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Why join the Porte Impact Accelerator?
How our 1-on-1 mentorship program provides everything your child needs to build a stand out Impact Project.
Porte Global
October 07, 2024
Welcome to the Impact Journal.
We’re Porte. We provide 1-on-1 mentorship to help students launch projects meaningful for themselves and their college portfolio.
Since inception, we’ve coached countless families to guide their children towards success in college applications and beyond.
The Problem
The standards for leadership have changed.
Today, colleges seek applicants with real passion, not just a list of titles and accomplishments (according to Harvard’s Turning the Tide Report 2022.)
True leaders aren’t those who:
❌ Chase prestigious titles
❌ Lead every club on campus
❌ Stay neutral on important local or global issues
The best applicants are those who care deeply about their communities and demonstrate a unified narrative across all their initiatives.
But where does your child’s narrative start from?
What is the best way for my child to demonstrate their leadership in an impactful way?
All students of our program (who’ve gone onto places like Harvard, Cornell, Brown, Duke, Oxford, UChicago, UC Berkeley & more) share a similar thread to success:
They developed Impact Projects — ambitious social initiatives rooted in students’ passions & communities.
Ray founded Thrive Refuge - a non-profit providing refugees with access to musical education. Through their initiatives, Ray’s team established a bursary with the Immigration Services Society of Canada to help Sasha Luchkov - a Ukrainian teen pianist - escape Ukraine & pursue music in Vancouver.
Impact Projects aren’t your usual school leadership positions or summer programs. Impact Projects create broad, long-term impact on the communities and demonstrate your child’s understanding of complex global issues. They require hours of consideration & work.
Impact Projects immediately make your child stand out, transforming them into a leader desired by not only top colleges, but institutions far beyond.
Jasmine R. (Cornell ‘26). She launched GoGivers which has grown into one of Vancouver’s largest youth non-profits addressing food insecurity. GoGivers engages 800+ members, has distributed 30K+ care packages, and has raised over $18K for the houseless community.
Hana R. (London School of Economics, ‘28). She launched Flowbox - a non-profit advocating for proper menstrual health for northern indigenous communities. Through her mentorship, we helped Hana organize several fundraisers and install an interactive vending machine at her school which dispels sustainable menstrual health products.
How can my child become a stand out leader like Ray, Jasmine, or Hana?
We’re here to help.
Porte Impact Accelerator: Personalized 1-on-1 Project Mentorship🚀
Every student has immense potential - and we provide them with a personalized roadmap to success.
The Impact Accelerator is a virtual program where your child receives 1-on-1 mentorship with a mentor from a Top 20 college with project experience. Your mentor meets with your child weekly to help them launch their Impact Project.
Here’s what you can expect.
Tuition for our (Month 1-3) Core Course is payment $2500 + Tax.
Upon completion of the Core Course, students are fully equipped to launch their project ideas. However, students have the option to continue working with their mentor to accelerate their growth and scale their project through continued Project Mentorship.
Why Apply for the Impact Accelerator?
#1: Personalized, 1-on-1 Mentorship
We provide personalized, 1-on-1 mentorship to ensure your child’s success. In the Impact Accelerator, we carefully match your child to a mentor who shares similar professional interests & background. This mentor is solely focused on your child’s growth and their personal/project development - they are there every step of the way.
Mentors meet weekly with their mentee to provide 60+ hours of personalized guidance. Mentees also receive unlimited messaging support where their mentor will answer questions about project development throughout the program.
#2: Our Mentors Are From Top 20 Universities With Project Experience
Each of our mentors stand out amongst the best students with their incredible project experiences and unique narrative.
Whether it’s Sandy (UC Berkeley) who founded a viral autism awareness campaign in Vietnam, Armita (Dartmouth) who received the Reynolds Journalistic Expedition Grant to conduct a writing project exploring the London Iranian Diaspora, or Jason (University of Toronto) who is one of North America’s Top 30 Under 30 Environmental Educators, our mentors have been through the process and know the best practices to create successful projects.
#3: We Provide On-Demand Support Every Step of the Way
3 Issues With Other Programs vs. The Impact Accelerator
Other Programs | The Impact Accelerator |
|---|---|
Guide your child towards generalized project templates | Personalizes their project to fit their unique narrative. |
Have limited face time with mentors | Our mentors are on-demand and will hold your child accountable. |
Mentors lack experience and take a back seat | Mentors are project experts who help drive the project at every stage. |
Don’t know how to pitch your organization idea to school administration? Your mentor can coach you best pitch practices. Not getting replies to your outreach emails? Your mentor can immediately suggest changes and direct you towards more relevant connections.
Our mentors are available to guide you through every stage.We aren’t afraid to get involved in the nitty gritty - because every step towards building an organization requires thoughtful execution.
#4: Curriculum designed with Dr. Sousan Abadian (Harvard Fellow)
Creating Impact Projects can take years to figure out on your own — but we’ve distilled the best practices into a singular, time-efficient curriculum. This includes 30+ hours of effective material containing proven frameworks, templates, worksheets, and previous student cases that your child will use to build their standout project.
Personal development & project development go hand-in-hand which is why we’ve worked in partnership with Dr. Sousan Abadian - Fellow at Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership - to design ARIA, a breakthrough leadership curriculum.
Throughout the program, your child will learn how to identify their limiting beliefs and develop essential strategies used by the top leaders of the world.
Dr. Abadian’s Background
Dr. Sousan Abadian (Harvard Ph.D.) was a Franklin Fellow at the U.S State Department, MIT’s Dalai Lama Center for Ethics & Transformative Values, as well as Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership.
Dr. Abadian’s ARIA curriculum has helped world leaders and entrepreneurs breakthrough their limiting beliefs and achieve their greatest goals. Our leadership curriculum was created specifically to help youth create unimaginable impact and increase their ability to succeed in and beyond school.
#5: A stand-out profile in one program.
The Impact Accelerator is an all-inclusive program that provides everything your child needs to build a standout Impact Project amongst a sea of students engaged in every school organization.
These form one-of-a-kind stories which draw the attention of peers, community, and admissions officers. Our mentors are invested into your child’s growth and we’ve found that this approach is what makes a students truly flourish.
Want to speak with our team?
Want to learn more about the program, how we can help or speak with a member of our team? Fill out the form below.
Our team will organize a call where we will:
Learn about your post-secondary goals & school list
Assess the strength of your child’s portfolio in relation to their major
Answer your questions about the Porte Impact Accelerator & additional resources.