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https://www.qoollege.com/  @QoollegeStudy    Where Dreams Take Flight We know the path to college can feel overwhelming. It's a journey filled with big dreams but also big questions, late-night anxiety, and the pressure to make decisions that will shape your future.  At Qoollege, we saw too many brilliant students paralyzed by choice, missing opportunities because they didn't know where to look, or settling for colleges that didn't truly fit who they were becoming.  Student working on college applications The Birth of a Vision Our founders experienced this firsthand—watching friends struggle through endless college rankings, spending thousands on consultants who offered generic advice, and seeing talented students end up at schools that weren't right for them.  We started Qoollege because we believe finding the right college isn't about chasing rankings—it's about discovering where you truly belong, where your unique story will be valued and your potential will flourish.  Team brainstorming session Technology with a Heart Our platform is your personal guide, using smart technology to deliver personalized college recommendations and scholarship matches that align with your goals, interests, and unique story.  But technology is just the beginning. Behind every algorithm is our commitment to understanding you—not as test scores or grades, but as a whole person with dreams, passions, and potential waiting to be unlocked.  AI technology helping students Our Mission Today Today, Qoollege serves students across all states of the USA, including the nation's top universities including the Ivy League and Ivy Plus. But our mission remains unchanged: to replace anxiety with clarity, confusion with confidence, and generic advice with personalized guidance that honors who you are and who you're becoming.  Because your journey to college should be as unique as you are.  Ready to discover your perfect college match? https://podopshost.com/yayadiamond   ⚡ VidChapter AI generated these chapters, try it out https://vidchapter.com/?affiliate=yayadiamond Recommended podcast platform get 10% off: https://podopshost.com/register/?ref=yaya   Tools and Services I use: Appsumo has the best lifetime deals ever!!! I love this site.  appsumo.8odi.net/yayadiamond The easiest way to make your graphics: https://buff.ly/2RTQLn0 Best website for musicians. Try it for free on me: https://buff.ly/2GMYugG Make money with Fiverr.com: https://buff.ly/2KjTVvV   Our Amazon store: https://buff.ly/34RYNlm DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. My affiliate links usually provide either a free trial or discount so go try them out on me! Thank you for supporting DreamChasersRadio.com  so I can continue to provide you with free content each week! Privacy Policy: https://buff.ly/2XSrflS ™Yaya Diamond Red Hot Reality Ent. LLC

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00:33Hey guys, it's me, Yaya. What's up, peoples? How you doing?

00:37It is a great day, and I'm so, so very excited to be here.

00:40You know, there is a time and a place for everything, right?

00:44And so college, SATs, ACTs, okay?

00:51Pressure, pressure, pressure. I haven't felt that pressure in years.

00:55Thank goodness I haven't felt that pressure in years,

00:58but there are people that are feeling that pressure right now.

01:02Possibly even your own children, your grandchildren,

01:05or people that you're taking care of.

01:07And that's why I'm here today to give you a resolve

01:10or help you to understand that there is a resolve.

01:13I don't know if there is.

01:15We're going to find that out right now

01:16because we have Mr. Tom Haslam on the show today,

01:20and he's going to let us know about a specific place called Coolidge.com.

01:25Welcome to the show.

01:27Thank you for having me, Yaya.

01:28It's good to see you.

01:30Oh, and you too, and you too.

01:31Okay, so, okay.

01:32I have to go back in time and kind of ask you, first of all,

01:38like, I know the first question is probably the second question,

01:40which is probably going to be, never mind.

01:43Why and what is Coolidge, and why are you involved?

01:47Well, in a nutshell, Coolidge is an AI-based engine

01:55that assists and facilitates and simplifies the college search process.

02:01When kids are searching for their perfect match for a college,

02:04it simplifies the application process

02:06and also the preparation process in getting ready for that college.

02:11If you've done this with your children lately,

02:15the application process to search for a college

02:19is a really tedious and sometimes disheartening adventure.

02:25There's just so much information, so much misinformation.

02:28How do we decipher this and that?

02:31And, you know, a lot of times these kids settle

02:34for probably a college that maybe never was their best match.

02:38So, we feel Coolidge has the answer to that.

02:42I feel Coolidge has an answer to that.

02:44I'm a 40-year educator.

02:46I'm currently in my 40th year as a high school administrator,

02:50dean of students, athletic director, coach.

02:53I've seen it with our kids that we try to facilitate

02:58their college journey with, and it's just there's got to be a better way.

03:04And some good friends of mine who are very smart gentlemen at Coolidge

03:08went through the same process with their sons and daughters,

03:11and they said, you know what?

03:13We feel like we can do this a better way.

03:16And they came up with the Coolidge platform,

03:18and about a year ago they brought me on just as on the board of advisors

03:24just as an educator to have me look at it.

03:26And quite frankly, I was blown away by it.

03:29And I said, where was this, you know, 15 years ago

03:34when I was doing it with my kids?

03:37And so, I jumped on, helped in any way I could,

03:40and then eventually I was fortunate enough to be named CEO,

03:45and I've worked with this product in depth,

03:48and we think it's the answer.

03:50I mean, we really do.

03:52And there needs to be an answer, Miss Yaya,

03:55because I believe the system is broken, as it is right now.

03:58The system is more than broken.

04:02Well, I'm trying to be nice, but it works for some.

04:07It doesn't work for all.

04:08It needs to work for all.

04:10I hear you.

04:11So, you know that puzzle that you love so much

04:13that you left in the closet, you know,

04:15and you go in there, and you pick the puzzle up,

04:17and you take it, and you put it on the big table,

04:19and you're like, I'm going to put this puzzle together.

04:21And you get to the end of the puzzle,

04:23and you're like, five pieces missing.

04:27That, my friend, is what this is.

04:31I totally agree.

04:32All the broken.

04:34It's a large puzzle.

04:35It's a 2,000-piece puzzle.

04:37It is.

04:38But to have success and to get into your dream college

04:43and the college that wants you,

04:45you have to have all the pieces.

04:48Yeah.

04:48And it's not a people problem.

04:52It's a system problem.

04:53There are good people trying,

04:55but they don't have the tools.

04:57And, you know, if you're going to build a house,

04:59you better have a good toolbox.

05:01Yeah.

05:01Coolidge is that toolbox.

05:03I love it.

05:04Absolutely love it.

05:05So you're on, you were brought on,

05:08which is great as an advisor in the beginning,

05:11now the CEO.

05:11What is it like to actually be a part of something

05:16that you think should have happened 15 years ago?

05:19And I understand where you're coming from

05:21because my children are at that age as well,

05:23where 15 years ago, 10 years ago,

05:26we would have been talking about this.

05:28We would have been going through this situation

05:30and not having this resource.

05:35It was definitely a hindrance.

05:36Definitely a hindrance.

05:37I think in the long run,

05:39I'm thinking back going,

05:40oh, yeah, I'm in agreement with you, Tom.

05:43Where was this?

05:46Well, you know, technology,

05:48when I was around there,

05:50there was no technology.

05:52I'm not sure.

05:53I'm not sure how I got to college,

05:55to be honest with you,

05:56but I did.

05:56But now that technology is there,

05:58we might as well use it.

05:59But what intrigued me about it,

06:02like I said,

06:02I've done this for 40 years.

06:04So I'm in schools

06:05and I can reach a few kids here and there.

06:09And that's great.

06:10But being a part of Coolidge,

06:13to me,

06:15allows me to reach thousands,

06:17tens of thousands, potentially.

06:20And it's just,

06:21it puts me in a bigger pond

06:23and I feel like I can be more help overall.

06:26And at the same time,

06:27I'm still trying to reach the kids

06:29in my local community at my local school.

06:31So you want to reach as many kids as you can.

06:37Believe me,

06:37and it's heartbreaking.

06:38And in my time,

06:40I've known a lot of kids

06:41that were capable of going to college

06:44and would have done great things,

06:46but they didn't have the tools to get to.

06:49And it's quite heartbreaking,

06:52to be honest with you.

06:53It really is.

06:54It really is.

06:54Those who want to go to college,

06:56those who want to further,

06:57and they need to go to college

06:58for a degree that they have to go to college for.

07:00It is disheartening.

07:02It definitely is.

07:03I mean,

07:03a lot of children end up

07:04in the community colleges

07:05because there is no other resource

07:08available for them

07:09to actually get to the college

07:11that they really need to be at.

07:13Not like they prefer to be at,

07:16but what they need to do

07:17to be in that college.

07:20And there's nothing wrong

07:22with going to community college.

07:25There's nothing wrong

07:25with not going to college

07:27and picking up a trade.

07:30We don't all get there

07:31in the same path,

07:33but we all need the same opportunity.

07:37We all need an equal playing field

07:38where we can choose

07:40and get there

07:41if we want to get there.

07:44Some people want to

07:45and never had the opportunity.

07:48I think Coolidge is the solution.

07:52And I fully think

07:54it levels the playing field,

07:56which what could be better than that?

07:58Yeah, definitely.

07:59You know,

08:00I had straight A's in school,

08:02but testing was always a problem.

08:04I always kind of freaked out on my test.

08:06So the test prep

08:08was this thick booklet.

08:10It's just thick.

08:11And I'm like,

08:12I am not reading that

08:14in time,

08:15in time.

08:16Like I needed the cliff notes

08:18and people,

08:19they don't have cliff notes anymore.

08:20But back in the day,

08:21we had cliff notes.

08:22We had those big yellow

08:23and black striped books

08:25that gave me books.

08:27I remember I'm giving you my age here.

08:32Okay, Tom.

08:33So just bear with me.

08:34Okay.

08:35Okay.

08:35Look, I got your beat.

08:36So don't even go there.

08:38Yeah.

08:38I'm a lot older than you.

08:39But I remember the book

08:41you're talking about.

08:42It's about an 800 page book.

08:45And,

08:45you know,

08:46I'm not going to read

08:47an 800 page book.

08:48I'm not.

08:49I didn't.

08:51I didn't.

08:52I didn't.

08:53I know we'll get to it,

08:55but Coolidge definitely

08:56has an answer for that.

08:57Yes.

08:58I was going to say.

08:59And that's what I was going at.

09:01Okay.

09:01So right now,

09:02I'm looking at the site.

09:03Let me go ahead

09:03and put it up on the screen.

09:04I'm looking at the site

09:05and it says

09:06full academic counseling,

09:09right?

09:09Which most colleges

09:11like the others,

09:13they don't offer.

09:15They don't offer

09:16the SAT,

09:17ACT test preps,

09:19which is AI powered now.

09:21Come on.

09:22Come on.

09:23Why?

09:24Why?

09:25Why?

09:26I don't know.

09:27Yeah.

09:28Yeah.

09:28That SAT,

09:29ACT prep's a beautiful tool.

09:31It is.

09:32Can you imagine

09:33if we had that back in the day,

09:34I would have been able

09:35to ace everything

09:37because I'm a visual person.

09:40So AI is going to help me

09:41to visualize it,

09:42to see it,

09:43to see the answer.

09:45The 800 page book

09:46is just confusing in my brain.

09:48Yeah.

09:48Kids don't work out of books a lot.

09:51Even adults.

09:52Adults do,

09:53you know,

09:53they do the audio books

09:54or they read things

09:56off their laptop.

09:57Yeah.

09:58The book's out of date.

09:59It's archaic.

10:00Yeah, it is.

10:01It definitely is.

10:02Coolidge is SAT,

10:04ACT prep

10:05will quiz you

10:08on actual SAT questions.

10:10So if I'm a student,

10:12I can go into that platform

10:13on my account

10:14and I can choose

10:15to take 10 SAT questions,

10:1820,

10:1930,

10:20or I can take

10:21the entire

10:22two and a half hour test.

10:23I can take

10:24one or two questions

10:25and come back later

10:26and do more.

10:28Right.

10:29And what it does,

10:30you answer the questions,

10:32it tells you

10:32if you're right or wrong,

10:33if you're wrong,

10:34it tells you

10:34why you're wrong.

10:36If you're wrong,

10:37it flags

10:37that question

10:39to where you can

10:39go back to it later.

10:41And it has

10:42both the math

10:43and the evidence-based

10:45reading and writing.

10:48Tom,

10:49Tom,

10:49I'm upset.

10:51I'm just

10:52seriously.

10:53I am so sorry.

10:55I could have gotten

10:55a better grade.

10:57Okay?

10:58Yeah.

10:59I claim,

11:00I'm going to claim

11:01I would have

11:02been an all-A student

11:03and gone to Harvard.

11:05Go ahead and claim

11:06that if I had had

11:07the SAT,

11:08ACT prep.

11:09Yeah,

11:10and it's,

11:11it's,

11:11and I'm going to tell you,

11:13Coolidge has big plans

11:14for that

11:15to where it's going

11:16to be even more

11:17user-friendly

11:18to where

11:19students are going

11:20to want to go on that

11:21just like they want

11:23to go on their video games.

11:24Right.

11:25So we have some things

11:26in the work,

11:26but I've,

11:27I've done it

11:29and I've taken

11:30many portions

11:31of tests

11:31off of it

11:32and I wish

11:33I'd have had it,

11:34you know,

11:35back in the day.

11:37But I,

11:38I will say that

11:39I don't think

11:40kids take the full test

11:42enough.

11:42You know,

11:43if you've,

11:43it used to be

11:44a four-hour test,

11:45now it's two and a half.

11:47And,

11:47and unless you've done that,

11:50you know,

11:50it's,

11:50it's not so much

11:51of where your knowledge is,

11:53it's where your focus is

11:55and can you stay focused

11:56for two and a half hours?

11:57Yeah.

11:58And I think focus

11:59is a thing you have to practice.

12:00So with,

12:01with the,

12:02with this prep tool,

12:03you,

12:04you don't have to take

12:05the whole thing,

12:05but you could take

12:06the whole thing,

12:06could take it several times

12:07and build up your,

12:09your,

12:10you know,

12:10your ability to focus.

12:11So I,

12:12I wish I'd had it.

12:14I know it would have,

12:15would have helped

12:16and I know it can help now

12:18for sure.

12:19Definitely.

12:20Let me ask you a question.

12:21Okay.

12:21Because you're saying

12:22that you can go ahead

12:23and prep this.

12:23You can,

12:24you can take this test now.

12:26Can you take it way before,

12:28like maybe as a freshman

12:30in high school?

12:31Absolutely.

12:32Absolutely.

12:33You,

12:33you can join.

12:34I don't like you anymore.

12:36Well,

12:36I'm,

12:36I'm sorry.

12:37Y'all,

12:37y'all don't,

12:38you know,

12:38don't blame the player.

12:40Okay.

12:41You know,

12:42I,

12:43yes,

12:43you can.

12:43a ninth grader,

12:45a ninth grader can get on

12:46and,

12:47and start taking,

12:48start preparing for SAT

12:49right then and there.

12:51It's a great idea,

12:53you know,

12:53whether they know

12:54all the answers or not,

12:55because a lot of,

12:55a lot of those things,

12:56they haven't,

12:57haven't been taught

12:58in the classrooms yet,

12:59but at least they get,

13:00they get accustomed

13:01to taking a test.

13:03Test taking is,

13:04is sometimes a challenge

13:05for a lot of students.

13:07Is this,

13:08okay,

13:08so could,

13:09could you guys

13:09eventually replace high school?

13:12I,

13:13I don't want to.

13:16You know what?

13:17AI in general,

13:19I,

13:19you may,

13:19you may say on down the road,

13:21who knows what it can do,

13:22but I,

13:23I think,

13:23I think high school's more

13:25than just coming

13:26and sitting at a desk

13:27and,

13:28and listening to a teacher

13:29and learning.

13:30I think all that stuff

13:31is wonderful,

13:32but high school's also

13:33a social event.

13:35And it's also,

13:37it helps you through

13:38a lot of your

13:38growing up process.

13:40So I do think,

13:42and,

13:43and homeschool is fine.

13:44Stepping on a campus

13:45is not for everybody.

13:48And there,

13:48I do think homeschool

13:49serves a definite purpose.

13:51And I think homeschool

13:52does a good job,

13:53but some kids need to be

13:55in that type of social environment

13:57every day.

13:57And they learn that

13:58in high school.

13:59So you're,

14:00you're talking to an

14:01old school teacher.

14:02Don't,

14:03don't get rid of high school.

14:04Cool.

14:05He doesn't want to do that.

14:06Cool.

14:06He wants to assist

14:07in the process

14:08of getting to the next level,

14:10which is college.

14:11So college counselors,

14:13high school counselors,

14:15are,

14:15is Coolidge there

14:16to assist them

14:17or just to kind of

14:18take over the role?

14:19No,

14:20assist.

14:21First of all,

14:21you,

14:22you can't replace

14:23a face-to-face conversation

14:24with a qualified

14:25college counselor.

14:28A lot of these people

14:29are my friends.

14:30They're fantastic,

14:31but they're outnumbered.

14:33The national average

14:35of students

14:36to counselor ratio

14:37in our public high schools

14:38is 385 to one.

14:41So that's one counselor

14:43that has to get to

14:45or try to get to

14:45385 students.

14:47That's humanly impossible.

14:50So counselors,

14:51God bless them,

14:52they're doing a great job,

14:53but they're,

14:54they're totally outnumbered.

14:55Yeah.

14:56So if I'm a student

14:58with Coolidge now,

15:01before I would go

15:02to a counselor,

15:02say,

15:03I want to go to college.

15:04I think I want to major

15:05in this.

15:07What do you suggest?

15:08And the counselor

15:09looks at that student's records

15:10and comes back

15:11with some suggestions

15:12for college.

15:14And that's a process

15:15that's not done

15:16in 30 minutes,

15:18even it's done

15:18over a period of time.

15:20Now,

15:21if I'm a student,

15:21I can say,

15:22counselor,

15:23I've been on Coolidge,

15:24I've done my research.

15:26These are the six colleges

15:28I want to target.

15:30So you've,

15:31you've done all the pre-work.

15:32So you've taken all that

15:33off,

15:33off the counselor's plate.

15:35You've saved the counselor time.

15:37The counselor's able

15:37to get to more,

15:38more students.

15:41You know,

15:42just,

15:42it's just hard.

15:43That's part of what

15:44I was saying,

15:45how the,

15:45the system is broken.

15:49300,

15:49yeah,

15:50385 to one.

15:51Now that's the average.

15:5348,

15:5348 states

15:54are above that average.

15:56Some are 600 to one.

15:59And I,

16:00I've talked

16:01to a counselor

16:02who was in charge

16:03of 420 students.

16:05And I said,

16:06can you get to all

16:07those students?

16:07She says,

16:08absolutely not.

16:09I said,

16:09well,

16:10what do you do?

16:10She said,

16:11well,

16:11some are left

16:12to fend on their own.

16:15And that,

16:16it's not,

16:16it's not her fault.

16:18It's the system's fault.

16:19And Coolidge can eliminate that.

16:21Yeah.

16:22Yeah.

16:23Yeah,

16:23definitely.

16:23And you know,

16:24I was thinking too,

16:26you were saying how Coolidge

16:28can help find those colleges,

16:30but sometimes you have

16:32some underprivileged children,

16:35parents can't afford college.

16:37Yes,

16:37ma'am.

16:37And they do need

16:38to have subsidies,

16:40scholarships.

