Long after we’ve forgotten facts and figures, we remember stories. That’s why corporate executives and community organizers lead with stories. That’s why storytelling serves as the foundation of successful college applications and interviews. That’s why Story To College teaches students a storytelling tool kit to reduce stress and conquer their college application essays and interviews.
Oral storytelling is a critical life skill and attribute of leadership (Peter Guber, Tell to Win, 2011) and increasingly important for success in education, business and life (Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind, 2006). Most high school students struggle to speak and write in their own voice. Parents describe their children’s – and their own – frustration completing college application essays.
Story To College uses oral storytelling to help high school juniors and seniors break down “the wall” many of them describe between their life experience and their college application essays, teaching tools, and techniques that generate successful essays, interviews, and financial aid applications.
