Futures Forge
Rapidly Develop College and Career Skills to Perform Brilliantly.
A Pre-College and Pre-Career Course at Northeastern University
Become prepared to take on the toughest challenges in your future with panache! Develop the skills that are critical to success in college and your career — but aren’t taught in conventional schooling.
Rapidly accelerate your development, working with exceptional peers in dynamic, challenging, and exciting projects that prepare you for a powerful college experience and a high-flying career, regardless of the role.
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What our students are saying
Hear from Berra, an International Student (Istanbul, Turkey)
Hear from Olivia
“This program has triggered me to grow myself. By creating an environment for innovative approaches, facilitating open feedback and by putting students in situations where they need to problem solve effectively, Futures Forge taught me so much.”
-Olivia, S4S 2024
Hear from Zeybek
“Just do it! You’ll learn more in 2 weeks than in 2 years of high school. You learn so many useful skills that you never learned in high school and you meet lifelong friends."
-Zeybek, S4S 2024
Led by the Best, for the Brightest.
Futures Forge's founders and curriculum leads graduated from MIT and Oxford and founded multiple companies (management consulting, dev tools startup, hardware startup). We have published books on political polarization, tertiary education, and technical problem-solving, and have jointly coached and managed over 100 top-talent young adults.
The foundation of our companies’ success has always been the rapid development of talented young people; our employees have gone on to found, lead, and accelerate dozens of great businesses. Today, we are developing talent all over the world using the methods we learned and developed.
We led the 2024 Skills for Success course; we had an incredible experience and are very excited for more students in the next year!
Nathaniel Greene
Erik Fogg
Who is Skills for Success for?
We’re looking for students who demonstrate:
- Scores in the top 20% of standardized cognitive tests
- A passion for learning and intellectual curiosity
- Ambition to excel and lead
- A collaborative mindset
- Adaptability and resilience in challenging situations
- A clear focus on future success and impact
What students learn in the Skills for Success Course
Teamwork and leadership
Complex problem-solving and critical thinking
Communication and presentation
Adaptability, motivation, and grit
Learning from giving and receiving feedback
What students learn in the Skills for Success Course
The Course exists to give students an introduction to developing key attributes and increasing their rate of learning throughout their lives. Over these two weeks, students learn the answers to the following questions:
- How does each key skill and attribute affect their performance and development?
- How will they use these skills & attributes to succeed in the workplace?
- What can they do in their own lives to most effectively grow stronger in these?
- How can they increase their total rate of learning in any situation?
- How can they iteratively explore and test what they are motivated and passionate about?
Students consciously practice and reflect on using these attributes throughout the course to accelerate their development for years to come.