16:42You have athletes,

16:43you have brainiacs,

16:44I call them very smart children

16:46who are unfortunately

16:48in the lower minority

16:49of income.

16:51Does Coolidge help them as well?

16:54Yes, ma'am.

16:54You know,

16:55I,

16:55years ago,

16:56I was one of those low income.

16:59Now,

16:59it wasn't the brainiac you mentioned,

17:01but I was low income

17:02and had to apply for grants

17:04and scholarships

17:05and this and that.

17:07Coolidge is,

17:08actually,

17:09it's in process right now

17:11and will be finished soon.

17:13Coolidge is working on a platform

17:16where you can go

17:17and put in your information,

17:20who you are,

17:22what your grades are,

17:23what your income is,

17:24ethnicity,

17:26your high school,

17:28you name it.

17:28You put in everything,

17:29you build your profile.

17:31Within seconds,

17:33the Coolidge engine

17:33comes back

17:34with scholarships,

17:36a list of scholarships

17:37that are available to you

17:39and even gives you

17:40a link to where,

17:42here is where you apply.

17:44I searched for scholarships

17:46for all three of my kids

17:47and it was,

17:49it was totally discouraging.

17:51It's just so much information.

17:53It's time consuming.

17:56You know,

17:56what we forget about these kids,

17:58they don't have three or four hours

18:00every day to search for these things.

18:02They're going to school

18:03eight hours a day.

18:04They're playing on a team,

18:06a ball team after school.

18:08Some of them are getting

18:09private training.

18:11You still have to go home

18:13and do homework

18:14and get up and eat.

18:16They don't have time for that.

18:18So let's use AI

18:19in a positive way.

18:21Coolidge has done that

18:22where, okay,

18:24wow, look,

18:24these are the scholarships

18:25I can apply for.

18:26I'm going to apply

18:27for every single one of them.

18:29That's wonderful.

18:30Yeah, levels the playing field

18:31once again.

18:32It does.

18:32And it gets more money

18:33where money needs to be.

18:35Absolutely.

18:36You know,

18:36a lot of people don't realize

18:37you have books.

18:41You have pen papers,

18:43pencils,

18:44things like that.

18:45And you've got to get these books

18:46before the start of the year

18:49because a lot of times

18:50when I went to college,

18:52I walked in

18:53and the professor was like,

18:54okay, chapter one,

18:55everybody should have read it already.

18:58Yeah.

18:58And you don't have the book.

19:01No, I, you know,

19:01my daughter's a senior in college

19:03and we buy,

19:06you know,

19:06she buys her books.

19:08It's,

19:08it's,

19:09there's so many,

19:10so many things.

19:11You can sit and try to do a budget

19:12and you may say,

19:14okay,

19:14well,

19:14she's eating at the dining hall

19:16three meals a day.

19:16She doesn't need money for food.

19:18Yes,

19:19she does.

19:19Kids still go to McDonald's

19:21at 10 p.m.

19:22Yep.

19:22Because of that.

19:24Midnight burn,

19:25burning those midnight oils

19:26for the study.

19:26Right.

19:27Right.

19:28Whatever you decide

19:30your child's budget

19:31is going to be,

19:32it's going to be above that.

19:34Way above that.

19:35Sometimes exponentially.

19:36And you don't want to tell them

19:38you can't do this,

19:39you can't have fun.

19:42You know,

19:42college should be the best

19:43four years of your life,

19:45really.

19:46It's going to be the last

19:47best four years of your life.

19:49Well,

19:49you know,

19:49mine was a little more

19:50than four,

19:51but they were good.

19:53I'll tell you.

19:53They were good.

19:54Yeah.

19:55No,

19:55I understand.

19:56It's kind of like

19:58the Harada

19:59to high school,

20:00you know,

20:00to me,

20:01it was like,

20:01yeah,

20:02this is hard.

20:06It's hard.

20:07It's expensive.

20:08It's getting more expensive.

20:10It is.

20:11It is.

20:11Yeah.

20:12Yeah.

20:12But I actually love

20:14that you have

20:15a lot of different things

20:16that you offer

20:17at Coolidge

20:18and it is

20:19the website

20:20is right there.

20:21It's Coolidge.com.

20:22That's Q-O-O.

20:25Is that O-O?

20:26Yes,

20:26ma'am.

20:27O-O.

20:27I love that.

20:29Coolidge.

20:29Yeah.

20:30Like college,

20:31but cool.

20:32Yeah.

20:32Coolidge.

20:33Well,

20:33cool because

20:34you guys have

20:35more stuff

20:37than we ever had.

20:38But if you want

20:39to go back to college,

20:40you could,

20:41you could go ahead

20:41and use Coolidge

20:42because is that,

20:43is that a,

20:44is that a hindrance

20:45to your age

20:46or just coming

20:47out of college?

20:48Can you be 90

20:49and still take your SATs

20:51and get into college

20:52if you wanted to?

20:53You can.

20:54I had a grandmother

20:56who at one time

20:58was the oldest

20:59living high school

21:00graduate in Alabama.

21:01In other words,

21:02she got her high school

21:03diploma when she was

21:0495 years old.

21:05Wow.

21:06So it's not too late.

21:07I know a lot of people

21:08go back and get their

21:09masters and things

21:10like that,

21:11which I think

21:11that's great.

21:12I was,

21:13I was one of those.

21:14But yeah,

21:15if,

21:15if you want to do that,

21:17sure.

21:18I,

21:19you know,

21:19who's going to stop

21:20a 90 year old?

21:20Do what you want.

21:21Right.

21:21But can you use Coolidge

21:23to find those,

21:25you said this is in progress,

21:27right?

21:27So to find those scholarships

21:29because again,

21:30you may not have kids,

21:31but your income,

21:32I mean,

21:33a lot of these people

21:33are living off social security

21:35or disability

21:35and they want to,

21:37be able to get off

21:38that they want to be able

21:39to learn a new trade,

21:41a new whatever.

21:43And yeah.

21:44And they use that.

21:46But you know,

21:47yeah,

21:47a rising freshman

21:48is a rising freshman.

21:50It doesn't matter

21:50what the age.

21:51So absolutely.

21:52Yes.

21:53And you said

21:54the word trade

21:55in Coolidge's database

21:57of over 6,200

21:59American colleges,

22:01trade schools

22:01are in that.

22:03And so,

22:03so are beauty schools

22:04and nursing schools

22:06and not,

22:07not just your,

22:07your typical

22:08Florida university,

22:10you know,

22:10there's,

22:11I love that.

22:11There's more.

22:12So yeah,

22:13I'm absolutely

22:14a 60 year old

22:15to do that.

22:16That's wonderful

22:17because a lot of people

22:18after COVID

22:19decided that they wanted

22:20to change

22:21their profession.

22:23They wanted to go

22:23after their dreams,

22:25realizing that life

22:26is super short.

22:27Right.

22:28and,

22:29and there is

22:29no time to waste.

22:31Sure.

22:31No matter

22:32what the reason,

22:33you know,

22:33I,

22:33I encourage anybody

22:34who wants

22:35to give it a shot.

22:37Absolutely.

22:38Yeah,

22:38definitely.

22:39Definitely.

22:40You do have

22:41your theme song.

22:42Tell me about that.

22:43How did that come about?

22:45Well,

22:45well,

22:45first of all,

22:46I think it could

22:46be sung better.

22:47if you happen

22:49to know

22:49of any,

22:50any qualified singers,

22:52let me know.

22:54You may,

22:54you may be aware

22:55of one or two.

22:56So,

22:57but no,

22:57you know what?

22:58I,

22:58one of my,

22:59one of my coworkers

23:01who I've worked with

23:03at the school

23:03and at Coolidge

23:04wrote that

23:06and he's an AI whiz

23:08and he put it

23:09to music

23:10and he ran it by us

23:12and we're like,

23:12you know what?

23:13This is really good.

23:15I like the music of it.

23:17Obviously,

23:18but I think the wording

23:19is,

23:19is appropriate.

23:20Uh,

23:21it kind of fits who we are,

23:22but we're,

23:23we're,

23:23we're hope,

23:24you know,

23:24that,

23:25that you don't have to,

23:27you don't have to

23:28not have tools

23:30and be discouraged.

23:31You,

23:31you can get that.

23:32Uh,

23:33so I think the theme song

23:34is pretty cool.

23:35Um,

23:36this is one of those things.

23:37He's,

23:38he's brilliant man.

23:39Um,

23:39he actually worked for me,

23:41Yaya,

23:41but he's my mentor.

23:43Oh,

23:43wow.

23:44He's,

23:44he's that good of a guy.

23:45He's,

23:45he's everything to everybody.

23:47And in his spare time,

23:48he said,

23:49Hey,

23:49look what I did.

23:51Okay.

23:53Yeah,

23:54I know.

23:54Fantastic energy.

23:56Yeah.

23:56Great energy.

23:57Well,

23:58I want to thank you Tom

23:59for joining me today.

24:00It's just been such a pleasure.

24:01Is there anything

24:01that we missed today

24:02you'd like to say?

24:04Can I do,

24:05can I do two

24:06or three more tools

24:07real quickly

24:08and I'll run right through them

24:09if you don't mind.

24:10Please do,

24:10because I mean,

24:11this is,

24:11this is all about

24:12what can be done

24:14to help the parent,

24:15the,

24:16the new student,

24:17um,

24:18the college student,

24:19the high school student,

24:19even people who want to return

24:21now that we know

24:21back to college.

24:23Definitely.

24:24Yeah,

24:24we,

24:25we,

24:25we have another tool

24:26called essay genie.

24:28Uh,

24:28and the essay genie,

24:29it will not write

24:30your college essay for you,

24:32but it will get you started.

24:33And basically what it does

24:35is it poses

24:35a series of questions

24:37to you

24:38based on either

24:39the common app essay

24:40or based on

24:41your college of choice,

24:43uh,

24:44and your major.

