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Students begin by defining their goals and dreams and then pursue them through a combination of meaningful and engaging adventures.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt is possible to pursue your dreams, and gain admission to any college of your choice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBoles <strong>shows how to fulfill college admission requirements<\/strong> by proving five preparatory results: intellectual passion, leadership, logical reasoning, background knowledge, and the capacity for structured learning. He then offers several suggestions for life-changing, confidence-building adventures that will demonstrate those results.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis intriguing approach to following your dreams and doing college prep on your own terms will be welcomed by students (and their parents).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBlake Boles has worked extensively with teens outside the traditional high school environment. He designs and leads innovative trips through Unschool Adventures. He has worked in a variety of fields, and holds a self-designed BA in education theory from the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t[quote]&quot;Words fail me. This is the most inspiring, convincing, and practical case for self-directed learning that I&#39;ve seen in many years. Mr. Boles draws on time management principles from the business world and on his own adventure-packed youth to map out a brilliantly simple way that people can live life to the fullest while also preparing masterfully for admission to college. If you believe, as I do, that our time on earth is a grand gift not to be squandered, then buy this book for all the teenagers you love, and watch as all manner of quests, discoveries, inventions, and miracles emerge.<strong> &#8212;<\/strong><strong>Grace Llewellyn<\/strong>, author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook: how to quit school and get a real life and education and Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don&#39;t Go to School Tell Their Own Stories[\/quote]\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t[quote]Mr. Boles has much to say worth thinking about and the reader will be grateful for how he says it, in clear, forceful prose uncluttered with the jargon of academia. A fresh new voice on the school scene. 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