Course Catalog
Course Catalog
2021-22 High School Senior Cohort
First and foremost, our program is about, "Packaging." With so many colleges becoming test optional in 2021 as a result of COVID-19 disruptions to SAT/ACT testing dates, college applications to selective schools are likely to double or triple to 40,000 - 80,000 applications. Only students with the best packaging will be competitive applicants in such a large pool of applications.
Becoming a well packaged student requires extensive college and scholarship research and then matching your 'Self Presentation' or your package (i.e., résumé, essays, recommendations, leadership, service, coursework, and grades) in such a way as to make you an exceptional candidate amongst thousands of exceptional candidates. The High School Senior Classroom provides comprehensive guidance through such areas as researching colleges and scholarships; matching student aspirations and family's financial need to a well-matched group of colleges; completing the FAFSA/CSS Profile; choosing the best admission cycles; developing an academic résumé as a college/scholarship application supplement; identifying the best teacher recommenders; identifying specialized scholarships and academic programs; and creating high quality college and scholarship applications.
High school seniors are guided through live monthly virtual sessions and small group conversations designed to assist students in becoming the strongest possible college and scholarship applicants.
This classroom opened on June 1, 2021
2022 High School Boot Camp Classroom (Seniors)
The tragic mistake made by millions of high school seniors is to have squandered the opportunity during the summer between their junior and senior year of high school to finalize their college planning. Due to the intense nature of our program, even students participating in our program in grades 9 - 11 can fail to reach the critical milestones in the college planning process prior to the end of 11th grade. Participants in our high school boot camp for rising high school seniors are guided through a comprehensive proprietary culturally-relevant curriculum through which students are introduced to the real stories of students from similar sociocultural backgrounds who were offered admission to selective colleges and full need- and merit-based scholarships. Each day opens with a large group presentation providing a context for the day's work. Students are then engaged in focused and intentional activities to develop a comprehensive college and scholarship plan:
- Day 1: Engaging in an authentic assessment of students' gifts, talents, and interests
- Day 2: Engaging in comprehensive college and scholarship research aligned with students' gifts, talents, interests, careers, and college majors
- Day 3: Guiding students in developing a final college list of matched colleges and scholarships, to reduce or eliminate the reliance on student loans
- Day 4: Guiding students in developing a final college and scholarship plan
Essay Writing 4-part Series
First and foremost, our program is about, "Packaging." With so many colleges becoming test optional in 2021 as a result of COVID-19 disruptions to SAT/ACT testing dates, college applications to selective schools are likely to double or triple to 40,000 - 80,000 applications. Only students with the best packaging will be competitive applicants in such a large pool of applications.
Becoming a well packaged student requires extensive college and scholarship research and then matching your 'Self Presentation' or your package (i.e., résumé, essays, recommendations, leadership, service, coursework, and grades) in such a way as to make you an exceptional candidate amongst thousands of exceptional candidates. The Essay Writing Sessions are an extension of our High School Senior Classroom, through which we provide comprehensive guidance through such areas as researching colleges and scholarships; matching student aspirations and family's financial need to a well-matched group of colleges; completing the FAFSA/CSS Profile; choosing the best admission cycles; developing an academic résumé as a college/scholarship application supplement; identifying the best teacher recommenders; identifying specialized scholarships and academic programs; and creating high quality college and scholarship applications.
The Essay Writing Sessions are designed to result in one fully written and edited essay. The session may be repeated as many times as students need to write supplemental or scholarship essays.
2022 Judson ISD Rising 9th Grade College Planning Boot Camp
College planning boot camp for rising 9th graders.
Applying for Scholarships
Applying for Scholarships is a self-guided class containing:
- Links to scholarship websites
- Scholarship research chapters from "Show Me the Money: Scholarships, Financial Aid, and Making the Right College Choice"

2022 College Planning Boot Camp (Grades 9 - 11)
College Planning Boot Camp for students in grades 9 - 11.
2022 Middle School College Planning Boot Camp
2022 College Planning Boot Camp for middle school students.
2021-22 9th-10th Grade Cohort
Setting goals within a college context reflects the concept of, "Backwards Mapping," or beginning with the end in mind. For one student, the end may be getting into their top choice college. For another student, the end may be earning a full scholarship. For Omar, who joined our Atlanta-area Cohort as a rising 9th grader, his goal has been to develop an exceptional body of work. Now, a high school sophomore with a perfect 4.0 GPA, ranked at the top of his class, and a member of our College Planning Cohort Youth Leadership Board, Omar embodies the example of beginning each school year focused on developing the body of work required to achieve your college, career, and scholarship goals. Students in our 9th-10th Grade Classroom set goals and engage in a similar set of activities as high school juniors during the first semester, in which they:
- Explore their gifts, talents, and areas where they believe themselves capable of pursuing exceptionality.
