Summer Cohort Themes & Schedule

Themes

Summer Cohort simulates the college experience through the exploration of recurring themes students will encounter in college and in their lives beyond college.

Resilience & Stamina

  • Journey Through the Treetops
  • Surviving Your First College Lecture

Academic Skill Building

  • Understanding Your Learning Management System
  • Developing Your Campus Resource Guide

Effective Communication

  • Photovoice Project and Presentation
  • Communicating in College

Problem Solving & Decision Making

  • Questing with Strangers
  • Your Growth Project

Wellness

  • Building Healthy Habits in College
  • Balancing Technology and Wellbeing

Social Connectedness

  • Relationship Bank Account
  • Soundtrack of My Year

Focus Collegiate Summer Cohort
JULY 11- JULY 31, 2027
Simmons University
Boston, MA

Sample Schedule

Our schedule is vibrant, balanced, and full of life! Each day blends stimulating academic sessions with exciting social activities, fun group adventures, and plenty of free time to recharge or explore your own interests. Much like college life, the Summer Cohort experience is rich, diverse, and designed to inspire growth — in every sense.

Here is a sample schedule from our 2025 Cohort: