Getting Started - Part 2

Level 1 - Baby Steps

Welcome back! In the previous post, we provided an outline of how to get started when you are thinking about the college admissions process.

If you missed that post, you can find it below:

In that post, we focused exclusively on the importance of identifying your talents and focusing on developing them as the foundation of any college process. x

In this post, we are going to pivot toward understanding how you translate your talents to a career.

Translating your talents into a career

If you are building a home, the key is to build a strong foundation. In this case, the foundation of your future is the development of your talents. But if you cannot translate your talents into a career, its like land that has been cleared for building but nothing has been put on it - a good start, but useless on its own.

Whether your are a counselor, a parent, or a student, you have to think about your talents in specific ways to maximize their efficiency.

The question is: how?

First, understand that while you may have many talents, you need to prioritize them based on the likelihood that you will be GREAT at it.

For example, see the profile of a student we have worked with in the path:

• Varsity Swimmer - swims a sub-30 second 50 free

• AP Chemistry Student - Scored a 5 on the AP exam

• History Student - Scored 5s on multiple AP exams

You COULD invest in being a swimmer, but the reality is that a sub-30 50 free is slow for a state level swimmer. There’s some talent sure, but not enough talent to be among the BEST.

You COULD invest in chemistry - the student did well on an exam. But if we were betting, we would recommend they focus their time on developing their social science skills. Why? Because the ability to dominate across multiple areas means they have to have some form of aptitude for it. And aptitude comes in handy when you are: