“One reason for isolation is shrinking social contact with people we don’t know. Not so long ago, strangers talked to each other a great deal in public — in buses, at the airport, in line at the bank. Why? Because there was not much else to do. The emergence of smartphone technology, promising to connect […]
Read MoreA few years ago, I read The One Thing. Its premise: we should focus on our energy on the one thing that can change our lives. Scattered attention on half a dozen things often leads to mediocrity. I thought of this in relation to many of our college counseling clients throughout Shoreline, Connecticut. When we meet […]
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Read MoreI wrote Motivate Your Son in 2012. It was based on the Student Mastery program that The Learning Consultants created in the early 2000s. That program is designed to train students to succeed in school. I had initially called the program “How to Get Better Grades” but I was delighted that parents responded more to […]
Read MoreThis 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 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 More“I was told by our guidance office to wait until the in-school test administered in late Spring.” a parent from a Shoreline, CT high school. I love most of the guidance counselors that I have met in 20 years of providing educational counseling to my Connecticut neighbors. But the above is general advice that works […]
Read More“Wesleyan was a leader among selective institutions in making standardized testing optional for applicants in 2014. The change allows students more control in how they present themselves to the admission committee and is intended to improve access for underserved communities, students of color, and first-generation scholars who may not have access to standardized test preparation […]
Read More“A 95 GPA is too low for the colleges you are applying to… ” The mom of a student at a top public school in Shoreline, CT relayed her conversation from an off the record conversation she had with a friend who is a college admissions official at a well-regarded college in Connecticut that claims […]
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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