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Test Scores Affect Admissions

Posted by Daryl Capuano on Thursday, November 12, 2009,

How Much Do Test Scores Affect Admissions?

Yesterday was easier than today is for students.

The level of competition for spots at top colleges has increased so significantly that the prototypical all-around star student only has a reasonable chance to get into a reasonably good school.

One of our clients from a few years back from Guilford, Connecticut, had to face the reality of this challenge.

He held a high-level student council position, was a top athlete, and in the top 10% of h...

Cultivating Student Success in Shoreline, CT

Posted by Daryl Capuano on Tuesday, July 21, 2009,

If you have not read Malcolm Gladwell’s books, The Tipping Point, or Blink or The Outliers, you probably should. He’s among the most brilliant societal commentators of our day.

In his recent book, The Outliers, he addresses the issue of education. I’ll let Gladwell provide the detail. But, there are two theses that are important for Connecticut parents.

(1) When reviewing the variety of factors that led to student success, the single factor that most determined student success was...

Grades and Tests and The Job Market

Posted by Daryl Capuano on Friday, June 19, 2009,

The next ten years will be very problematic for those entering the job market who did not have stellar credentials.

The Great Recession will provide a Darwinian shake-out of those least fit to survive in an economy where only the best are assured jobs.

There are many Shoreline, CT and Southeastern, CT parents who fully understand this fact. They come to our offices in Madison, CT and Old Saybrook, CT and embrace our tutoring and test prep programs. They do not complain about the need for thei...
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Free Advice for Shoreline, CT Parents

Posted by Daryl Capuano on Friday, June 19, 2009,

The Importance of Grades and the New Economy

To paraphrase Thomas Friedman, author of The World Is Flat who paraphrased Bill Gates:

Twenty years ago, from a purely career-financial perspective, if you had the choice of being a “B” student from Brooklyn or an “A” student from Bombay, you would choose the former because America’s economic domination was so thorough that opportunities were abundant for even our average students.

Today, however, many would choose to be the “A” stu...