College Prep Part 1: How to Make a Good Match

ACADEMY AUDIENCE: High school and post-high school students

SESSION TITLES:

April 27: College Prep – How to Make a Good Match

May 11: College Prep – How to Determine if You’re REALLY Ready

May 25: College Prep – How Do I Chose a Major and Other Important Questions

DESCRIPTION: When you’re asked the question, what do you want to do after high school, it might be easy to say, “I’m going to go to college.” But just what IS college in 2022? And how can you make sure you have the knowledge and skills to really prepare for the changes that college-and life after high school, will ask of you. We will explore this and more in this three session Excel Academy series.

Attending college and entering the workforce with vision loss requires that you work now, to be the advocate and student that colleges assume you’re going to be. There are many ways to think about your post high school education to help you meet your goals. This series will help you understand how to search for a college (they are not all the same!), consider the skills (academic and blindness skills) you need to meet the demands, and to explore the pros and cons of college, including other ways to prepare for your life after high school, and entering the workforce. Topics will include college search, financial aid, choosing a major, the change in support from high school to college and work, The key to all of it? Your own knowledge, skills, and determination to do hard things.

INSTRUCTOR: Leslie Thatcher

PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE: Know your current GPA, your current courses, and planned courses for the 2022-23 academic year.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will gain an understanding of the range of college options available, timelines that may serve their specific needs, and a greater understanding of the differences between high school and college expectations.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Note taking tools.