Doing WIT

WIT Founder, Sarah Hernholm , painted Whatever It Takes on a banner and hung it in her classroom. It became the motto of that class and all the classes she taught during her teaching career. In 2009, Sarah left teaching and focused on creating a platform where youth could get their ideas heard and serve in leadership roles within their community. T... his platform became WIT, the only college credit social entrepreneur and leadership course in the country for high school teens. Upon completion of the course, teens earn between 2 units - 6 units of college credit from UCSD. Teens accepted into WIT learn how to design and launch, manage and measure, a social enterprise or project. Over the years teens have launched enterprises that have made a local and national impact. In addition to the WIT college credit program, Sarah launched Smart City Saturday, now called, Do WIT. The Do WIT program hosts teen-only hackathons around the country. At these hackathons teens get to tackle real problems and pitch their solutions to city officials, CEOs, entrepreneurs and leaders. We also have WIT Community. A Community that is dedicated to teens committed to making an impact and interested in connecting with CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists, creators, engineers, etc.. The WIT Community is a membership based community with teens from around the world. WIT is built on the foundation for the "11 Tips for Doing WIT. People involved in WIT programs and on the WIT Team commit to living the 11 Tips and doing WIT. Some of the Tips include:Read More