At a Glance

• Many career paths can lead to a happy life.
• College, vocational programs and the military are just a few of the possibilities.
• The right career path should meet your child’s needs right now. ​Read On: :-)

Competitive Summer Programs for 2020 by category
Students interested in STEM have a bevy of excellent choices including Michigan State’s HSHPP Program, the MIT: Minority Introduction to Science and Engineering, or the PROMYS program at Boston University. Math-specific programs such as the Ross Mathematics Program at Ohio State or MathILy ay Bryn Mawr College are worthwhile pursuits for the quantitatively-inclined.

We visited this school when Shreya was on the hunt. For the $$ and the rating this is a top of the line school in an ideal location. They have a great CS program as well as a solid liberal arts program. https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-washington .

Some web links, resources discussed in the class are:

1. Malcolm Gladwell's talk on why STEM aspirants should consider NOT going to the prestigious schools 
2. SalesKoch Blog BOOKMARK: https://www.saleskoch.com/college-admissions-blog/category/freshmen-sophomores 
3. Resume building website http://creddle.io
4. Shreya's unplugged comments document: 
5. 4-year college admissions planning document 

SESSION VIDEOS
9th and 10th Grade - Session I

1. Looking back, wiser now
2. 4-Year Action Plan
3. Four dimensions of the college app

9th and 10th Grade - Session II

1. What we learned
2. Shreya (unplugged)
3. Career Options

Shreya is amongst an amazing team of college going kids who are represented in this list https://toolkit4college.wordpress.com/. These students are happy to share their learnings and why they made that college their priority. 

Look around you, there's literally nothing you can do without access to technology. The largest five companies in S&P 500 are technology companies, control 25% of the revenues of that powerful index. In today's digital economy, just knowing the three Rs i.e. Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic are clearly not going to get you over the hump. 

My daughter Shreya recently taught a remote learning class in Python programing. For an CS class she had great success with a 100% course completion and that was attended by a global audience. She requested I join one of the sessions to talk to the needs in the field and I happily obliged.