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Our process is guided by two foundational principles:
Our process is guided by two foundational principles:
(1) We will aim to ask the right questions of our students.
(1) We will aim to ask the right questions of our students.
(2) The student's answers are at center of this process.
(2) The student's answers are at center of this process.
If we lecture, we teach.
If we lecture, we teach.
If we ask you questions, you learn.
If we ask you questions, you learn.
If we ask the right questions, you learn to discover and trust yourself.
If we ask the right questions, you learn to discover and trust yourself.
Top Ten Steps of the College Launch:
Top Ten Steps of the College Launch:
1. Discover You
1. Discover You
What are 10 things you know about yourself?
What are 10 things you know about yourself?
What do you like to learn about?
Where did you want to live (or not live)? Climate? City/Town? Near/Far?
2. Appreciate Your Allies
2. Appreciate Your Allies
Who are your three biggest allies? What are your 3 strongest resources? Will you work with someone?
Who are your three biggest allies? What are your 3 strongest resources? Will you work with someone?
If you work with someone, be CERTAIN that your values align. For example, if you want someone to hold your hand like you're a child, don't partner with us haha!
Try not to shun those who know you best and care for you most.
3. Schedule the Time
3. Schedule the Time
When will you do the work? How can you make it a habit? Treat this like a weekly appointment.
When will you do the work? How can you make it a habit? Treat this like a weekly appointment.
We are open all summer and fall if you need a place to be :)
4. Talk About Money (gulp)
4. Talk About Money (gulp)
What are the financial boundaries of your decisions?
What are the financial boundaries of your decisions?
These can be very uncomfortable. Better to have them early and with purpose.
Students: remember taxes! If you need to pay $50,000, you need to "make" around $80,000!
5. Create the System
5. Create the System
How will you organize your process?
How will you organize your process?
6. Understand the Tasks and Timeline
6. Understand the Tasks and Timeline
Do you understand the tasks and timeline at a very high level? Do you understand it at the ground level?
Do you understand the tasks and timeline at a very high level? Do you understand it at the ground level?
7. Know What You Don't Know
7. Know What You Don't Know
What kinds of questions should you ask that you wouldn't even know to ask? For example, the calendar of the school: how many classes did you want to take at a time and for how long? At Colorado College, you take one class for 3 weeks. What would you like to do?
What kinds of questions should you ask that you wouldn't even know to ask? For example, the calendar of the school: how many classes did you want to take at a time and for how long? At Colorado College, you take one class for 3 weeks. What would you like to do?
8. Flash Forward
8. Flash Forward
It's Thanksgiving of your first year in college. What do you want to be able to say about how you have been, what you've been doing, what you have been learning?
It's Thanksgiving of your first year in college. What do you want to be able to say about how you have been, what you've been doing, what you have been learning?
9. Get a Calendar for the Next 12 Months
9. Get a Calendar for the Next 12 Months
Add the big stuff first. The small stuff can follow.
Add the big stuff first. The small stuff can follow.
10. Have Hope and an Open Mind
10. Have Hope and an Open Mind
"You just never know!"
"You just never know!"
Enjoy the journey! It is never a linear one!
Life happens in the twists and turns.
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