#23: Charting Your Course Preview: An Interview with Aaron Basko

Join us for an interview with Aaron Basko, author of “Find Your Purpose. Manage Your Career” and instructor for our upcoming live class Charting Your Course. As a higher education leader, speaker and author, Aaron has led four different colleges to enrollment turnarounds and been quoted in Forbes, Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Today, we’ll be talking about his practical book full of hands-on advice to help students discover where their passions lie and turn that into a rewarding career. You’ll learn why starting early is so important, how to think about selecting a major and a pro tip for triangulation that you can use in creating a compelling application package.

Also in this episode:

Admission Tip of the Day: There is a wide range of competitiveness in college athletics from Division I to club sports to intramural sports. If sports have been an important and positive part of your high school career, look for ways that it can be part of your college life too! There will be a level where you are ‘good enough’ to play!

Course registration: Sign up for our live, interactive course with Aaron Basko starting on October 29. This class is designed to be taken by parents and students together to help students make progress towards deciding their major and career path. Space is limited. Register here.

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College Spotlight: American University

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Key points in this episode

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3:40 Meet Aaron Basko

4:24 Aaron’s favorite way to help people maximize their potential

4:38 The 3 reasons why Michelle loved Aaron’s book

6:16 The 3 keys to a career fit: design, desire and demand

7:35 Why grade 10 is a good place to start

9:23 Why “find your passion” isn’t enough

13:10 Michelle’s love/hate relationship with assessments

18:47 Managing your ‘brand’ in the admissions process

20:50 Aaron’s insider tip on triangulation

22:11 What typical career paths look like today

23:13 The power of informational interviews

28:23 How to get Aaron’s book

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Register for Charting Your Course - 1 spot per family

Learn more about Aaron Basko

Order Aaron’s book on Amazon

Register for the next College Admissions 101 session

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