WHY STUDY? WHY LEARN? WHY GO TO COLLEGE?  
 
Think Ahead: College and Beyond  
A New Perspective on College Planning  
 
Mark A. Montgomery, Ph.D.  
CEO, Great College Advice  
 
Thursday 17 October 2019  
7-8:30 pm  
Lexington Depot, Lexington Center  
 
$10 per person, $25 per family  
 
To register or for more information, visit www.GreatCollegeAdvice.com/Lexington  
 
"Both my kids worked with Mark from Great College Advice and the process was thoughtful, practical, enlightening and enjoyable."  
a Lexington mom  
 
 
Students worry about where they will go to college. They take hard courses, study into the wee hours, get good grades, and do gobs of activities. As a result, the road to college is simply exhausting. Students dutifully go through the motions without ever really asking themselves, “why am I doing this?”  
 
Dr. Montgomery encourages young people to focus more on the why.  
 
Using compelling statistics, fine art, dance moves, a sing-along, and a geeky sense of humor, Dr. Montgomery communicates the message that continuing education—of whatever sort—is vital to lead satisfying lives in the 21st century. He inspires young people to think of education in a new way so that they can take firmer control of their own lives, solve the pressing problems facing humanity and our planet, and fulfill their purpose.  
 
He also lays out the huge range of options for post-secondary education, preaches against the evils of student loans, and demonstrates why prepping for the idiotic SAT and ACT tests can be an exercise in empowerment.  
 
This is a presentation that parents will want to attend with their students. The dinner table conversations sparked will help your family make some of the most important decisions you will encounter.  
 
Mark Montgomery, Ph.D., is a leading independent university admissions counselor in the United States. As a life-long educator, Dr. Montgomery has won several teaching awards and has served as an external evaluator of university teaching and learning programs. Before becoming a college coach, he served as an Associate Dean at the University of Denver, a professor of international relations at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an instructor at Harvard University, an admissions counselor at Fort Lewis College, and a high school teacher of French. He has consulted with the English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong on how to improve their post-secondary advising program, and evaluated academic programs at Yale University and the University of Kansas.  
 
His views have appeared in USA Today, US News & World Report, Money Magazine, Forbes, Apple Daily, The Huffington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Denver Post.  
 
Dr. Montgomery earned his BA from Dartmouth College and his Masters and Doctoral degrees in international relations from Tufts University. He lives in Denver with his family.  
 
For more information about this seminar, please call 720.279.7577.