00 / Program
More than a program.
A launchpad.
Atlas Scholars walks with each Scholar across a six-year arc of four compounding investments: three paid summers of high-intensity professional experience, year-round mentorship and leadership development, college prep and scholarships all the way through graduation, and an alumni community that pays it forward. At every step, Scholars build the skills, network, and perspective to thrive in college and careers.No matter your career interest (business, healthcare, tech, law, education, or anything else), Atlas Scholars equips you with the tools and mindset to create your own success.
The arc
Four components. One goal: your improvement.
Atlas Scholars invests in each Scholar in four ways that compound across the full program arc and beyond.
Summer Institute
Experience & exposure
Three summers of high-intensity paid professional experience.
3 summers
Scholars served in 2026 Summer Institute
150+ Scholars served since 2013
Professional Development
Mentorship & leadership
Year-round mentorship, guidance, and check-ins.
2 school years
Scholar, mentored year-round
College & Career Access
College prep & scholarships
College prep junior and senior year, and support (including scholarships) through college.
4 years of college
scholarships awarded to date
Alumni Reinvestment
Paying it forward
After graduation, alumni give time and money — supporting programming and community.
Unlimited
alumni out there, paying it forward
Experience & exposure
Summer Institute
Three four-week summers.
For three summers of high school, Scholars step into a high-pressure, professional environment that challenges them to think critically, solve problems, and lead. Through project-based learning, site visits, and direct access to industry leaders, Scholars build the skills and perspective to thrive in college and careers.
Experiential learning
Scholars tackle real world problems, often in teams — covering topics like current events, business, energy, and geopolitics. These experiences build the critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills needed to succeed. An interest in business isn't required; Scholars go on to study everything from engineering to medicine, computer science, humanities, and law. We prepare you for success in any career.
Career exposure
Site visits to trading floors, boardrooms, startups, power plants, government offices, and universities, plus a guest speaker series with industry leaders. We make sure you belong in every room.
A network that compounds
Scholars build their network from the very first summer — peers, alumni, mentors, and industry leaders — and it compounds every year after. We help you create your community.
Paid, not pay-to-play
Scholars earn a stipend each summer. We remove financial barriers instead of creating them.
Mentorship & leadership
Professional Development
Support that doesn't pause.
Professional development begins in the Summer Institute and is fostered throughout the year. Through one-on-one mentorship and progressive leadership opportunities, Scholars gain the confidence and skills to succeed in college and step into competitive careers — and, with well over 50% of jobs found through networking, graduate with a growing community of peers, alumni, and professionals who open doors.
Mentorship
Every Scholar has a mentor, and the relationship evolves as they grow: near-peer college students who understand the transition early on, partners who guide the college process, and professionals who advise on internships and careers. Beyond the one-on-one match, alumni, peers, and partners mean a Scholar is never alone — a community that helps them succeed in the program and land what comes after. You'll always have someone to call.
Leadership development
In a classroom, leadership can be abstract; at Atlas Scholars it's practiced. Scholars set goals, present to peers, and work in teams from the first summer, then take on more — leading projects, managing teams, and mentoring younger Scholars — building the communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and initiative employers say young professionals lack. You'll learn to lead by leading.
College prep & scholarships
College & Career Access
From acceptance to diploma.
Atlas Scholars doesn't stop at acceptance — we stay with Scholars through college and into their first careers, turning ambition into achievement. Atlas Scholars holds a 100% college acceptance rate and a 100% college graduation rate, and the College Alumni Success Program (CASP) makes sure every Scholar finishes ready to launch.
College preparation
Preparation starts in a Scholar's first summer: college visits, individualized SAT/ACT tutoring with regular progress checks, and — as they advance — essay support, school selection, and finding the right academic and financial fit. By junior fall, every Scholar has a complete application strategy and a network that knows what it takes. You'll prepare, and apply, with a plan.
Scholarships
Atlas Scholars awards performance-based scholarships that remove barriers and reward growth — more than $850,000 awarded to date, supporting Scholars on the path to and through college. We won't let cost decide your future.
Alumni success
Through the College Alumni Success Program, Scholars stay connected with virtual and in-person sessions, networking, and flexible support funds for unexpected needs — a plane ticket home, interview attire — keeping every Scholar on track to finish college ready to launch a career. We don't stop at the diploma.
Paying it forward
Alumni Reinvestment
A loop, not a finish line.
Atlas Scholars alumni don't just move on — they come back. Now working across energy, finance, technology, healthcare, and beyond, alumni reinvest in the program that carried them: as mentors, speakers, hosts, and donors. Every Scholar who takes the baton is expected to pass it on.
Mentors, speakers & hosts
Alumni come back as one-on-one mentors, guest speakers, and site-visit hosts — the same relationships and rooms that carried them, now theirs to offer. You'll give what you were given.
Internship pipelines
Alumni build internship pipelines and open doors at their own companies for the Scholars behind them — turning their networks into the next Scholar's first opportunity. You'll open doors you once walked through.
Community & giving
Alumni create community for Scholars — a network that follows them to any campus or city — and they give back financially too: more than $175K donated to date by alumni. You'll keep the loop going.
05 / Where our Scholars go
More Scholar stories →100% of Atlas Scholars are accepted into college — and they go on to top universities such as
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Atlas Scholars prepares you for success in any career.