24:45So it may ask you questions

24:46specifically to

24:48university of Florida

24:49business major.

24:50And you answer these questions,

24:52you type it right in

24:53on the Coolidge platform.

24:54And then the essay genie

24:56puts all that together

24:57and sends it back to you

24:58and gives you an essay,

25:00which is entirely too long,

25:02but it's basically your words.

25:04Now you have to go in

25:05and you have to tweak it,

25:08you know,

25:08cut,

25:09add all this,

25:11but you've got your essay started.

25:13And if you're like me,

25:14I love to write,

25:15but I can sit there

25:16for an hour

25:17and not put pen to paper

25:19because I don't know

25:20where to start.

25:21So essay genie is another

25:23useful tool,

25:23much like the SAT,

25:25ACT prep.

25:26Um,

25:27but it's on the website.

25:28If people want to check it out,

25:30they could,

25:30they can definitely check it out.

25:32Um,

25:33another tool is our task board

25:35and the task board

25:36just keeps the,

25:37uh,

25:37keeps the student on task.

25:39Basically,

25:39uh,

25:41you,

25:41a student can put tasks like,

25:43okay,

25:44uh,

25:45apply for Georgia tech

25:46or sign up for the ACT

25:48and they can put them

25:49on their task board

25:50of to do tasks.

25:52Uh,

25:52and then,

25:53uh,

25:54they can move them

25:54to an in progress.

25:55Like,

25:56okay,

25:56I started taking the SAT

25:57on coolers,

25:58but I still have,

25:59uh,

25:59you know,

26:00so many more questions

26:01to do in progress.

26:02And then the completed list.

26:04Um,

26:05and not only can a student

26:06put their own tasks,

26:07but once they sign up

26:08for coolers,

26:09there will be tasks

26:10there for them,

26:12such as,

26:13uh,

26:14broader tasks,

26:15like,

26:15uh,

26:16apply for the FAFSA,

26:17you know,

26:18federal application

26:19for,

26:19for federal student,

26:20um,

26:21aid.

26:22So all things like that

26:23are already on there.

26:25Um,

26:25another beauty of this task board,

26:28because you,

26:29you may be applying

26:29to six,

26:30seven,

26:3110 colleges at one time.

26:32You can keep all your,

26:33all your tasks in line there,

26:35but mom and dad

26:37and your high school

26:39college counselor

26:40can get on there,

26:42on your task board

26:44and look at your task

26:45and say,

26:45Hey,

26:46Bobby,

26:47your essay,

26:48SAT test is next week.

26:49Are you ready?

26:50Or,

26:51Hey,

26:51Bobby,

26:51your essay for Texas A&M

26:53is due.

26:54Have you started that yet?

26:55So mom and dad,

26:57I don't want to say

26:58look over your shoulder,

26:59but,

26:59but they know how their,

27:00their son or daughter

27:01is doing by looking at,

27:03at the task board

27:04that's available for them.

27:06So everybody's looking

27:08at the same thing.

27:09Uh,

27:09it beats the old days

27:11of post-it notes,

27:12which if you saw my desk,

27:13they're all over there.

27:14It doesn't work for me yet.

27:16I've used them for 30 years.

27:18There you go.

27:20You have adults

27:21that care about you

27:22looking over your shoulder,

27:24making sure that,

27:25that your tasks are in line

27:26and that you're starting

27:27to complete them.

27:28And,

27:29and all of this stuff,

27:30everything that we mentioned

27:31is powered by our 24 seven

27:35AI assistant named Ollie.

27:38And if you go on our website,

27:39you'll see Ollie.

27:40He's a little cute robot.

27:42Uh,

27:42but he runs through all phases

27:44of,

27:45of the Coolidge platform.

27:46and he,

27:47uh,

27:47he's somebody you can talk to

27:4924 seven and ask any question

27:51about any college

27:52and he will come right back

27:54to you within seconds

27:55with an answer.

27:56Uh,

27:57very,

27:58very,

27:58you know,

27:58very useful tool.

28:00Um,

28:01last but not least,

28:02that's,

28:03that's almost everything.

28:04Last but not least,

28:05if,

28:05if you sign up

28:06for the Coolidge platform,

28:07you can also sign up

28:09to get one-on-one

28:10counseling

28:11with a qualified,

28:13uh,

28:14college counselor.

28:15So,

28:16you can be talking to them

28:17through Zoom.

28:18You can have a meeting

28:18once a month with them

28:20or once a week,

28:20whatever.

28:21Uh,

28:22but you can actually talk

28:23to a real person.

28:24Uh,

28:25and you can also actually

28:26talk to a,

28:27an athletic advisor

28:29if you want to play,

28:30uh,

28:31college sports,

28:32you know,

28:33you want to play

28:33at the next level.

28:34They will advise you

28:35on how to get there.

28:37And here's how you make

28:38your highlight video.

