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The world’s ONLY fully accredited online research organization for high school students. We offer high schoolers institutional resources to conduct original, undergraduate-level research. Pioneer is widely respected for its selectivity and academic rigor.
Pioneer is the only program that teaches and adheres to the highest possible global standards for creating original research.
We provide faculty oversight to ensure these standards are met consistently.
Pioneer is the only research program with third-party oversight, provided in collaboration with Oberlin College.
This shared responsibility includes independent full-spectrum reviews, which consistently demonstrate that Pioneer is meeting and exceeding undergraduate academic standards.
Pioneer is the only fully-accredited online college research program for high school students — earning college credits with your research.
* The above range of hours spent on research is the average as reported by surveyed Pioneer Scholars. The actual hours may vary.
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“Former Pioneer scholar Kennedy would never have considered her dream to earn a PhD in computer science had she not participated in Pioneer, which she learned about through A Better Chance. Kennedy is now working towards her undergraduate degree at Columbia.”
“When Pioneer actually provides a written evaluation inside of an application, they provide a lot of information so you understand the program, you understand what is behind it, you understand the accreditation that comes from behind it, the rigor, that there is an evaluation rubric.”
Pioneer scholar Alexis, now a student at Caltech, says Pioneer gave her the confidence to ‘teach myself advanced concepts and interact with professors’.
Pioneer scholar Annabelle, loves hands-on problems, whether engineering or fix-it. She is now studying engineering sciences at Emory University.
Pioneer scholar Bailey, says her Pioneer experience has been invaluable for her studies at UC Berkeley.
Pioneer scholar Jada, was very thankful for Pioneer opening doors for her to receive guidance from her professor and learn much about college-level research.
Pioneer scholar Jeremias, now a student at Harvard, is concentrating on neuroscience and government, hoping to understand medical problems and policy solutions.
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