Helping families plan for high school
and college admissions
Helping families plan for high school
and college admissions
Meet Barbara
I guide teens and their families as they plan for and make educational decisions. I cut through information overload and make colleges admissions less stressful. I love helping students identify opportunities and find success in admissions to colleges where they will thrive.
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Experienced
Barbara has over ten years of experience as an educational consultant. She developed one of the first distance-model consulting practices in the US and has worked with students from 37 states, including students with diverse and complex profiles.
Personalized
All services are one-on-one and highly individualized to the student’s needs and goals. This approach helps students maximize their unique strengths to stand out in admissions. With Hettle Consulting, your family has an expert to guide you every step of the way, lowering stress and improving outcomes.
Knowledgeable
College admissions is complex, information-intensive, and ever-changing. Barbara enjoys researching and finding opportunities and colleges her students love. She’s an active learner engaged in ongoing professional development.
Logical Process
Applying to college involves many tasks and deadlines; having a clear organization and plan makes it easier. Barbara breaks down big goals into small steps and helps students stay on track.
Positive Approach
Families appreciate Barbara’s calm and encouraging manner. As a writing teacher, she puts teens at ease and helps them find their writing voice.
Proven Results
Barbara has a proven track record of guiding hundreds of students to their top-choice colleges. She works with learners with diverse profiles, including students aiming for highly selective colleges, research universities, and liberal arts colleges.
A few of our recent enrollments
“Barbara was incredibly supportive and helpful throughout my time working with her, demystifying the application process and providing valuable feedback on my writing. She brought out my strengths as a writer while teaching me how to address my weaknesses. She helped me narrow down my list of schools. After getting to know the kind of student and person I am, she knew exactly which colleges and universities were strong fits where I would succeed.”
Matt, student
“You can 100% trust Barbara to provide wise counsel and expert guidance for your specific child. She uses her expertise and vast experience to provide the best advice for your child in today’s college landscape, interpreting changes and trends as they specifically affect your child. She is a true advocate who is ethical and straightforward. She makes a confusing process clear, providing families with a sense of peace. With Barbara, we found the joy in partnership with someone who truly “gets” the students she is working with–their academic and non-academic goals and needs. We were incredibly pleased with the outcome for both of our students.”
Dana, parent
“From our first consultation with Barbara, we knew immediately that we had found the perfect person to guide us through college admissions. She is organized, efficient, thoughtful and compassionate and knows college admissions inside and out…. Her knowledge and advice was absolutely invaluable to us and we are so happy for our daughter, who has found a college that is a perfect fit for her!”
Lara, parent
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