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7 Dec

SAT Prep: Best way to begin the college conversation

Due to Covid, you have been around your teen far more than most parents have been with their teens in the past. This is either a very good or very bad thing! Or both. One thing I know for sure: college planning has been limited. Something about a global pandemic that prevents people from planning […]

6 Dec

College Admissions: Yes the SATs will matter for your junior

SAT ACT Test Prep

As one college admissions official directly told me: the SATs are the only way that we can compare a vast number of our applicants. He elaborated: we have a hard time telling the difference between grading systems at different high schools and parents vastly overestimate how much going to a “good” high school matters. For […]

9 Oct

College Counseling For Connecticut Students: The Major Life Transition For Launching Into Adulthood

College Counseling

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 […]

6 Oct

College Counseling For Connecticut Students: The College – Life – Crossroads

College Counseling

“He’s given more thought to mastering Call of Duty than which colleges interest him.” Terry, a mother of a student from Lyme-Old Lyme High School, in Old Lyme, Connecticut, lamented as she described her son Liam. Since I wrote Motivate Your Son, I am often the last resort for parents (often mothers!) who are their wits […]

2 Oct

College Counseling For Connecticut Students: We provide reality

College Counseling, General Education Advice

“I am going to be an influencer.” So said Jillian, a student from Old Lyme Connecticut who attends Lyme-Old Lyme High School. Since I provide college-career counseling in the new world of work, I did not scoff at Jillian. Instagram influencers exist. Some Instagram influencers earn their living as influencers. Some earn a […]

Lyme Old Lyme High School

SAT Prep: Best way to begin the college conversation

College Admissions: Yes the SATs will matter for your junior

College Counseling For Connecticut Students: The Major Life Transition For Launching Into Adulthood

College Counseling For Connecticut Students: The College – Life – Crossroads

College Counseling For Connecticut Students: We provide reality

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