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Last June, Jake—a bright but struggling eighth grader in the Guilford, CT school system—sat in front of me, frustrated and discouraged. Math had always been his weakest subject, and after a tough school year, he had fallen behind his peers. His parents, concerned about his confidence and academic progress, reached out for help. Summer Is […]

We live in an idyllic community.  Having lived in or outside New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, I have some perspective on the greatness of growing up in the Connecticut suburbs.  The problems of many kids growing up on the Shoreline in towns like Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Essex, Old Lyme, and East Lyme are […]

Having spent the last 20 plus years immersed in helping Connecticut high school students, I have lived a work mission of getting children prepared for leaving high school and heading to college.  The mission is carried out through SAT-ACT prep, tutoring, college, and educational counseling, but those areas are the strategies and tactics to carry […]

The world is uncertain. The pace of change is the real revolution. In the Industrial Age, change took place over 50–75 years. Now, industries can emerge, flourish, and disappear in a matter of five years—or less. And beyond the economic realities, there is something even more concerning: The psychological toll on young adults. Rates of […]

In providing college counseling to The Learning Consultants’ clients, perhaps the silliest thing I occasionally hear from parents, who are likely trying to calm themselves and their children down about the college process, is “it doesn’t matter where you go to college.” I realize that some parents are saying this to defuse the competitive nature […]

“It is different now.”  Ray, a father of a junior from Lyme Old Lyme High School, noted when his wife suggested that maybe they were making too big a deal about the college process.  Ron is an executive in a multinational company. Ray’s wife noted that he rose to his position despite having attended a […]

“I knew college was expensive, but I didn’t know it was this expensive.” Sarah, a highly paid executive at Pfizer noted. “We would have saved more.  Now I know that Elisa needs to crush her SATs to get the money for the school she wants.” Sarah had listened to a lecture from a financial planner […]

“It doesn’t matter where you go to college” is one of the most delusional comments that adults will say. I can break this down in multiple ways: where you go generates the population of people that you will meet at a vital time of life; the location where you will be developing relationships and comfort […]