by Dr. Barbara | May 25, 2026 | Blog
By December of senior year, the mother was crying in my office. Her daughter had stopped eating lunch. Her son, a sophomore, had started hiding in his room whenever applications came up. Her husband was angry about the consulting bills. And she herself hadn’t slept...
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,...
