You Have Invested
in Admission.
This Protects
Completion.
The average family spends $200,000 or more on a college education. The students most likely to leave before finishing are not the least prepared academically. They are the ones no one prepared emotionally. College Edge changes that, beginning the summer before campus and continuing through your student's career.
The Worry That
Does Not Have a Name Yet.
You have done everything right. The tutors, the test prep, the campus visits. Your student is admitted. You are proud. Somewhere underneath the pride is a question: what if they do not make it?
That fear is not irrational. More than four in ten first-generation students seriously consider leaving college during their first year. The primary reasons are not academic. They are stress, financial pressure, loneliness, and the feeling of not belonging.
College Edge gives your student the clinical preparation for those moments before they arrive. The Parent Partner Add-On keeps you as an informed partner across the full journey, in line with the data ownership rules that take effect when your student turns 18 or enrolls in college.
What Tuition Buys.
What Tuition Cannot.
A single semester of tuition at a private university exceeds $25,000. The entire College Persistence Program journey costs less than two weeks of that tuition.
SAT Tutoring
Improves admission odds. Does not address why students leave after they arrive.
College Essay Coach
Strengthens the application. Does not prepare the student for the Year 1 emotional reality.
College Edge
Clinical EI assessment, coaching, and the emotional architecture that determines whether the next four years work. Renewable annually.
College Edge is the entry point into a lifetime emotional intelligence practice. Your student begins in the summer before college, deepens the work through the degree, and carries the same framework into their professional career. The same EQ data that helps a freshman survive midterms is what helps a graduate land their first role, and a young professional lead their first team. You stay informed through every stage.
Begins in summer Deepens through college Continues into careerEvery tier includes an EQ-i 2.0 assessment, a Maxwell Method DISC behavioral profile, one 60-minute 1:1 report debrief, and the weekly community persistence call. Each tier builds on the one before it.
- EQ-i 2.0 assessment, 15 emotional competencies
- Maxwell Method DISC behavioral profile
- One 60-minute 1:1 report debrief
- Student profile report with development priorities
- Weekly community persistence call
- (1) Parent debrief session
- Three 30-minute 1:1 coaching sessions
- Communication Mapping debrief, how you show up in every room
- College Edge resource guide and survival toolkit
- Personal persistence action plan
- 30-day follow-up check-in after debrief
- Weekly community persistence call, 12 months
- Three additional 1:1 coaching sessions, six total over 12 months
- Summer Bridge Intensive included, no add-on required
- College transition action plan for the first eight weeks
- Post-enrollment fall check-in in October
- Extended parent debrief and partnership session
Already Enrolled in College?
Students already on campus start with Momentum, the 12-month engagement designed for the persistence work that matters most once classes begin. Same clinical foundation, sized for where the student actually is. Skip Launch and start where the work meets you.
Enroll in In-College Momentum $2,497, one-time payment
Six dedicated check-ins over six months, designed around your student's persistence progress. Each session gives you the strategies, language, and clinical insight you need to be a genuine partner in their success without overstepping.
You will understand what they are facing, how their EI profile shapes their response to it, and exactly how to support them from where you are. Particularly valuable for first-generation families, and for parents of students 18 or older where the student's debrief belongs to them.
At College Edge, every student is treated as the rightful owner of their own emotional intelligence work. For minor students not yet enrolled in college, parents are full partners in the debrief and receive a dedicated Parent Briefing.
For students 18 and older, OR students already enrolled in college, the debrief belongs to the student. Parents may attend only with the student's written consent. This is not bureaucracy. It is how serious clinical work treats the person being assessed: with respect, and in compliance with the legal data ownership rules under FERPA.
Parents who want structured involvement after that point have a dedicated path through the Parent Partner Add-On. Full details are in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
One Method.
A Complete Ecosystem.
College Edge is the applied version of The Persist Method, the EQ-grounded approach to persistence developed by Dr. Tremayne Thurman, OTD. The book starts the conversation. The workbook builds the practice. The Lab applies it for senior year. The College Edge tiers do the deep work across college and into early career. Your enrollment is your entry point into a complete framework.
Persist, Your Destiny Awaits
The book. A clinical and personal field guide to persistence by Dr. Tremayne Thurman, OTD. Read Chapter 1 free now. Full book launches Summer 2026.
Get Chapter 1 Free →The Persist Workbook
The companion workbook. Practical exercises, family conversation guides, and EQ-grounded prompts that turn the book into daily practice.
The Persist Method Online
The self-paced course. Twelve modules, video lessons from Dr. Thurman, OTD, and downloadable practice tools.
Senior Year Life Skills Lab
The twelve-week curriculum from Chapter 9. Sleep, money, time, food, body, communication, anchor.
College Edge Launch
The six-week summer bridge. EQ-i 2.0, Maxwell Method DISC profile, sixty-minute debrief with Dr. Thurman, OTD, and weekly community persistence call.
College Edge Momentum
Twelve-month engagement. Three coaching sessions, Communication Mapping debrief, persistence action plan.
College Edge Persist Advantage
The premium twelve-month engagement. Six coaching sessions, Summer Bridge included, transition action plan, fall check-in, extended parent partnership.
The Persist Workshop
The institutional engagement. Half-day, full-day, and multi-day programs for universities, healthcare systems, K-12 districts, and ministries.
Certified Facilitator Program
For coaches, counselors, and educators who want to deliver The Persist Method in their own communities under TGG licensing.
Your Student's Story
Does Not End at Admission.
College Edge is the preparation that admission letters do not include. Give your student the emotional architecture to go the distance, and stay informed as their partner across the full journey.
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