Emerging Leader Program
Research Program: A special 2-month program for you to complete an original research project with guidance from one of 95+ professors from top-tier universities at places like Duke, University of Pennsylvania, Yale and Columbia University.
Industry Program: A special 8-week program for you to work remotely in an industry-centered educational experience that aligns best with your unique set of skills, talents, and interests while receiving coaching and professional development.
Your ability to succeed hinges on your ability to distinguish yourself!
COVID-19 has disrupted your daily life, but don’t let it stop you from reaching your potential.
Are you…
- Hoping to make an impact, but aren’t sure how to distinguish yourself for the challenges that lay ahead?
- Frustrated by limited opportunities to drive your future forward?
- Worried about the impact of the shutdowns on your college application or career?
Ivy Insight is pleased to offer two advantageous programs featuring opportunities to create an original research project, solve real-world challenges and enhance your professional development.
We have put together two program opportunities:
1. Research Program: A special 2-month program to allow students like you to take advantage of this time to complete a project remotely from one of 95+ top experts at colleges like University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, MIT and Columbia University. For this program, you will invest time and energy diving deep into your passions in order to showcase your uniqueness and be that stand out candidate.
2. Industry Program: The industry program includes 8 weeks of intense growth and development through real-life experiences and interactions held virtually. After evaluating your application and supporting data, we’ll place you in a field that aligns best with your current abilities and interests and your future goals.
How Does the Emerging Leader Program Help With College Admissions and Your Admissions X-Factor?
If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you’ve probably heard me use the term “Holistic Admissions” and you may have a pretty good understanding of what that means, but it really all comes down to this one idea:
Colleges don’t want well-rounded students, they want a well-rounded class!
As a college applicant you have your:
- Metrics (GPA and scores)
- Attributes (personal characteristics)
- Experiences (leadership and service)
Each aspect of you helps to paint a picture of your unique strengths and talents, ultimately persuading admissions officers to admit you.
But this year, you may not have some of those metrics available. Maybe your standardized tests were canceled. Perhaps you didn’t perform your best due to the adjustments you were forced to make during online learning. Or everyone’s grades got inflated and now you’re just one of many “A” students.
Whatever the reason, most applicants will face a challenge when it comes to metrics representation this year.
This means your attributes and experiences will take center stage!
But you can’t be all things to all people and hope that you’ll make a positive impression!
You’ll have to make some difficult, yet critical, choices about where you should apply your focused time and efforts in order to create your College Admissions X-Factor™! This “X-Factor” is what helps you to stand out above other applicants in highly-selective college admissions
Your College Admissions X-Factor™ is a combination of your:
Level 1: eXperience
Level 2: eXpertise
Gain in-depth knowledge of a subject, such that it becomes a signature specialty for college applications
Level 3: eXponential impact
Impact your peers, organizations, and communities in a meaningful and significant way such that many people benefit from your experience and expertise
IT’S YOUR UNIQUE X-FACTOR™ THAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT IN COLLEGE AND IN YOUR CAREER!
It’s important to take into consideration your specific interests, talents, and strengths when deciding where to apply yourself and how to invest your time during this pivotal year.
You may be wondering:
- How to narrow down your interests and zero in on your X-Factor
- How to make important connections to make your project successful
- How to tie it all together and present your project in the best light possible to impress admissions officers
At Ivy Insight, we’ve worked hard to leverage our network of contacts and alliances to form strategic partnerships that will provide you with a bridge between your academic achievements and real-world experience and we’re using our years of admissions expertise to help you accelerate your success – no matter when you apply to college. We can even help you even if you are thinking about transferring, taking a gap year, or if college is a few years away.
Ready to find your X-Factor and create the impact you were born to make?
Dr Legatt coaches two college students at The School of the New York Times.
About Dr. Aviva Legatt
Program Director
Dr. Aviva Legatt, founder of Ivy Insight, is the author of Get Real and Get In (St. Martin’s Press, 2021). She wrote the book to help transform the way that students and families view their college admissions process: from a series of box-checking exercises to a journey that identifies and leverages your child’s unique strengths and abilities to find the perfect college fit.
With over 15 years experience in the higher education field, including as Senior Associate Director of Admissions at The Wharton School and as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Coursera, Dr. Aviva Legatt has been privileged to support thousands of students and their families with honing their College Admissions X-Factor™ and crafting a college application that stands out from the crowd.
How It Works
Submit your application below and if you’re qualified, we’ll contact you to explore your project goals and seek to match you to a network of 95+ professors and various industries for research guidance. Possiblities include:
- University of Pennsylvania professors of anthropology
- Duke University Public Health graduate student
- Medical doctor who specializes in OB/GYN and pediatrics
- Industry fields to consider: finance, technologies, economics, psychology, sciences, ect.
Once the program begins, you will take part in one-on-one sessions.
The program is conducted entirely online, removing location dependency or barriers to bring opportunities to students all over the world.
Our Emerging Leader Program gives you that edge in matching you to an in-depth project that boosts your X-Factor (comprised of eXperience, eXpertise, and eXponential impact). You’ll gain incredible access to one-to-one time. Most importantly, this experience is designed to help you create value in the world while maximizing your success.
Through our programs, you will also have 8 one-on-one meetings, scheduled at your mutual convenience, to cover the following:
- Timeline
- Topic selection
- Guidance to select relevant sources
- Feedback and revisions on your work, if applicable
- Guidance on publication of your work, for research program only
- Next steps for success after the program concludes
Post-Program Evaluation
Upon your successful completion of all program requirements, which include attending program-sponsored meetings and completing written assignments, you will receive a final evaluation. You can use this evaluation as a letter of recommendation for your college and career goals.
