EPISODE 178
The Twists And Turns Of My College Path (And My Kiddo’s)
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Rachel’s college path was full of twists and turns and now she’s helping her daughter, Zoe, on her own journey of self-discovery so she can make informed choices about her future.
Zoe struggled with the traditional college path, initially attending college but deciding to take a semester off after a bout with mono and realizing she wasn’t fully committed to the college route.
It’s so important to allow young adults to take time to explore their options, especially in a society where there’s immense pressure to have everything figured out by 18.
Reflecting on her own experience as a first-generation student and how her experiences shaped her approach to guiding her daughters, Rachel uses My Path 101, a platform she created, to help students uncover their true passions and career aspirations before committing to a major.
Whether you’re a student choosing a path or an adult redefining your career, remember that learning is a lifelong journey—keep exploring your identity and passions.
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“She was never really 100% excited and sold on going to college right away. She didn’t know at the time what she wanted to do, and she was feeling like college might be a waste of time, and we, my husband and I really encouraged her to take a year off and figure that out.”
“Kids at 18, 19 years old, it’s a lot of pressure for them. They feel a lot of pressure to know what they want to do the rest of their lives.”
“I was a first gen college kid. Actually, my parents did not go to college.”
“I had really wanted to be a lawyer, so I applied to 10 law schools that ran the gamut from like, super safety school, the super reach school. I had great recommendations. I did okay on the LSAT, not great, but like, certainly good enough to get into my safety schools, and I didn’t get into one school. And I was crushed, totally crushed. Oh, wow. So I definitely felt that identity crisis.”
“I just wanted to help kids figure out what they wanted to study in in school.”
“That was the beginning of my own journey that certainly, you know, as I look back with like, a lot of twists and turns. It was no straight line by any means.”
“I think college prices are over inflated, having been through the application process now with with Zoe, what I found a lot of schools do is they do inflate their prices, and then they give you a scholarship to kind of normalize their price.”
“My Path is taking what we do on the personal branding side of our work at Brand ID and providing it to students, high school or college students, in a way that they can kind of self navigate and better understand themselves.”
“Why can’t we take what we’re doing in personal branding and apply it to to high school and college kids, and save them a little time and money by doing some of this introspective work before they actually determine their major?”
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