For parents

Colleges read for evidence of who a student is. We help students build it.

A four-week program for students aged 15⁠–⁠18: a real project, built with AI tools and guided by experts, ending with a record your child can show and talk about.

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The admissions lens

Beyond grades, readers look for who a student is.

Selective colleges read each application as a whole. Alongside strong academics, they look for qualities like these.

  • What readers look for

    Initiative and leadership

    What your child does
    Starts and runs their own project from a real problem
    What they can show afterwards
    A project record and a Demo Day pitch

  • What readers look for

    Intellectual curiosity

    What your child does
    Interviews real customers, tests ideas and learns what the evidence says
    What they can show afterwards
    Interview notes and findings in their own words

  • What readers look for

    Resilience

    What your child does
    Finds out the first idea does not work, and changes it
    What they can show afterwards
    A build log showing what changed and why

  • What readers look for

    Impact on others

    What your child does
    Solves a problem for a real group of people
    What they can show afterwards
    Feedback from the people who tried it

  • What readers look for

    A reference who knows the work

    What your child does
    Works with experts across four weeks
    What they can show afterwards
    A written mentor evaluation, and for outstanding students a recommendation letter

Colleges decide how to read every application. We do not promise admissions outcomes.

What students leave with

A project record, not a certificate.

Everything a student builds stays on record, so they can show it and talk about it.

  1. Idea

    • Describe the problem and who has it
    • Write your one-line pitch

  2. Validate

    • Talk to 5 potential customers
    • Write down 3 things you learned

  3. Build

    • Make your first prototype
    • Let 3 people try it and give feedback

  4. Pitch

    • Finish your pitch draft
    • Practice once and get feedback

  5. Demo Day

    • Pitch at Demo Day

  • A project record

    The problem, the customer interviews, the prototype, the tests and the pitch, in one place.

  • A build log

    Dated updates that show how the idea changed and why.

  • A Demo Day pitch

    A pitch deck and a live presentation, with feedback from judges and panelists.

  • A written mentor evaluation

    Every student receives a written evaluation from a mentor who followed their work. Outstanding students may be offered a recommendation letter.

The platform

A platform built around AI.

Every student works on a learning platform we built for this program.

  • Weekly map

    Each week has live sessions, an assignment, expert feedback and office hours, laid out step by step.

  • AI study assistant

    Students ask questions about the week's slides and readings and see which page the answer came from. Sensitive or out-of-scope questions go to a person on our team.

  • Venture tracker

    Five stages from Idea to Demo Day, each with clear milestones that students check off with evidence of what they did.

  • Parent updates

    You can follow your child's weekly progress and read a short note from the team.

We watch how students are doing, not only what they build.

Building something real can be stressful at 15. Our team pays close attention to confidence, workload and wellbeing, and checks in when something looks off.

Questions

Will this help my child get into college?
It gives your child real work to show and talk about, which is what many admissions readers look for. We cannot promise any admissions outcome, and we would be wary of anyone who does.
Do students get recommendation letters?
Every student receives a written evaluation from a mentor. Outstanding students may be offered a recommendation letter from a mentor who knows their work. Whether a college accepts additional letters is up to each college.
Does it replace school?
No. It runs alongside school for four weeks. Expect about 4 hours a week.
Who are the mentors?
Experienced founders and subject matter experts. Names are added as they are confirmed.
Is parental consent needed?
Students under 18 need a parent or guardian's consent. When you register, you enter a parent or guardian's name and email and confirm their consent.
What does it cost?
Tuition and aid details will be announced when registration opens.

See what the four weeks look like.

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