An Evening with Danny Ruderman
What the college admissions process is really doing to mothers and what actually helps
Harvard Doesn't Care About You, Mom
A talk, a conversation, and a book signing for mothers navigating the high‑stakes years of high school.
The Maybourne Beverly Hills
225 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 · 7:00 – 9:00 PM
$25 per person
Every ticket includes a signed advance reader copy — available at this event before the public release.
A note from Danny
What to Expect
Danny Ruderman has spent 25 years inside America's most competitive high schools. In that time he's watched the college admissions process do something that nobody talks about publicly: it takes an enormous toll on the mothers navigating it.
Harvard Doesn't Care About You, Mom is the book he always meant to write. This evening is where it begins.
Join Danny for an honest, funny, and genuinely useful conversation about what the high‑stakes years of high school and college admissions are actually doing to mothers—and what actually helps.
You'll leave knowing how the college admissions process actually works and why most families are playing the wrong game. What to say when your teenager shuts down. What to do when the school says “we've got it handled.” And why the anxiety you're feeling at midnight is not a character flaw.
Followed by a Q&A where Danny answers the questions you've been afraid to ask out loud—not to mention a book signing.
Every ticket includes a signed advance reader copy — available at this event before the public release.
When
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Where
The Maybourne Beverly Hills
Tickets
$25
Danny Ruderman
"The Hottest College Admissions Coach in the Country" — Los Angeles Magazine
Danny Ruderman is the founder of The Mom Strategist and one of America's most sought‑after independent college counselors. He has spent 25 years working one‑on‑one with teenagers and their families at the nation's most competitive schools. He is the author of two books published by St. Martin's Press and a graduate of Stanford University.
Most college counselors start working with families junior year. Danny thinks that's about four years too late.
Coming to Your City
Harvard Doesn't Care About You, Mom is coming to cities across the country.
Los Angeles
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Miami
2026
New York
2026
Can't Make It to Los Angeles?
Pre‑order your signed copy of Harvard Doesn't Care About You, Mom and be among the first to receive it when the book launches.
Ships when the book launches.
Signed by Danny Ruderman.