CraftedPath Planning Surveys
Short diagnostic-style surveys to help families clarify priorities, tradeoffs, and a workable approach to next steps after high school.
Planning for life after high school can be stress-inducing for both parents and students. Like a gravitational pull, anxiety can press attention toward one part of the process. For some families, that may be admissions or academic readiness. For others, it may be affordability, career preparation, campus culture, or concern about negative influences. Other families may not be overly stressed, but may see college as an opportunity to support formative experiences in an environment that reflects their values.
These issues all matter. But they are often best addressed in light of a more holistic look at the student’s situation.
The CraftedPath Planning Surveys help families widen the aperture and consider different dimensions of fit, readiness, opportunity, and support. Ideally, families will use these surveys early enough to design a workable approach before the process becomes unwieldy. But even later, they can provide perspective that leads to better decisions.
Each survey is diagnostic in nature and leads to a results page. But the results are not labels. They are planning lenses that can be used alongside results from other surveys — and alongside your own knowledge of the student — to support better conversations and more intentional next steps.
How to use the surveys
What do the CraftedPath Planning Surveys help families do?
Which surveys should we take first?
How should we interpret the results?
Do the surveys collect my student’s name?
Core Survey 1
Clarify the realistic shape of the college search.
The Opportunity Range survey helps families think about academic profile, budget flexibility, and the range of practical college options available under current conditions.
Planning questions:
What kinds of options are most realistic? What strategies might make sense?
Core Survey 2
Consider the relationship between career direction and college experience.
The Career & Experience survey helps students and families think about whether college is being pursued primarily as preparation for what's next, for elements of the college experience, or both.
Planning question:
Is the student choosing college as a strategy, an experience, or both?
Core Survey 3
Look at the process, not just the destination.
The Planning Load survey helps families consider how complex the planning process is likely to be and how much capacity the student and family have to manage it well.
Planning question:
Is the current plan suitable, or does it call for more support, simplification, or challenge?
Faith & Formation Survey
Reflect on spiritual grounding and support needs.
The Spiritual Hardiness survey helps families consider a student’s spiritual anchoring, fellowship patterns, and the kinds of support that may matter during the college years.
Planning question:
What role might factors relating to spiritual support play in the college search and planning process?
Faith & Formation Survey
Think through campus climate and Christian distinctiveness.
The Cultural Posture survey helps families consider preferences around campus culture, political climate, faith-friendliness, and Christian institutional identity.
Planning question:
What kind of environment would feel like a strong fit, and where is there room for flexibility?
Upcoming Course
Want help connecting the results?
Getting Your Bearings is the broader resource suite connected to the CraftedPath Planning Surveys. It is designed to help families compare results across lenses and turn reflection into practical next steps.
Planning question:
How do these different lenses fit together into a workable plan?
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