 Do-it scholars discuss the importance of college is college important It's up to you to Kashi, but for me. It's very important. He puts his hand over his heart Toes with pale blue polish type. I think that college is important because it creates a pathway to the rest of your life And it really shapes your identity as an adult Teresa College is a great Place to discover your classrooms and meet new and exciting people Naomi still photos a table of students with straws string and tape two students construct a polyhedron This video content was created by do-it-scholars high school students from an innovative transition to college program in Washington Scholars are students with disabilities. They learn about self-determination academic accommodations and disability advocacy in a classroom Wide open you can do HTML CSS JavaScript going to college is important because we're always learning in life and College is a way to help us do that highly lit and that is what shapes us in our later lives Matthew The great thing about college is it can help you get a better paying job Well, I hope to get out of college is a great financial feature Anita what I enjoyed most about college was the chance to live on my own and become more independent Explore life and who I am and make a life for myself with my friends Do-it-scholars stay in dorms during summer study at the University of Washington campus They meet mentors faculty members and business professionals Eric I think college is important because it allows you to get to know so many different types of people and see so many new perspectives on every problem or every situation that you might face and I believe that this is really important because it really allows you to get to know other people Anna, I think college is important because it's a time to find yourself See what you're good at what you like and what you're successful at. Yeah Going through college. I want to understand my reason for being and I want to understand why I am the way I am We can go through this scholars participate in science labs and academic workshops and learn about technology Mikaela, I think college is important because you get a head start and preparing for Getting a job someday and to pursue your dreams and hopefully get paid Carl I want to go into business and it'd be really hard for me to get a job in business Without getting a college degree REM sleep is when the body goes to the student uses speech recognition software Many of the duet scholars use assistive technology designed for people with disabilities Courtney life has changed so much for the world in general, but especially for people with disabilities and The awesome thing is now that we can go to college and we can be a part of continuing to change the world That's why college is is so important not to get it a piece of paper or a degree But to make actual change happen in the world to Kashi. I'm gonna go to college I'm gonna get my BFA And guess what? I'm gonna be a star photos of Carl and a girl two girls wearing helmets a group of students with Sheryl Burgstahler a student with a rainbow clown wig and red nose a group photo with goofy poses Thank you good girl Naomi kisses a black lab described by audio eyes words appear for more information visit Washington dot edu slash do it The duet scholars program is primarily funded by the state of Washington Additional funds have been provided by the Boeing company Microsoft the National Science Foundation and other donors Copyright 2017 University of Washington Permission is granted to copy these materials for educational non-commercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged