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Leaf
For smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic year 12s of any and all subjects
How to choose a degree that helps you help others
5-week online programme setting you up to help others, save lives, or change the course of history.
You’ll get practical guidance on deciding what’s best to study at uni.
Programme overview
Week 1: What really matters? Knowing your goals
- Clarifying what you want, so you can actually get it
- Passion isn’t enough: Exploring what would make a degree fulfilling
- How to achieve 100s of times more by considering who to help
Week 2: You can save lives without a medical degree
- Estimating which actions save the most lives
- Realising your potential: SMART goals for smart people
- How to change the course of history
Week 3: Strategies to set yourself up for success
- Slow and steady wins the race: how to achieve more (later)
- Picking what to leave to later life learning
- Risking the right amount: leaning into success vs trying new things
Week 4: How to rank and investigate your options
- Listing your options, including the niche ones
- Using quick experiments to avoid degrees you’ll regret
- Scoring your options, including backups
Week 5: Deciding your own future
- Finalising a plan: making progress while keeping options open
- Marking milestones to check you’re on track
- Top tips for landing your top choice
Weekly structure
1-2 hours: Self-paced exploration
Interactive videos, engaging quizzes, practical checklists, and other activities to help you explore your options
1 hour: Discussion group call
Weekly check-in and discussion with an advisor and 3-5 peers
Optional: Subject-specific meetups
Optional chats and virtual hangouts with participants exploring similar subjects to you
Optional: Community conversations
Discord channel, paired 1:1s, and opportunities to get to know each other
The programme also offers:
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A cohort of smart and curious like-minded people
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Advice and personal statement review from current or former Oxbridge students & admissions staff
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£100’s worth of free books of your choice
Dates: 27th February to 31st March, 2023 (finished by most schools’ Easter holidays)
Who: Smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic year 12s currently living or studying in the UK. The programme is for any and all degree types — STEM, humanities, social sciences.
Applications: Apply here by Sunday 12th February, 2023
