Use what you learn in the real world.
APPLY helps students build practical knowledge for money, careers, entrepreneurship, and the decisions that shape their futures.
Skills for your future.
Compound Interest
Understand why time matters when returns begin earning returns of their own.
How Investing Works
Learn the basics of ownership, risk, return, diversification, and long-term thinking.
What Is a Budget?
Give your money a plan by balancing income, needs, goals, and spending.
Entrepreneurship
Identify problems, design solutions, test ideas, and understand how value is created.
Understanding Salary
Compare gross pay, take-home pay, taxes, benefits, and the full value of compensation.
Biology + Business
Explore biotechnology, healthcare strategy, product development, and investing.
Academic knowledge is only part of being prepared.
Students also need opportunities to understand how careers work, how money grows, how organizations create value, and how STEM connects to real decisions.
Confidence beyond the classroom
APPLY turns unfamiliar adult topics into clear starting points so students can ask better questions and make more informed choices.
Think like a problem-solver.
Notice
Find a problem, unmet need, confusing system, or opportunity for improvement.
Understand
Ask who is affected, what evidence exists, and what constraints must be considered.
Build
Test a thoughtful solution, collect feedback, and improve it over time.
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