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The Futures Forge Skills for Success Audit course is a 2-week residential diagnostic program designed for high-aptitude students who want a clear picture of how prepared they truly are for demanding academic and professional environments. Rather than teaching generic “soft skills,” the Audit places students in high-stakes challenges that reveal how they actually perform when the structure disappears.
Through team competitions, simulations, and structured feedback, students generate real data about the core regulation skills that predict success in college and early career.
Are you ready to find out how you perform when it really counts?
Your First Real Performance Audit
Discover how you actually perform in the environments that matter most.
The Skills for Success Audit focuses on four core regulation skills that strongly predict whether talented students accelerate or stall when structure disappears:
1. Autonomous Motivation – the ability to move forward without waiting for instructions or rubrics
2. Industrialized Persistence – sustaining effort through systems and habits rather than temporary motivation
3. Resilience – how quickly you recover and re-engage after failure or setbacks
4. Political Intelligence – navigating teams, influence, and informal networks
Many intelligent students arrive at college assuming their academic ability will carry them forward. But when expectations become ambiguous and challenges become social, political, and unstructured, many high performers quietly struggle.
The Skills for Success Audit reveals these dynamics early. Through competitive team challenges, simulations, and structured observation, participants generate real data about how they operate under pressure.
What Our Students are Saying
"In 2 weeks I made more progress on skills than I have with the other 17 years of my life." - Saleh 2025, Jordan
“This is one of the few courses that can take you from overachiever to over-overachiever.” -Gian 2024, Nicaragua
"If you're looking for something completely different from normal school and really want to develop life skills, then this course is for you." -Diego 2025, TX
"Skills for Success is a gateway to success in any kind of future career or path. The soft skills taught and emphasizes are essential to achieving success at the highest level in any field." -Chunghyun 2025, NC
What Students Discover in the Skills for Success Audit
Across the two weeks, participants gain insight into:
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How effectively they operate inside high-performing teams
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Their approach to solving unfamiliar and ambiguous problems
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How clearly they communicate ideas under pressure
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Their ability to sustain effort when work becomes difficult or repetitive
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How quickly they recover and adapt after failure or criticism
"Skills for Success pushed me to grow in ways I never imagined. Over just two weeks, I gained invaluable skills, built my confidence, and connected with amazing people who have become lifelong friends. It was truly a transformative experience!" -Aakriti, 2025
What does a week at the S4S Audit look like?
Example Challenges
Each day, a Challenge serves as the centerpiece of the Skills for Success Audit. These challenges are intentionally unstructured and competitive, designed to reveal how students actually think, collaborate, and respond when the path to success is unclear.
A typical challenge includes:
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A novel objective or scenario with minimal instructions or predefined steps
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Limited resources such as time, information, or tools
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Competing teams attempting to solve the same problem
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No lectures and no memorization-based evaluation
Facilitators observe team dynamics and decision-making while providing targeted feedback and coaching. Teams compete repeatedly across the program, so students have the opportunity to integrate feedback, test new approaches, and see how their performance evolves over time.
Immediate Personal Growth
We assign a facilitator to each team and student. Facilitators provide immediate coaching during challenges and modules. In the afternoons and evenings, facilitators meet with students to help them incorporate feedback and improve their performance. They also help students overcome psychological barriers to growth and better understand their inner motivation.
Our facilitators are trained in feedback and coaching methods used in elite management consulting firms. We coach them throughout the program. Most of our students said their facilitators passion and talent had a large positive impact on them.
Program Dates & Details
When: In summer 2026 we will run 3 sessions in total. Early applicants will have priority in selecting the dates they attend.
22 June (Mon) - 3 July (Fri)
6 July (Mon) - 17 July (Fri)
20 July (Mon) - 31 July (Fri) - WAITLIST ONLY
Where: Boston, MA - residential
Cost: $6158 - all-inclusive of tuition, room, board, materials (travel not included)
Financial Aid:
Financial aid is currently at capacity. We do not plan to make more financial aid offers this year.
Application Deadlines
Regular Decision 2 applications are closed. Decisions will be released on March 9th.
Late applications are open until April 10th. Decisions will be released on or before April 20th.
2 Weeks
Boston, MA
15-19
Duration
Location
Ages
20th March
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Full-Time
Starts
June 2026