The Human Guide to AI: College Decisions
A Student Workbook for the College Search and Application Process
AI can help you navigate college. This guide teaches you how to use it without outsourcing your judgment.
The Human Guide to AI: College Decisions is a 48-page digital workbook that helps students use AI thoughtfully throughout the college search, application, financial aid, and decision-making process.
Instead of giving students a pile of prompts or asking AI to make decisions for them, the workbook teaches a repeatable Five-Step Method: Context → Ask → Challenge → Verify → Decide.
Students learn how to ask better questions, recognize assumptions, verify important information, organize the application process, understand financial aid offers, and make decisions based on what actually matters to them.
What’s inside
48-page digital workbook
26 ready-to-use AI prompts
The Five-Step Method for working with AI critically
College exploration and research tools
AI fact-checking and verification guidance
Application planning and tracking tools
Guidance for using AI without losing your voice
Financial aid offer decoder
College decision matrix
5 reusable worksheets
Worked examples showing how to question and verify AI responses
Who it’s for
Designed for high school students navigating the college search and application process, especially students who want to use tools like ChatGPT without letting AI take over their thinking, writing, or decisions.
Parents, counselors, educators, and college-access programs can also use the workbook to help students develop more responsible and effective AI habits.
