Welcome students and parents!
College is an experiment. We take time, money, a rich learning
environment, academic experts, and young people with (sometimes without)
solid dreams for their future, and expect, in four short years, to set
them on a life's path. We send them packing, sometimes to
another country even, and expect them to succeed.
How do you define success in college?
- a high GPA?
- experience in leadership positions?
- forging lifelong relationships?
- marketable job skills?
- graduation?
How do you get there?
The new college student faces many challenges beyond simply mastering
the course material. Right from the beginning, college students
are asked to:
- determine what career path to follow.
- adapt to a learning environment that is radically different
from high school or work.
- learn the skills necessary to succeed --
skills which are not usually taught in a classroom.
How do you ensure that students make a successful transition to the
college environment and make clear strides toward their goals?
That's where I come in. I coach students on how to get the most
out of college -- how to make college really pay off. College
is like a laboratory of life. I help students learn how to be
scientists in that laboratory.
How do I do this, you ask?
An assumption many people, in particular new college students, make is that college is just
like high school but with no parental supervision. I start by debunking that assumption, showing freshmen the
richness of their new
environment and all the resources available to them. I impress
upon them the need to get started right away instead of waiting until
the last year or two.
Sophomores and Juniors get a slightly different approach. By
this time they have been there long enough to know the lay of the land,
and now need to concentrate on figuring out more specifically what they
want to do post-graduation.
On the personal side, we look at how
to narrow their career goals in order to focus their college activities.
On the professional side we work on skills that will serve them well in
the business world, whichever one they pick, such as networking and time management.
Senior year is the time for wrapping up college activities and
exploring how to get the perfect post-graduation job. Students
take a full assessment of their skills, their network, and the most
logical entry level positions. Some students might be looking to
start their own businesses. Others may be looking to start
climbing the corporate ladder. All students will be looking to start in
the best position possible.
A college education entails a huge investment of time and money. Whether you are a student
who is interested in student coaching as a way to succeed without wasted effort, or
a parent who wants to be sure that your child
knows how to make college count, student coaching is
the solution. Contact me now to find out
how fast we can start working together.
