Mentorship Program Case Studies

Residence: Shanghai
School: Shanghai International School
Intended major: Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Age during program: Grade 11

Xavier is very passionate about electrical and mechanical engineering. He has a lot of ideas, however there was a need for him to focus on the main relevant factors contributing to his design paper.

Through the program, he took part in the International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019 competition with his final research paper, and has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.

His university acceptance includes UChicago Full Merit Scholarship, Caltech, UC Davis Regents Scholarship USD30K, UC Irvine Directors Scholarship USD20K, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego USD5K.

Residence: Georgia, US
School: Brunswick High School
Intended major: Sociology
Age during program: Grade 11

Theo is committed to helping others, and his overall interest in improving himself and the situation of others is impressive. He has participated in volunteering work and made a point to incorporate crucial observations into his social sciences programs and projects.

Through the program, he wrote a fantastic social science research paper and the mentor agreed to write him a reference letter.

His university acceptance includes Stanford University, Yale University, Princeton University

Residence: Portland, Oregon
School: Oregon Episcopal School
Intended major: Business
Age during program: Grade 11

Paul is extremely bright, focused and engaged. He has an enthusiasm for mastering concepts and methods of statistical analysis.

Through the program, he has published his final research paper on JOURNYS publication, received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.

His university acceptance includes Santa Clara University, Penn State University.

Residence: Hyderabad, India
School: Osmania University
Intended major: Biomedical Engineering
Age during program: final year undergraduate student

Dhevan possesses the enthusiasm to learn, as well as outstanding motivation and excellent self-reliance and independence. He participates in several extracurricular activities which includes the roles of Vice-Chair, Co-Director and Event Organizer. Prior to this mentorship program, he has published a research paper “Blind Mate: A Friend to The Blind” on “IEEE -Xplore Digital Library”.

Through the program, he wrote a stellar final research paper that is to be published in Springer's Inventive Material Science and Applications.

His university acceptance includes JHU, Brown and Cornell