The Emerging Leader Program is the catalyst for ultimate college and career success!
As a participant in the Emerging Leader Program, you will have the unique opportunity to work with a prestigious university like MIT, Duke or University of Pennsylvania to create your X-Factor that helps you make an incredible impact on the world while working toward your college and career goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dates
This unique program runs for 8 consecutive weeks and operates on a rolling admissions basis.
Remote Location
Remote-Located Research and Industry Programs
After evaluating your application and supporting data, we’ll place you in either a field that aligns best with your current abilities and interests and your future goals.
For the duration of the program, you will work remotely. To make this experience a success, you need to have access to reliable internet and be able to check and respond to email and text messages regularly.
Eligibility
We accept applications from both high school and college students ages 14- 21.
Tuition & Fees
Both application and session fees are non-refundable investments.
Session fees include: all instructional programs, professional development activities, and program networking events.
Tuition for the Emerging Leader Research Program starts at $5000.
Tuition for the Emerging Leader Industry Program starts at $6000.
Application Requirements
The Emerging Leader Program is an elite opportunity uniquely designed for hard-working, top tier students. Only the best applicants will be accepted into the program. Determinations will be made after careful review of the following materials:
- Personal contact information
- An unofficial transcript
- Resume or activity list
- Essay
- If applying from outside of the United States will also be asked to submit their TOEFL English Competency scores or a letter of recommendation from their English teacher.
Admissions
We employ a rolling admissions policy, placing qualified applicants into available spaces on a first-come, first-served basis.
Selections will be made based on academic achievement, demonstrated interest in the requested field, and an authentic desire to maximize the program experience.
After all required materials have been received, you will be notified of next steps within 7 business days.
Case Studies
Charles Wu
Intended Major: Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
- Charles would like to devise a wearable device that acquires bio-metric data and body motions of swimmers.
- Charles had a lot of ideas, however there was a need for him to focus on the main relevant factors contributing to his design paper.
Matched professor: A mechanical engineering professor from Columbia University who teaches courses in thermal-fluids engineering and aerospace propulsion.
How did our program help him?
- We helped Charles to review and improve his writing for the design paper.
- Additionally, Charles has learnt to improve his patent application paper for his product design.
- Charles has created a design paper, which describes the purpose, function, and dimensional characteristics of the wearable device.
- Charles’s patent application was reviewed and edited.
- The program has provided valuable evaluation which pinpointed Charles’s strengths and weaknesses.
Arial Wong
Intended Major: International Relations / Business
What challenges did she face?
- Arial struggled with word pronunciation and grammatical errors.
- Arial would like to write a higher-level English paper and improve her technical writing skills.
- Arial had ideas on her research topic but lacked the thought process on writing a high level research paper
- Arial was taught to do citations for her paper and that is something she would continue to work on
Matched professor: For the first program, Arial decided to work with a researcher and seminar lecturer from Oxford University. For the second program, she worked with a finance associate professor from Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. The professor is also an Associate Dean with California State University, Dominguez Hills in the College of Business and Public Policy.
How did our program help her?
- The program introduced her to new writers, themes in creative writing, and writing styles during each class.
- This program puts emphasis on literary texts, essays, and poems to strengthen student’s overall English capabilities.
- The professor had the opportunity to discuss Arial’s research topic in depth and stimulated critical thinking in her.
- Arial was guided throughout the entire process, from the flow of writing to providing sources to support her arguments.
Ready to find your College Admissions X-Factor™ and create the exponential impact you were born to make?
Anthony Liu
City of Residence: Philidelphia
Intended Major: Economics
Anthony is a student at one of the top 5 private day schools in the United States. He has a passion for economics and entrepreneurship. Anthony’s budding interest in debate and leadership gives him strong potential for success in business related majors in the future. With a professor from MIT, he was able to achieve his goals and more!
What challenges did he face?
- Though Anthony has a passion for economics and entrepreneurship, he has no experience in starting business plans or analyzing business trends.
- Anthony has a strong foundation in subjects such as statistics and economics, but has yet to use this knowledge towards any practical real-life pursuits.
Matched professor: A Mathematics lecturer in MIT, he has been an investment manager, exploiting advanced statistical analytics to manage a variety of investment programs.
How did our program help him?
- We set Anthony on a 2-months program that allows him to learn to use financial software programs.
- Anthony has gained a deeper understanding into reading financial data, analyzing stock trends, and deciphering what the numbers mean.
- The professor introduced Anthony to statistics concept, statistics programming language and RStudio software.
- The professor further provided a step-by-step instruction manual to ensure Anthony remember beyond the program.
Sarah Mai
City of Residence: San Francisco
Intended Major: Art History
Sarah is at the top of her class with a 4.03 GPA. Her main academic passion is Art History. She has taken art history courses and done independent study in modern and ancient art history. She is the president of her school’s art and design club, and is also a designer/contributor to a student magazine.
What challenges did she face?
- She had to become acquainted with terminology and notions she was not aware of before.
- She was assigned college level research papers as reading and was expected to write her research paper at a college level as well.
Matched professor: A core curriculum instructor from Columbia University in Art Humanities and a Teaching Assistant in Art, History and Archaeology. His primary field of research is Greek and Roman archaeology.
How did our program help her?
- At the end of the program, she was equipped with a research paper that is well suited for college application.
- She will be getting receiving a letter of recommendation from the professor when she is ready for college application.