I am now of the age that my friends all have college age or soon to be college age children. The subject of college tuition comes up constantly. It is not a happy topic. The only good news – surprisingly – relates to SAT (and ACT) scores. Good test scores pay for college. Good grades […]
Read MoreI received a wonderful Christmas present yesterday: one of my SAT students who took our SAT prep program in Old Saybrook last January and then followed up with a few individual test prep students in Madison in the fall was just admitted to one of our elite military academies. He’s a great guy and I’m […]
Read MoreThrough the years of my work as performance coach Connecticut For students taking the SATs, I developed a distinct methodology for how to practice. I called it “deep practice”. I would show students the right way to learn math, grammar, reading and so forth. Simultaneously, I immersed myself in the literature on performance across all […]
Read MoreAs Connecticut parents review their children’s PSAT scores, many call The Learning Consultants with a distinctly stressful voice. My child’s PSAT scores were… words like “disaster” or “terrible” are common as are phrases like “not indicative of her school performance” or “a wake up call for college”. Our college counseling and SAT prep work tends […]
Read MoreWhen I hear students say “I’m not a good test-taker”, I cringe. Parents, and sometimes teachers, in an effort to bolster the student-child are usually the first person to program a child by saying: “don’t feel bad, you are just not good at tests.” Many often add – a well meaning but completely unrealistic comment […]
Read MoreA few years ago, a parent from Madison, CT – who I will call Mr. Engineer due to his constant focus on the math related to college admissions – met for a college counseling meeting to discuss his son’s chances at different elite colleges. His son’s grades matched the stated GPA range of a particular school […]
Read MoreHaving worked with Connecticut high school students for the past 15 years, I have noticed a significant uptick in the number of students with anxiety related to taking the SATs and other standardized tests. Here’s the surprise: a large chunk of the anxiety has not stemmed from overbearing but from avoidance. Unquestionably, the biggest helicopter […]
Read MoreAs Early Action and Early Decision results are around the corner for anxious Connecticut students applying to college, I sometimes am privy to insider information from parents who have their own inside connections to college admissions officers. This hidden world – what college admissions officers really think – can come through guidance counselors, particularly at […]
Read MoreI’m providing a factual report and not one with an opinion attached. College admissions officials, at least those from competitive colleges, are having great difficulty choosing whom to admit among the vast number of qualified candidates. While getting top grades is always critical for college admissions, school officials have told me that they have […]
Read More“THANK YOU!!!’ The volume was actually higher than all caps can convey. Sean’s dad bellowed as he breathlessly explained that Sean, a senior at Guilford High School, had been awarded a $24,000 per year scholarship at the college of his choice. Sean remembered my conversation with him the year before. “You told me that taking […]
Read More
Central Office:
121 Main Street, Office 3A Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Branch Office:
71 Bradley Street, Madison, CT
Fairfield Office:
10 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield, CT