Invitation from Challenge Success

On March 17th, 10:00 AM in the WA Cafeteria, Challenge Success invites you to start your weekend off with some golden advice and join us for a talk with Maria Furtado of Colleges That Change
Lives.

We are not handing out pots of gold -- but whether you are parents of high school students, middle school students, or even younger -- come so that you can de-stress the process right from the beginning! Why not start right now? Pencil us in on your calendar as part of a fresh new perspective for 2018. Check out their website ctcl.org where you can find more information.

For instance, consider the following:
“MISPERCEPTION: Employers and graduate schools won’t be seriously interested in a
graduate from a school they haven’t heard of before. A degree from a name-brand
institution means more to employers and graduate schools, and attending a well-known
school puts students ahead of the curve and guarantees them successful, meaningful
lives.

REALITY : Employers and graduate schools are looking for skills and experience, not
evidence of an elite academic pedigree. CTCL graduates frequently outperform their peers
at some of the nation’s top graduate and professional schools because they’ve done more
with their time in college — they’ve become campus leaders, taken on internships or
tackled life in another country, completed graduate-level work, and developed the kinds of
critical thinking skills necessary for a meaningful life of learning.”
(https://ctcl.org/common-myths-in-the-college-search/

CS BOOK CLUB
Also, if you’re interested in pairing this talk with a good read -- join
our Challenge Success Book Club and read Frank Bruni’s “Where You Go Is
Not Who You Are.” Some copies will be available at the J.V. Fletcher Library
soon and you can find a time that fits your schedule:
❖ Tuesday evening, March 20th [TBA],
❖ Sunday morning, March 25, [TBA],
❖ Thursday March 29th, 7:30 pm 101 Russell’s Way.
Look for sign up information to come or email Pamela Tricca @
pam.tricca@verizon.net for more information.