by Dr. Barbara | May 8, 2026 | Blog
I hear it every spring. A parent calls me in April of their child’s junior year, voice tight with urgency. Their student has a 4.0. Perfect test scores. All the right activities. Everything looks good on paper. “We’re just starting to think about college,” they say....
by Dr. Barbara | May 8, 2026 | Blog
In ancient Rome, a philosopher named Agrippinus was invited to one of Nero’s grand banquets. When he declined — not just declined, but said he hadn’t even considered attending — another philosopher asked him why. Most people, Agrippinus explained, see themselves like...
by Dr. Barbara | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog
Your Daughter Has a 4.0 GPA and a 1520 SAT. So Why Is She Getting Rejected? The phone call came in May, just three weeks before the end of junior year. A Chinese mother was asking for help. Her daughter had a 4.0 GPA and a 1520 SAT score. She played piano beautifully,...
by Dr. Barbara | Apr 5, 2025 | Special Announcements
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by Dr. Barbara | Jul 29, 2021 | Getting Into College with $$
Are you like most parents I know, looking for scholarships in all the wrong places? In this blog I am going to reveal to you an ocean of scholarships right there for the taking. 1. The Ocean of Scholarships vs. a Puddle of Outside Scholarships Imagine an ocean of...
