Self-selective, high achieving first-gen, limited-income, and underrepresented minority high schoolers

Both mentees and mentors can report each other, and a notification to the mentor's university will be sent for further investigation, and for mentees, a notification will be sent to their school guardian or parent. Pupil does not promote mentees, and mentors to meet in person unless a university hosts an on-campus event with the proper guidelines to ensure safety. Students are unable to search specific locations, only mentees can search universities. As Pupil develops, a parent or school guardian account will be created to monitor students' activity. Furthermore, an algorithm will be developed to record conversations, and report, block or highlight inappropriate words, messages, or actions.

When students sign-up with Pupil, they opt in to share the data, interests, and questions the schools want, while creating community, and bonds between students and universities.

Partnered universities feature Pupil on their admissions landing page for prospective students to learn how to get involved, and engage with the university community by making an account on Pupil. Other facets include cross-marketing, network effects, and NGOs/CBOs collaboration.

We recruit vetted mentors from partnered universities’ student, and alumni databases.

When students make an account on Pupil, they are shown how, what, and why to report certain information, or accounts, especially when related to mentors. Similarly, universities collaborate with Pupil to set up training sessions, and materials to prevent, and prepare for different situations for mentors, especially when related to safety.

Universities, especially smaller or selective institutions, understand their limited ability to provide mentors. Although, most universities are satisfied with students being able to match with mentors in general, especially at similar institutions, as it’ll enable the students to better position themselves for the application process.