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Passion Project Program

Empowerly Passion Project Program

Find and develop your passion into a meaningful project and gain a competitive edge in the college admissions process

The Empowerly Passion Project Program helps students discover and build out their passions through a meaningful project while gaining a competitive edge in their college applications.

Our student-centered curriculum approach empowers participants to identify their passions and develop a project or initiative to showcase them, such as an app, podcast, blog, Youtube channel, business, or non-profit.

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Benefits of the Passion Project Program

This program helps students:

Persevere and overcome obstacles while diving deeper into the project and documenting the process or result through various online media platforms.
Cultivate and demonstrate students’ creativity, leadership, initiative, curiosity, and impact through an individual project.
Gain insights into the global challenges faced by diverse communities and develop strategies to address them.
Write about the project in the college admissions essay, highlighting dedication and creativity.

Examples of Passion Projects

Artistic Projects:

Use you creativity through painting, music, or writing

Community Service Projects:

Organize fundraisers, or start a social awareness campaign

Entrepreneurial Projects:

Start a small business or develop a product/service

Technology Projects:

Build websites, apps, or computer programs

Sports or Fitness Projects:

Combine your passion for sports or fitness with creativity by creating training programs, organizing events, or starting a fitness blog

Science Projects:

Conduct experiments, create inventions, or contribute to ongoing research in the field of science

Cultural Projects:

Celebrate and promote your culture or heritage through organizing cultural events

Testimonials

Samuel

Student, Columbia University

"Empowerly helped me get accepted to MIT Launch summer program (<10% acceptance rate), start my own environmental nonprofit, and intern with Dr. June Flora at Stanford University. I worked with Empowerly on over 50 essays and finished all of them by November. I was accepted to Columbia, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, USC, and more. I also have a deeper insight about my career and the impact I want to make in the world."

Jaya

Parent, Harvard University

"Thank you for helping SM over these last 2 years in his formative high school years, finding summer internships, and helping him get accepted to Harvard, UPenn, MIT, Yale, Johns Hopkins University (Hodson scholar), USC (full ride), and many others. With 70+ essays across 15+ college applications, SM wouldn't have finished so many applications with such high quality without Empowerly."

Nancy

Parent, Wash U St. Louis

"When my daughter started with Empowerly in 10th grade, she immediately connected with her counselor Brooke, who helped her build her resume for the pre-med track. We can't say enough good things about Brooke! Additionally, the awesome Empowerly team helped immensely with finding a UCSF research internship and editing essays. If you're a parent unsure which counselor to pick, look no further and contact Empowerly."