The whole extracurricular ecosystem.
The most advanced AI tool for high school extracurriculars. Find the right opportunities, reach researchers who'll say yes, and track every application. Get the edge with Vectego.
College admissions
changed. Did your
strategy?
Grades open the door.
Activities walk you through.
Top schools receive thousands of applicants with near-perfect GPAs. The students who get in have something else: a real story built through research, internships, and programs that prove who they are.
The opportunities exist.
Most students never find them.
Research positions, selective summer programs, industry internships. They're out there for high schoolers right now. The problem is that finding, applying, and tracking them is a full-time job without the right tools.
One AI-native tool.
Your entire edge.
Vectego finds your best-fit opportunities, connects you with researchers, handles outreach, and keeps your applications on track. One place, built for this exact problem.
Our students got accepted to
MIT
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
UPenn
Brown
Dartmouth
Cornell
Duke
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Vanderbilt
Rice
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Carnegie Mellon
UC Berkeley
UCLAMITHarvardStanfordYalePrincetonColumbiaUPennBrownDartmouthCornellDukeNorthwesternJohns HopkinsVanderbiltRiceNotre DameGeorgetownCarnegie MellonUC BerkeleyUCLAThe outcome of a $3,000 program.
Without the $3,000.
Research mentorship programs charge thousands to connect you with one researcher. Vectego gives you the tools to reach hundreds — and everything else your extracurricular story needs.
| Vectego | Mentorship programs | Doing it alone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Find the right opportunities | 2,100+ curated database | Curated for you | Hours of Googling |
| Connect with real researchers | 90M+ researcher search + AI match | Matched to a mentor | Guess who to email |
| Personalized outreach | AI emails built from their actual papers | Done for you | Generic templates |
| Stay on top of every application | Tracker, deadlines & reminders | Advisor check-ins | Spreadsheets |
| Cost | From $7.99/mo | $2,600–$9,900+ | Free, but slow |
Program pricing based on published 2026 rates for leading high school research mentorship programs.
Every tool you need
to stand out.
Find the right opportunities, reach the right people, and never lose track of where you stand.
Outreach at scale.
AI reads each professor's actual publications, then writes a cold email that sounds like you did too. Send hundreds. Get replies.
Extracurricular command center.
Every extracurricular, application, and deadline on one drag-and-drop board. Nothing slips. Nothing gets forgotten.
The opportunity database.
Internships. Research positions. Programs. Competitions. 2,100+ vetted listings, filtered to the ones actually open to high schoolers.
Smart matchmaking.✦Upgrade
Fill in your profile once. We rank every opportunity against it and surface the ones where you actually have a shot.
Researcher discovery.
Search 90 million researchers at any university. AI Explain reads their publications and tells you exactly why you'd be a fit before you send a word.
Generic emails
get instantly ignored.
Vectego reads each recipient's real papers and projects, then writes emails that prove you actually did your homework. Not a template. Not slop. A conversation starter.
“Your next opportunity is 1 email away.”
Start sending →AI researching each recipient in real time
Your extracurricular
command center.
A tracking system for your whole high school life. Sports, clubs, projects, research, internships. Everything on one simple board.
Track every application and opportunity. Don't let any slip by. Powered by personalized AI reminders ✦Upgrade that know your deadlines before you do.
2,100+ opportunities.
Built for HS students.
The highest quality database of internships, research, summer programs, and competitions, curated specifically for high schoolers. No noise.
Personalized recommendations based on your profile surface the right ones automatically. ✦Upgrade
90 million researchers.
Find your next mentor.
Search 90 million researchers at every institution, matched to your interests. Our AI Explain tool reads their actual publications and tells you exactly how to position yourself to work under them.
Thousands of students
trust Vectego.
College admissions are changing fast, and extracurriculars are the #1 way to stand out. Here is what happened when students actually sent the emails.
“I had no idea what I was doing with cold emails tbh. Sent like 60 over a weekend and kind of forgot about it. Three weeks later I had 4 replies and one turned into an actual research position at Columbia.
“There was an NIH internship on here I never would have found on my own. The match score said 94% and I was like ok sure, but it was genuinely exactly what I'd been looking for.
“I found a Stanford professor whose research was basically my science fair topic. Researcher Discovery pulled up her contact and some of her recent papers. Referenced one in the email and she actually responded the next day.
“My counselor has worked with a ton of kids and she said my activity list was the strongest she'd seen from a junior. I don't think I could've put that together without keeping everything in one place.
“The email had lines from my professor's actual published paper in it. I was kind of surprised. She wrote back saying it was the most thoughtful email she'd gotten from a student. Didn't expect that.
“Junior year I had two research apps, three program deadlines, and a science competition all overlapping. I'm genuinely bad at staying organized but the tracker made it impossible to miss anything.
Your extracurriculars are the story.
Start writing it now.
Every reply, acceptance, and position starts with one email.
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extracurricular story.
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