Pathfinder Career Discovery Program
Pathfinders is a 3-session, one-on-one mentorship program that lets middle school and high school students take 3 careers or academic subjects on a test-drive, or explore areas of research to refine a unique project idea.
Pathfinders is a 3-session, one-on-one mentorship program that lets middle school and high school students take 3 careers or academic subjects on a test-drive.
1:1 sessions with experts from 3 different fields
Student-generated ideas for further exploration in each of the 3 disciplines
1 Passion Diagnostic reflection session with a Polygence educator that assesses the strengths, interests, and areas of growth for the student
The Core Polygence Program
The Polygence Core Program pairs students with an expert mentor to explore their unique research interest over a structured 10-session project, building a student-driven research outcome they can proudly showcase.
The Polygence core program consists of 10 one-on-one sessions between the student and mentor. The program is structured around 3 Milestones in addition to regular assignments to ensure students make steady progress on their project. Given the diversity of projects, these milestones are designed to be as flexible as possible to accommodate any and all types of projects.
10 one-on-one sessions in total
Opportunity to apply to present at Symposium
Opportunity to ask mentor for Letter of Recommendation
Premium Showcasing Support
As part of the 3-session Premium Showcasing Support, students are matched with a Showcasing Specialist who is trained to help them identify relevant showcasing opportunities for their research, and format their work for submission.
As part of the 3-session Premium Showcasing Support, students are matched with a Showcasing Specialist who is trained to help them identify relevant showcasing opportunities for their research, and format their work for submission.
3 one-on-one sessions in total
Guidance on an advanced project
Premium support on showcasing
of Polygence Alumni feature projects on College Apps
Admissions Officers from Top Colleges say research helps
Polygence Alumni have up to 5x greater admissions chances at top institutions
Luke
Project: Nepotistic Hiring and Poverty From Cultural, Social Class, and Situational Perspectives
Luke published a research paper in a top-tier peer-reviewed psychology journal Frontiers with his mentor - a Stanford researcher.
Now at MIT
Tori
Project: Foggy Minds - A Podcast on Dementia
Tori published a podcast on Spotify about neurodegenerative diseases and dementia with her mentor from Yale.
Now at Brown University
Youssef
Project: AutoMelter: An Anti-Snow System for Driveways
Youssef published a research paper, presented at the Symposium of Rising Scholars and built a robot that automatically melts snow on the driveway.
Now at Northwestern University
Michal
Brown University
PhD candidate in Computer Science, AI
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Data science
Natalie
Princeton University
PhD candidate in Musicology
Music Theory
Music Psychology
Media Studies
David
Northwestern University
MBA Master of Business Administration
Entrepreneurship
Stocks
Finance