I have seen enormous merit aid scholarship success for Connecticut students with top SAT and ACT test scores, particularly in the last 5 years. Colleges – particularly private ones – are desperate to maintain their student populations. They also need to look “not desperate”! To do so, they need to attract a student body that […]
Read MoreI was in Pasta Vita in Old Saybrook and felt someone tap me on the shoulder. It was the father of two SAT students from past SAT classes. “My children still talk about you and the class.” I knew he was not referring to my teachings of the intricacies of SAT test-taking strategies. “Caitlin was […]
Read MoreDuring our SAT-ACT Mastery Seminars held in Madison and Old Saybrook – as well as in school at Old Saybrook High School, Valley Regional High School in Deep River, and Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Southeastern Connecticut Chinese School, and The Williams School in New London, we present a section on the psychology of performance. We […]
Read More47% of high school seniors graduated with an A average. That’s worth reading again and maybe a third time. This mind-blowing statistic has numerous implications. But the most important one is the delusion that many parents have in relation to college admission. “Tom has a 3.8 GPA…” “Jessica has a 97 average…” “Lydia has nearly […]
Read More“One of my friends told me…” Much like investment advice from random people makes no sense to follow without due diligence, advice from Connecticut parent circles should follow the same guidelines. Parents dealing with their first child’s experience navigating the high school to college transition often defer to parents who have done so previously. In […]
Read MoreCal Newport, noted author on performance among other areas, wrote Deep Work a few years ago and it has quickly become a must read for anyone in the field of helping others perform at peak levels. The ability to focus will be a superpower for this next generation. Our smart technology has made this generation not […]
Read MoreCollege costs are out of control and For most Connecticut suburban students, college is not only the best but only realistic option after high school. Let’s start with the first premise: 4 year private colleges can cost close to $300,000. Most are over $200,000. Even for the affluent that live on the Connecticut shoreline, that’s […]
Read MorePeople motivate other people. We have an online SAT class that is right for some of our students, but there is no doubt that our in-person class is superior to anything online. Our children are already too engaged in screens. With something as important as SAT-college admissions, I urge you to take the class I […]
Read MoreSAT TIME!!! I imagine those exclamation points are interpreted as signs of horror rather than excitement. And since many parents do not like creating stress for their children, many do not bring up the SATs. Indeed, some parents have noted they will wait until their kids tell them they want to prep before signing up for […]
Read More“It is different now.” Ron a father of a junior from Guilford High School, noted when his wife suggested that maybe they were making to big a deal about the college process. Ron is an executive in a multinational company and is also involved in a New Haven not-for-profit organization that helps those in challenging […]
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