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WEBINAR: Naked College Planning SEARCH, SELECTION, & TRANSITION

• Syndicated advice columnist

• Speaker who has visited over 400 college campuses

• New York Times bestselling author of six books

HARLAN COHEN

1. MY FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE (it isn’t pretty)

2. COLLEGE PLANNING IN ITS CURRENT STATE

3. IT’S ALL ABOUT SEARCH SELECTION AND TRANSITION

4. FOCUS ON PLACES, PEOPLE, PATIENCE

5. HOW TO USE TRANSITION TO DRIVE COLLEGE PLANNING

6. MATERIALS TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS

7. QUESTION & ANSWERS

MY COLLEGE SEARCH

✴ I wanted a BIG TEN school.

✴ I wanted to be close to my high school girlfriend.

✴ I didn’t want to know people.

MY MISERABLE FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGEX Roommate was not my friend

X Didn’t get into a fraternity

X Girlfriend shot the puppy

I transferred to Indiana University because:

✴ My friends from high school went to IU.

✴ My brothers went to IU.

✴ There was a fraternity that HAD to accept me.

Surprisingly, I was just as uncomfortable at IU…

But I made it through my second first year in college.

The first year of college is supposed to be uncomfortable. It’s uncomfortable for students and for their parents.

I discovered something NO ONE had told me in high school…

WHY IS THE FIRST YEAR SO UNCOMFORTABLE ?

✴High school students stinkat managing uncomfortable.

✴Many high school studentshave not had to manage changein their lives. Same friends, home,address, and lives.

✴Navigating “firsts” can be uncomfortable.

• Approximately 1 in 4 college students will not return to the same school sophomore year. (ACT Institutional Data File, 2012)

• 61 percent of surveyed freshman “frequently” or “occasionally” felt lonely or homesick. (Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA)

• 46.6 percent of surveyed students reported having difficulty getting along with their roommate(s)/housemate(s). (Higher Education Research Institute)

• 55.5 percent of surveyed freshmen “frequently” or “occasionally” felt intimidated by professors. (Higher Education Research Institute)

• 77.2 percent male students and 91 percent of female students reported that they felt overwhelmed by all they had to do any time within the last twelve months. (ACHA-NCHA-II -Spring 2012)

FIRST YEAR FACTS

College planning in its current state is fundamentally flawed!

1. SEARCH: Time to explore

2. SELECTION: Time to pick

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF COLLEGE PLANNING IS MISSING…

3. TRANSITION Transition is the period of time after selection through theend of the first year in college. It’s when a student either succeeds, survives, or struggles.

SEPFAYES, THE WORLD’S WORST ACRONYM

TRANSITION: The FIVE major components

Social Emotional Physical

AcademicFinancial

TRANSITION IS ALREADY PART OFLIFE IN HIGH SCHOOL

SOCIAL

EMOTIONAL

PHYSICAL

FINANCIAL

ACADEMIC

How to navigatelife transitions:

PEOPLE: FIND YOUR FIVE PEOPLE

PLACES: FIND YOUR THREE PLACES

PATIENCE: GETTING COMFORTABLE TAKES TIME

How to navigate transition:PLACES: Everyone needs at least THREE places where they can find connections, community, and support. Each place gives students access to new people and experiences. Having three places means always having options. Without places a student panics, hates, or hides in his or her comfort zone.

Clubs, Activities, and Organizations

• Academic • Social • Spiritual

How to navigate transition:

PEOPLE: For every problem there are at least FIVE people who can offer support and guidance.

People in your corner:

1. People who are paid.2. People who volunteer.3. People who are enlisted.

How to navigatetransition:

PATIENCE: Finding the right places and the right people can take time. Impatient people panic, hate, or hide. Getting comfortable with theuncomfortable means setting realistic expectations and allowing time to build find people and places.

How do you integrate TRANSITIONinto college planning?1. Introduce planning as a three-part process.

It’s SEARCH, SELECTION, and TRANSITION.

2. Begin college planning with TRANSITION.

3. Help student identify the three Ps that have made their life in high school successful in each of the five areas of transition. Someof the same transitions that occurred in high school will take place during the college experience.

4. Use transition as a guide during search and selection.

5. Let this process reveal the best fit for each students. The BESTschool for a student might not be the BEST school according to theparent or rankings (I can tell your parents for you). It’s about findinga fit that sticks.

