Author: tlcfairfield

Spring is here and with that comes the inevitable SAT and ACT anxiety. Juniors and sophomores all over New York City, Westchester and Fairfield County are in the midst of preparing for these tests.   With all the talk about whether or not these tests are still valid, you might think they were going away from […]

This will stun many Connecticut parents of high school juniors.  As April enters, most of your children will have applied to their early action-early decision colleges within the next 6 months and most all of their colleges within the next 8 months. Even crazier, for those who are happy with their Early Action and Early […]

The Learning Consultants started as an academic tutoring and test prep Connecticut service provider in the early 2000s. Our work naturally led to educational counseling, particularly college counseling. For that reason, we built College Counseling Connecticut to serve our clientele. We noticed, even with our typically affluent Fairfield County clientele, that many of our college counseling discussions […]

“Everyone smokes pot.” I’ve heard this from dozens of students throughout Connecticut. Having grown up in the era where the athletes drank and the “burn outs” smoked, I was surprised when I first heard from one of my student-athlete clients that all of his buddies on the lacrosse team smoked. This was a decade ago. […]

“Whatever you do is magic.” I hear that statement from parents of our Connecticut students all the time. We are very proud of the team we have put together and the results that we have created. But I always note that we have a big edge: we are not the parents of your children. Part […]

This is a real world college decision facing a friend of a friend who lives in Fairfield County. The student was admitted to Northwestern and Penn State. The friend lives in Pennsylvania so this decision is similar to considering Northwestern versus UCONN. Economically, the parents could broadly be described as “upper middle” by Fairfield County […]

For students interested in nursing, UCONN is fantastic because it is not only a great nursing school but it might be the best value for students who hope to work in one of Connecticut’s many hospitals after college. My wife, a college professor, recently spoke with several nursing applicants who had the grades, the interest […]

$96,000!!!” Mr. Raythorn bellowed. “Thank you!”  His son Tyler, a senior at Fairfield Warde High School had just received early admission to his first choice college along with a $24,000 annual scholarship. We met Tyler prior to his junior year.  His parents had told him that he had to go to UCONN unless he received […]

We have received many inquiries from Fairfield County, Connecticut parents regarding when their children should take the SATs, ACTs, and, if needed, SAT IIs. Public schools in Connecticut offered the SAT to all students in March.   Public school students, having had a trial run at the SAT, should take the SAT again in either […]

I’ve noticed with many of my young adult clients that they are focused on not how they can contribute but rather what they can get from work.  This goes well beyond money.  To the question, “what do you want to do?”,  I most often hear different desires that serve the young adult but no one […]