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For parents

What you are actually paying for.

Ten weeks, ten one-on-one sessions, two writing sessions, one paper. Written down before you start, so you know exactly what is included and what is not.

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One-on-one, never groupActive researchers, not tutorsNo upsells at any point

The ledger

Everything included, and everything we will not promise.

What is included

SessionsTen one-on-one sessions, plus two on academic writing and submission.
Who runs themAn active PhD researcher, the same one for all ten weeks.
FormatYour child and their mentor. No cohort calls disguised as mentorship, no rotating teaching assistants.
OutputOne original research paper, written with structured feedback across multiple drafts.
UniversitiesMentors research at top 100 universities including Columbia, NYU, Melbourne, Monash, Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan State, teaching from work they are doing now.

What we do not promise

PublicationJournals decide that, not us. We include the writing and submission guidance and stop short of promising the outcome.
AdmissionNo one can promise it. What we promise is that your child will know whether this field is for them, and will have the paper to show for it.
Hidden scopeTen weeks, ten sessions, two writing sessions, one paper. You know before you start exactly what is included.

We would rather be the programme you trust than the one that promised the most.

The ten weeks

From a vague interest to a finished paper.

01

Weeks 1 to 2

Find the question

They read into the field with their mentor and narrow a broad interest into something answerable.

02

Weeks 3 to 4

Design the approach

Methods, data and scope. What would count as an answer, and what would count as being wrong.

03

Weeks 5 to 7

Do the work

The research itself. Analysis, iteration, dead ends, and the parts nobody warns you about.

04

Weeks 8 to 9

Write it up

Drafting the paper with structured feedback from the mentor, across multiple revisions.

05

Week 10

Share it

Final revisions and guidance on where the work could be submitted or presented.

Practical questions

The things parents ask on the first call.

How much time each week?

Roughly three to five hours including the session. Students in exam months can adjust pace with their mentor.

What if they do not know what to research?

That is the normal starting point. The first two weeks exist to turn a vague interest into a real question.

Do they need to code?

For most projects, no. Where a project needs a technical skill we say so upfront, and mentors teach what is needed.

What if the fit is wrong?

Tell us early. We rematch the mentor where the fit is wrong, at no extra cost.

More detail on the FAQ, split into questions from parents and from students.

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Tell us about your child.

We will come back with whether Buildemics is a fit, which mentors match their interests, and what the next cohort looks like. No obligation.

Prefer to write to us? info@buildemics.com