28:39Here's how you contact coaches,

28:41but it's one-on-one

28:42live interaction

28:44with a qualified human being.

28:46So,

28:46wow,

28:47we got a little bit

28:48of everything in there.

28:49Yeah.

28:49And I like the human being aspect

28:51because I hate talking

28:52to the thing

28:53and it takes you

28:54in a circle

28:55and it just,

28:56yes,

28:56ma'am.

28:57I,

28:57I'm old school.

28:58I'm the same way.

28:59It's annoying.

29:00My daughter hates it too.

29:01So,

29:01yeah.

29:01Well,

29:02you raised her right then.

29:03Congratulations.

29:05Human.

29:06Yes,

29:06ma'am.

29:07Absolutely.

29:08Absolutely.

29:09Absolutely.

29:09But I,

29:10you know,

29:10all I can say

29:11is go on the website

29:12and check us out.

29:13If there's a,

29:14there's a place on there

29:15where if you have questions,

29:16you can,

29:17you can ask

29:18and we'll hook you up

29:19with a qualified

29:20Coolidge employee

29:21that can answer them.

29:22So,

29:22yeah,

29:23I,

29:23I really believe

29:24we got a good thing.

29:26As a 40-year educator,

29:27who cares?

29:28I didn't do this job

29:29for the money.

29:31I care about

29:32what happens

29:33with these kids

29:33and I think

29:34it's getting harder

29:34every day.

29:35Yeah.

29:36I,

29:36I think Coolidge

29:37can,

29:38Coolidge can be a savior

29:39in that way

29:40and I,

29:40I certainly hope so.

29:42I,

29:42I know so.

29:43You know,

29:44especially since,

29:45you know,

29:46you have everything

29:46and you have the finances

29:48coming up.

29:49that's going to be

29:50the full package

29:51right there.

29:51That's going to help them

29:52between,

29:53you know,

29:53getting into their

29:55people who are in,

29:57you know,

29:58in high school,

29:58just hit high school.

30:00Some of their parents

30:00really want to prepare them.

30:02So for the four years,

30:03they can be taking

30:04these prep tests

30:05and as they change,

30:07obviously,

30:07you guys are going

30:08to change with it.

30:09It's going to keep them

30:10and,

30:10you know,

30:10keep them up to standard

30:11and finances

30:13is going to help them

30:14to get the finances

30:15they need for their books,

30:17for their lodging,

30:18for their,

30:18you know,

30:19for,

30:19you know,

30:20their case may be,

30:22you know,

30:23and then parents

30:24will have a better

30:25understanding as to

30:27what is expected

30:28of their child.

30:29It is a wonderful thing.

30:30It is a wonderful thing

30:31and I absolutely love it.

30:33Love what you've done.

30:34Love that you're a part of it.

30:35Again,

30:36the website is right there.

30:37That's Coolidge,

30:38Q-O-O-L-L-E-G-E dot com.

30:42We're going to put that link

30:43in the description box

30:44so that it'll be easy

30:45for you guys to find it

30:46and if you're going back

30:48to school,

30:48if you're in your 30s,

30:49your 20s,

30:50your 40s,

30:50your 50s or beyond

30:52and you want to go

30:53back to school

30:54and you haven't taken

30:55your SATs

30:57or your ACTs

30:58or you need to do something

30:59or you need to find

30:59a college,

31:00some financial aid

31:01once they get that up,

31:03I'm telling you,

31:03go to Coolidge.com

31:04and check them out

31:06and you have that free

31:07counseling section

31:08that you can go ahead

31:09and ask questions,

31:11ask a lot of questions.

31:12The research tool alone

31:14to match you up

31:16with colleges

31:17within a matter of seconds

31:18is worth it.

31:20Yes, ma'am.

31:20Just that alone,

31:21there is more.

31:22So, yes, ma'am.

31:23Definitely, definitely.

31:24Thank you, Tom,

31:25so much.

31:26Ma'am.

31:27I have enjoyed meeting you.

31:28It's been a blast.

31:29Oh, thank you.

31:30And I'll look for that singer,

31:31okay?

31:32Yeah, let me know,

31:34okay?

31:34I have ideas,

31:37but I'm going to let you handle it.

31:38You let me know.

31:39Okay, I got it.

31:41Okay.

31:42Thanks, Yaya.

31:43No problem.

31:44And thank you guys

31:45so much for tuning in.

31:45Don't forget that

31:46you can always go to Coolidge.com.

31:48The link is in the description box

31:49so that you'll be able

31:50to go ahead

31:51and help your child,

31:52help yourself,

31:53or even help the friend

31:55or the neighbor

31:55or your grandchild.

31:56There's so many people out there,

31:57even foster children

31:58are welcome to use this program.

32:01I want to thank you guys

32:01so much for tuning in.

32:02Don't forget to dare

32:03to be different.

32:04And until next time, guys,

32:06bye.

32:08Bye-bye.

Revolutionizing the difficult College Search with Qoollege.com - CEO Tom Haslam talks with Yaya

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