Exercise:How do you use transition to drive search and selection?

1. Have students rank the five areas of transition from most to least important. Students begin planning with the most important areas.

2. Have students identify the threeplaces where they can explore finding connections to campus.

3. Have students identify five people who can answer their questions (how, what, where, when, who).

4. Have students identify where they can be the most patient whileworking to getting comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Exercise:The SOCIAL transition (breaking it down)

1. Where are the THREE places on campus you can do the things you love to do with people who sharesimilar interests?

Students identify clubs, organizations, and activities that have been part of high school. What would you like to experience incollege? Do they need to be selected? Explore interests basedon what you have done in the past and what student would liketo explore in the future.

2. Who are FIVE people in each place who cananswer your questions?

Within each club, activity, or organization students identify people who can answer questions. People fall under three categories. 1) People who are paid to help. 2) People who volunteer to help. 3) People who can be enlisted to help (admissions staff, campus professionals, counselors, leaders of activities and orgs, friends of family, online contacts). Students will contact these people and ask specific questions.

3. How patient will you need to be while finding your people and places?

Students ask the five people in their corner how long it took for them to find their people and places. Students then create a realistic timeline based in reliable information.

THE IMPACT: ✴Students with THREE places on campus are engaged,

empowered, and able to make stronger choices in alignment with their values.

✴Students with FIVE people in their corner are supported and prepared to face unexpected challenges. They are equippedto be leaders in their communities.

✴Students who are patient do not panic, run, hate, hide, attack, or make excuses. They give themselves permissionto get uncomfortable with the uncomfortable and work at a more forgiving pace.

ResourcesOnline course for students (free):

5 Questions Every Student MUSTAsk to Pick the Perfect College

Sign up at: NakedRoommate.com & HarlanCohen.com

ResourcesOnline course for parents (free):

5 Simple Rules for College Parents

Sign up at: NakedRoommate.com & HarlanCohen.com

ResourcesThe Naked Roommate book& Workbook

- Identify the most important issues for students

- Identify people and places to drive search and selection

- Exercises to anticipate possible obstacles and create solutions

- Apply exercise to look back at past success and ahead to planfor future success.

Download Roommate Contract & Three Places Workbook Exercise:http://www.sourcebooks.com/naked-roommate.html

COLLEGE SEARCH & SELECTIONThe Naked Roommate is being used as a textbook on over 100 college campuses. High schools can use the book an workbook:

For bulk orders contact: peter.vanaria@sourcebooks.com

ResourcesThe Naked Roommate: For Parents Only book

- Alleviate stress (not elevate it)

- See that the BEST school isn’t always the best fit

- Identify people and places on campus to support their children

- Anticipate possible obstacles and create solutions

- Allow children to safely struggle and find their own answers

For bulk orders contact: peter.vanaria@sourcebooks.com

COLLEGE SEARCH & SELECTIONParents are now first responders, but mostparents don’t know how to respond. This book can help your parents:

Harlan’s High School Visits

Parent/Community Events: Parents are given the framework to support, empower, and guide their children throughout high school, college, and beyond.

Student Events:Students are given tools to navigate the social, emotional, physical, financial, and academic transition to life in college and beyond.

Professional Development College counselors and staff are offered a new set of tools to help them integrate transition into college planning.

VISIT: www.HarlanCohen.com/Speaking

I’ve visited over 400 colleges and work with top high schools andcommunity colleges. All my events are extremely interactive (audience members text me LIVE during the event).

The Naked Roommate College Bootcamp Online Course

Sign up at: NakedRoommate.com & HarlanCohen.com

1. Change the conversation

2. It’s about SEARCH, SELECTION, AND TRANSITION

3. Transition consists of FIVE parts (SEPFA - Social, Emotional, Physical, Financial, Academic)

4. Places, people, and patience is the template tonavigate all transitions.

5. When transition is used to guide search and selection, students are connected and supportedbefore stepping foot on campus.

How to find me:

WEBSITES: www.NakedRoommate.com | www.HarlanCohen.com

FACEBOOK: HelpMeHarlan, NakedRoommate, NakedRoommateForParents

TWITTER: @HarlanCohen @NakedRoommate @TNRForParents