KEY INFORMATION 📝:
📅 from August 5th to 16th, 2019
🕐 from 16h to 18h
📌 at Espima Business School
How the project went:
Our first program “Road to Success” was a great accomplishment. For two weeks, from August 5th to August 16th 2019, we had the pleasure to receive 30 brilliant and motivated students aware of the importance of higher studies for their future career and willing to learn more about all the different universities paths.
We began by 4 days of in-depth presentations of higher education in France, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy, in all fields of study: from business, to medical, to engineering, to law. By dividing our students according to their profile and preferred area of study, we managed to provide them with a tailored proposition of various programs in different universities and answer their questions more precisely. They left with a better idea of which schools and degrees would suit them the best.
Aware of the importance of extracurricular activities for university applications, we offered them a chance to participate in a startup competition focused on sustainability. The aim was to unveil their entrepreneurial spirit, as well as prepare them for a popular way of thinking and studying in universities. In groups of three, they had to pitch a startup idea solving one of three challenges: avoid water shortage, reduce plastic waste and use renewable energy efficiently. We were particularly interested by three ideas: tires made of waste, an app enhancing and encouraging a better transportation of waste to recycling plants, and a product enabling the use of water wasted in air conditioners.
As this program comes to an end, we will continue to closely follow our students throughout the admission processes, especially in the writing of their personal statements.
