (more commonly referred to as Eskimos) do not need to do as well on the SATs as do white students from Connecticut. Coming from an impoverished area will also be advantageous compared to a wealthy one also gives an admissions advantage. That was a fact prior to the SAT’s recent addition of […]
Read MoreMany parents do not realize that all Connecticut students attending public high schools will take the SAT as part of their graduation requirements. In the Shoreline area, Branford, Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Valley Regional, Old Lyme, East Lyme, Waterford among other schools, will be administering the SAT in either late March or early April 2020. […]
Read MoreParents, in an effort to bolster their student-child after a poor standardized test performance, are usually the first persons to say: “don’t feel bad, you are just not good at tests.” Many often add – a well meaning but completely unrealistic comment – “don’t worry, it doesn’t matter that much.” The latter part is not […]
Read MoreI love sports. I think sports provide training in how to develop skills, build character, and work with teammates. Nonetheless, time is a zero sum commodity. What you spend on sports cannot be spent on academics. Or family. “I don’t understand.” he said. “Do these parents think their children will be professional athletes?” He was […]
Read MoreThe mission of our company has always been focused on helping people reach their potential. In the last few years, my “rescue” work has increased for twentysomethings. Many are stuck in the failure to launch syndrome. My hope is that our “prevention” work – helping students build skills and do well in high school will […]
Read MoreI have three friendly acquaintances from college who all relayed to me how their SAT scores ended up changing their lives dramatically. Larry was from Iowa. His graduating class was 42 high schools. About half went to Iowa state schools and the other half went to work after high school. Larry had ambitions, even as […]
Read MoreExcerpt from The Parents’ Guide to Career Planning for Your Twentysomething.” “That’s up to him.” So said a very well-meaning set of baby-boomer parents simultaneously. We were discussing their seventeen-year-old son Kevin and what he might want to study in college. Kevin looked and sounded completely bewildered. While he was encouraged to do whatever he […]
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