Several years ago, Denise, a mother from Old Lyme, Connecticut, relayed some troubling news about some of her son’s friends who had graduated from Lyme-Old Lyme High School. Three had dropped out of college and while each might go back she thought they were heading down the wrong path as their dominant way of earning […]
Read MoreBlake, a junior from Daniel Hand High School in Madison, Connecticut had one dominant theme in mind during our first college counseling session: “I want to go some place warm!” I’ve heard this demand with increasing frequency from my Connecticut college counseling clientele. Our career advisory services are designed to help students (assuming they […]
Read More“That’s part of my brand.” So said a Harvard student to my daughter as he was trying to woo her with his impressive credentials. He was a clown but he was stating some part of the truth. I’ve grown away from the prestige seeker I once was. The self-esteem that seems attached to name […]
Read MoreAs reported in US News & World Report “My advice is to assume that the test is preferred,” says Aviva Legatt, an admissions consultant and author of a college admissions book titled “Get Real and Get In.” As always, names and identifying details are changed when I relay college counseling stories: Andrew a student from […]
Read More“I tell my friends that you are Nostradamus when it comes to college admissions.” Lily, a mother from East Lyme, relayed when she referred me to one of her friends. I had worked with Lily’s two children through both SAT prep and college counseling. With each, I went through my analysis for likely admission. […]
Read MoreFinancial advising in relation to college has become an increasing part of my college counseling work. We live in an affluent area. Madison, Connecticut. Guilford, Connecticut, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Essex, Connecticut, and East Lyme Connecticut, among other Shoreline, Connecticut towns are comprised of wealthy families, at least compared to the most families throughout the country […]
Read MoreFor the last couple decades, I’ve led SAT classes in our Madison and Old Saybrook, Connecticut offices. I start the class with an unusual question: “why are you here?” Students are initially perplexed. No one asks them such questions. Some mumble because my parents made me. Others answer compliantly: to improve my SAT scores. I […]
Read MoreI was at a party in Old Saybrook, Connecticut when I overheard a parent say “it doesn’t matter where you go to college.” Having worked with her two older children both of whom worked as hard a possible to attend “good colleges”, in part because of her urging, I had the good sense to […]
Read MoreDuring the last few years, The Learning Consultants has been immersed in college counseling. The pandemic increased this focus by almost double. Confusion is the main reason. Our Connecticut clients are generally a highly educated bunch. Even they are utterly confused by changing standards regarding admissions possibilities. But the inability to visit colleges is […]
Read MoreThe Learning Consultants has been immersed in meeting with college admissions officials during this post-pandemic year. We are here to provide top college counseling, as always, but we are certain that the need for college counseling is more abundant this year than ever. Most importantly, despite the various noise around the expense of college (which […]
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