Polygence

Great mentor and platform!

The mentor was excellent -- friendly, supportive, knowledgeable. The Polygence platform was also very good at keeping track of sessions and managing conversations with the mentor. The post-session feedback form was especially helpful in keeping track of feedback for resume-writing and recommendation letters.

mentor was a great fit

mentor was a great fit! the only strange bit of the experience was the UC Irvine class which was a bit of a black box- not much feedback or guidance on anything.

My son found the experience very…

My son found the experience very rewarding and enjoyable. He found his passion through this paper and he enjoyed doing the research with his mentor

It was a great opportunity to create…

It was a great opportunity to create the independent project. All the guidlines from the mentor were helpful.

Great experience with Polygence

We have had such a positive experience with Polygence. From the initial call with the representative Claire, to the assigned mentor, Ethan, to the Director of Customer Success, Tyler Vitone. As the lead director, Tyler always was available to answer all questions and offer guidance in a timely and professional manner. We really appreciate his prompt responses and investment in supporting students and families. Thank you so much!

Great support team

Great support team. Always helpful and answered questions. Highly recommend

Mentoring plus project suport

Mentoring plus project support

Polygence activities kept my daughter…

Polygence activities kept my daughter on her toes . It gave her a sense of purpose . The experience with team polygence was cordial and informative

Great experience!

Better than expected

Polygence program review

The ability to go hands-on with the field, I liked, while having a real-time mentor that could help me and drive me into the right path, was what made my experience in this program wonderful.

Experience had positive aspects and challenging moments.

This course was a great academic stimulus for my son to learned relevant literature and write a narrative review article. The mentor, while knowledgeable, kept changing the schedules, which led to many cancellations. Polygence sent us additional invoices for the missing sessions. This was very stressful for my son, and asking for more payments was not appropriate. While they corrected their actions, this did not make the experience very pleasant. During the interview session, we were told his mentor would be a faculty member at a major university, while his mentor was a PhD candidate from a second-tier university.

Amazing academic experience!

Participating in Polygence was one of the most formative academic experiences I’ve had. I appreciated the program’s flexibility, which allowed me to pursue a project that combined my interest in neuroscience with my personal connection to anxiety. The one-on-one mentorship was invaluable — my mentor not only guided me through complex neurobiological research but also encouraged me to think critically about the broader social and environmental factors influencing mental health. I found the balance between independence and support especially rewarding. While I had the freedom to shape my own research question and direction, I also had consistent feedback that kept me on track. Through the process, I improved my ability to synthesize academic sources, write in a scholarly style, and present my findings confidently.

My daughter had an excellent experience…

My daughter had an excellent experience and would do it again

My experience with Polygence was great

My experience with Polygence was great. My launchpad sessions and mentor really helped me to brainstorm ideas for my project and gain insight into the valuable expertise the mentors had to mentor. My core project mentor was great in helping me with my project. They made everything very organized and streamline and I never felt overwhelmed. Additionally, my mentor provided great feedback on my writing and assignments to help me maximize my research project quality. Overall, my Polygence experience was fantastic and I would definitely recommend it for anyone interested in completing a project related to their interets.

Mentor Experience

I loved working with my mentor throughout this process, and I never stressed about it. He was very knowledgeable in the field and gave me a lot of useful sources and insights.

Wonderful Program

Excellent follow-up. Pushed my daughter to do her best.

Our daughter turned her curiosity into deep thinking

My daughter is a rising sophomore and did her project under the guidance of her mentor, Sami. She wanted to dig into the societal and cultural shifts that might have contributed to the current trend of villains reimagined with sympathetic back stories in books and movies (like Wicked and Cruella). Her mentor is a professor or film and helped her create a video blog exploring the topic. I’m happy she was able to do something so different from what she typically has to do in school. It was a long project- she finished it up in July after working on it for 6 months. We were really surprised she came up with such a unique and insightful topic and hope she continues digging into to topics like this in the future now that she knows how.

My mentor was very flexible with the…

My mentor was very flexible with the timings of our meetings to make sure that progress is made in every session and that we learn something every time. My mentor also helped me in finding resources online (as there were some platforms that I couldn't access), teaching me how to use the website I wrote my paper on, and the structure of an academic essay.

A Transformative Experience for Ambitious and Curious Minds

Words cannot describe Polygence highly enough. As someone who has always been passionate about learning but unsure how to take that passion beyond the classroom, Polygence gave me the perfect platform to explore my interests in a meaningful and personalized way. What truly sets Polygence apart is the mentorship. My mentor wasn't just knowledgeable she was incredibly supportive, patient, and genuinely invested in helping me grow. By the end of the program, I had not only produced work I was proud of, but also developed confidence in my ability to conduct independent research and articulate my ideas clearly. The flexibility of the program was another major plus. I was able to work on my project on a schedule that fit around my school commitments. Finally, the best thing about this program is that their support team is exceptional. Whenever I have questions or concerns, Jordyn and the Polygence support team would respond in a timely manner, clarifying the questions effectively. If you're a high schooler with intellectual curiosity and the drive to create a passion project uniquely your own, this program is absolutely worth it. Highly recommend!