- Identify their personality type and interest profile, and explore careers and college majors that best match to their personality and interests.
- Identify the type and level of coursework aligned with their gifts, talents, and interests.
- Identify activities and community service aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
- Explore leadership opportunities, honors, and awards aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
2021-22 High School Junior Cohort
The COVID-19 impact on high schools and the future impact on college admissions, requires that high school seniors be intentional in their course taking, grades, leadership, activities, and service. Sydney (pictured here), from our 2020 Pinellas County Schools Cohort, begin our program as a high school junior with a clear focus on making herself the strongest possible candidate for being offered admission to her top choice school, the University of Chicago, where she was ultimately offered admission, together with a full scholarship.
High school juniors are on an aggressive timeline to create the highest qualify body of work as possible prior to the end of their junior year of high school within each of the following 5 areas:
- Gifts, talents, and areas where they believe themselves capable of pursuing exceptionality.
- Aligning their personality type and interest profile with careers and college majors.
- Identify the type and level of coursework aligned with their gifts, talents, and interests.
- Engaging in activities and community service aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
- Pursuing leadership opportunities, honors, and awards aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
What to Do After Applying to College
There are many important steps to be taken after applying to college—while your application being processed or after being offered admission. This class provides step-by-step guidance.
The Meeting Street Scholarship
- Reside in Florence County
- Graduate from a Florence School District 3 public high school
- Qualify for the South Carolina LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship
- Two of the following three requirements must be met:
- Earn at least a 3.0 GPA in high school
- Score at least 1100 on SAT or 24 on ACT
- Rank in the top 30% of your graduating class
- Two of the following three requirements must be met:
- Attend one of the eligible SC colleges and universities
- Qualify for the federal Pell Grant after completing the FAFSA
- Anderson University
- Bob Jones University
- Claflin University
- Clemson University
- College of Charleston
- Columbia College
- Columbia International University
- Converse University
- Erskine College
- Furman University
- Newberry College
- North Greenville University
- Presbyterian College
- Southern Wesleyan University
- The Citadel
- University of South Carolina – Columbia
- Wofford College
- Winthrop University
2022-23 High School Junior/Senior Cohort
The COVID-19 impact on high schools and the future impact on college admissions, requires that high school seniors be intentional in their course taking, grades, leadership, activities, and service. Sydney (pictured here), from our 2020 Pinellas County Schools Cohort, begin our program as a high school junior with a clear focus on making herself the strongest possible candidate for being offered admission to her top choice school, the University of Chicago, where she was ultimately offered admission, together with a full scholarship.
High school juniors are on an aggressive timeline to create the highest qualify body of work as possible prior to the end of their junior year of high school within each of the following 5 areas:
- Gifts, talents, and areas where they believe themselves capable of pursuing exceptionality.
- Aligning their personality type and interest profile with careers and college majors.
- Identify the type and level of coursework aligned with their gifts, talents, and interests.
- Engaging in activities and community service aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
- Pursuing leadership opportunities, honors, and awards aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
2021-22 9th-10th Grade Cohort (2nd Semeste)
Setting goals within a college context reflects the concept of, "Backwards Mapping," or beginning with the end in mind. For one student, the end may be getting into their top choice college. For another student, the end may be earning a full scholarship. For Omar, who joined our Atlanta-area Cohort as a rising 9th grader, his goal has been to develop an exceptional body of work. Now, a high school sophomore with a perfect 4.0 GPA, ranked at the top of his class, and a member of our College Planning Cohort Youth Leadership Board, Omar embodies the example of beginning each school year focused on developing the body of work required to achieve your college, career, and scholarship goals. Students in our 9th-10th Grade Classroom set goals and engage in a similar set of activities as high school juniors during the first semester, in which they:
- Explore their gifts, talents, and areas where they believe themselves capable of pursuing exceptionality.
- Identify their personality type and interest profile, and explore careers and college majors that best match to their personality and interests.
- Identify the type and level of coursework aligned with their gifts, talents, and interests.
- Identify activities and community service aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.
- Explore leadership opportunities, honors, and awards aligned with their gifts, talents, personality, and interests.