The Ultimate Guide To Summer Planning

Prepare for College Admissions with an Intentional Approach to Summer

What you'll learn

Learn a how summer activities play a role in college admissions

Learn a framework for setting summer goals and choosing opportunities

Learn the best resources and methods for finding summer opportunities

Access a tool for planning and tracking activities

Requirements

You should be the parent or guardian of a high school student intending to apply to US colleges, or you should be that student yourself!

All materials you need will be provided in the course.

Description

Parents know that summer activity planning is important for college admissions. But how important is it? The rumors are probably already swirling:Is it true that if you don't pick the exact right opportunities, you'll be left behind in the race to top college acceptance? Does the pricetag of a summer program indicate quality? Do elite colleges care if you do the summer program on their campus?Get the answers to these questions and more in our short and strategic summer planning course.Don’t stress - with the right steps and timely planning, you can make the most of how your teen invests their time in the summer, and strategically choose the right thing for them!Signet Education’s Ultimate Guide to Summer Planning course gives you a plan and a path:How summer can actually impact college candidacy - in realistic terms!What counts as a summer activity, and how to choose between them? When do you start planning? How do you find or create these opportunities? How to integrate how your child spends their summer into their extracurricular portfolio and whole college profile. Module by module, Sheila Akbar, PhD, guide to hundreds of families across the U.S. and internationally, moves you expediently to summer planning clarity. Access this course with introductory pricing of only $49 (valued at $400).

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 Let's put out the fires!

Lecture 3 How do summer activities impact college admissions?

Lecture 4 What are summer activities?

Section 2: A Flexible Framework for Deciding What Summer Activities to Do

Lecture 5 How do you decide what to do?

Lecture 6 Logistics

Lecture 7 Prioritizing personal growth

Section 3: Getting Started with Summer Planning

Lecture 8 When should you start planning summer?

Lecture 9 Where can you find summer opportunities?

Section 4: Getting the Most Out of Summer Activities

Lecture 10 Integrating summer activities

Lecture 11 Documenting summer activities

Lecture 12 Reflecting on summer activities

Lecture 13 Tracking summer activities

Section 5: Wrap Up

Lecture 14 Final takeaways on summer planning

Parents of high school students (9th, 10th, 11th grades) aiming for US colleges