Know Who You’ll Learn From Before You Apply
Explore our faculty members’ academic backgrounds and research interests before deciding whether WRP is right for you.
Longer research programs can extend into the school term.
WRP concentrates the research process into 10 class days, with the goal of completing your final paper by December 30.
| Feature | Typical Online Research Programs | CRI WRP |
|---|---|---|
| Timeline | 12–16 weeks Research may continue into the school term | Complete your paper during winter break December 19–30 |
| Faculty information | Shared after admission or matching | Available before you apply Review faculty names, affiliations, and research fields on our website |
| Research support | Weekly mentoring sessions | 10 hours of faculty instruction + 31 hours of TA support Daily support as you write and refine your work |
| Advising language | English-language advising | Korean- and English-language advising |
| Research topic | Choose from set topics within a field | Develop your own research question with faculty guidance |
| Journal submission support | Available during the program | Support continues after the program ends No additional fees during the submission process |
This comparison summarizes common approaches used by online research mentorship programs for high school students, based on publicly available information reviewed in September 2026. Details may vary by provider, season, and program track. Please consult each provider’s website for the latest information.
For students who want to take their interests further through focused research.
You’re interested in more than finding the right answer. You want to explore what is worth investigating—and why it matters.
You want to turn your interests into a research question and develop a plan for investigating it, rather than simply follow a preset project.
You want to stay with a topic, work through challenges, and improve your ideas through drafting, feedback, and revision.
Prior experience is not the only thing we look for. Curiosity, follow-through, and a willingness to learn from feedback matter, too.
Start with something you want to understand.
Then work through each stage of the research process with guidance along the way.
Discuss your interests with your professor and narrow them into a focused research question with a manageable scope.
Identify the sources, data, and methods you’ll use to investigate your question.
Write your draft and use feedback from your professor and teaching assistants to strengthen your reasoning and evidence.
Bring your revisions together in a final academic paper. Journal submission support continues after the program ends.
- Students share how they learned to approach research and gained a clearer sense of what they want to study.
- Faculty explain how they help students develop their own questions and guide them through the research process.
Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, the University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, UNC–Chapel Hill, NYU, Boston College, and more.
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We look at your readiness to take on a research project and whether our approach is a good fit for you.
Provide your basic information and respond to short-answer questions about your research interests and how you approach ideas.
We review your interests, motivation, and readiness for the program, with particular attention to how well our research approach matches your goals.
The interview explores how you think through questions, your readiness to participate, your availability, and how you communicate your ideas—not just how much research experience you already have.
We consider your application and interview together. You’ll receive your decision and next steps individually.
Find Out Whether WRP Is Right for You Before You Apply
Tell us about your academic interests and research experience.
We’ll walk you through the available fields, program format, schedule, and tuition so you can decide whether WRP is a good fit.
02-6203-8999
support@cri.kr
53, Nonhyeon-ro 153-gil Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
