“They seemed like my people.” Ryan, a high school junior from Valley Regional (Essex, Chester, Deep River CT) said, many years ago. Ryan had worked with me for college counseling and SAT prep. He had several colleges of high interest but when considering early decision, he was not sure which stood out. I asked […]
Read MoreThose who had an amazing college experience understand. Indeed, when I started college counseling years ago, parents as well as older siblings of my student-clients from Southeastern, CT usually would have already educated students on the possibilities for a great college experience. I recall one of my clients. He’s from Old Saybrook. So I also […]
Read MoreKeith was a good but not great math student from Old Lyme, Connecticut. . Like many 18 year olds, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his career. Of all the problems in our school system, I’ll suggest that lack of career education has to be one of the most underrated. […]
Read MoreAll names and some identifying details of college counseling students are changed Eric was a student at Daniel Hand High School in Madison. I had worked with him on SAT prep and knew him quite well. When we started college counseling, he expressed his interest in applying to schools in the Pacific Northwest. As noted […]
Read MoreThere are many pandemic tragedies well beyond the good part of the college process. I’m sure “first world problem” will be the classification of this particular issue. But I feel badly for both students and parents who are missing the best part – perhaps the only good part! – of the college application process: visiting […]
Read MoreIf your twentysomething is struggling with career issues, you likely feel ill-equipped to help. You might be right. Unless your own experiences have schooled you in the way the New World of Work operates, realize that some part of the way you understood careers has radically changed. More significantly, you now are experiencing that the […]
Read MoreHaving helped students with their college essays for the last decade, I know the following with certainty: 1.) English class college admission essays are generally not effective 2.) Most parents do not know what makes college admission essays effective but many – in an effort to help – provide guidance to their confused child 3.) […]
Read MoreIn 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 MoreWe have worked with parents throughout Connecticut for the last 15 years on all aspects of the college process. Right now, we are immersed in college counseling for our 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 […]
Read MoreCollege counseling has become a bigger part of The Learning Consultants helps our Shoreline Connecticut base through the years. Through our immersion in understanding the college admissions process, there are a few principles that we have discovered are useful for our clients. The Golden Mean, Aristotle’s principle for conveying the beautiful middle spot between two […]
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