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Inner Circle gives parents and students direct, year-round access to an IEC who co-chairs the IECA STEM & Arts Committee — so you stop guessing about extracurriculars, AI programs, and college prep, and start making decisions that actually matter.
$1,500/year · 1 Student + 1 Parent · 30-day money-back guarantee
Grades 7–10 · All interests welcome · Sessions recorded
Designed for families who want direction—before decisions become high-stakes.
In choosing extracurriculars or projects to showcase your interest for college programs/majors of your choice.
We work with students across academic and career interests, including:
Inner Circle helps students connect interests to meaningful action — not force-fit a narrative.
Know what to prioritize—and what to ignore.
Projects aligned with interests, strengths, and long-term goals.
Productive parent–student conversations about priorities.
Navigate AI across fields and careers with clarity.
Avoid last-minute changes during application years.
You're using AI search and ChatGPT to research AI programs, summer camps, and extracurriculars — and still finding conflicting advice from Reddit, blogs, and parent forums.
Your teen is smart and motivated, but you're not sure how to turn that into a college application that stands out.
You want structured, year-round guidance from a credentialed expert — not just one-off advice from friends or online forums.
Inner Circle is for families in Grades 7–10 who want real guidance early — before the stakes get higher and the decisions get harder.
Founder, STEAM in AI | AI Education Strategist
Most families get advice through one lens at a time — a counselor who knows admissions but not AI, a tech professional who knows AI but not colleges, a competition coach who knows judging but not the bigger story. Shilpi brings all four lenses together in one person. She knows what college admissions want as an IEC who co-chairs the IECA STEM & Arts Committee. She has a pulse on the AI industry as a former Stanford AI Adjunct Faculty member who taught Silicon Valley professionals. She has presented and judged at the highest levels as a NeurIPS presenter and Regeneron ISEF Grand Judge. And she mentors founders at top entrepreneurship programs like MIT $100K.
Why does that matter? Because the best decisions for your teen sit where those worlds meet — a project that's rigorous enough for judges, relevant to where AI is really heading, built like a real venture, and told as a story admissions officers remember. If you could get advice from someone with all four of these lenses for your kid, you would. Inner Circle is how you do.
Across 15+ years in AI and education, she has guided thousands of families. She has guided thousands of student projects across her career and served as a Regeneron ISEF Grand Judge.
Curated Labs Focused on Thinking, Direction, and Evaluation.
Choose projects and pathways that build long-term momentum
Sessions use real-world student scenarios to explore how colleges and future pathways evaluate focus, growth, and intent.
→ Students leave with clearer priorities and next steps.
Understand how profiles are evaluated and interpreted
Insights from former admissions officers or experienced IECs.
→ Families gain clarity on how applications are truly assessed.
Learn what differentiates strong projects before investing time
Case-based discussions using real, publicly available examples from major competitions (including ISEF and similar programs).
(Personal ideas may be discussed privately in 1:1 sessions.)
Gain clarity on real-world skills and AI-influenced careers
Conversations with real industry professionals, including founders and operators from Silicon Valley startups, and professionals across technology, business, healthcare, data, and emerging fields.
Stanford
SCU Bronco Accelerator
ISEF
Neural Information Processing Systems
MIT RSI
University of California
YC Startup Founders
a16z AI Startup Founders
Free parent communities give you opinions. Some are helpful. Most are noise. You scroll through threads of parents sharing what worked for their kid, in their situation, with no way to know if any of it applies to yours.
Inner Circle is different. You get direct, structured guidance from someone who has:
| Free Facebook Groups | Inner Circle | |
|---|---|---|
| Who answers your questions | Other parents (opinions) | An IEC who co-chairs IECA's STEM & Arts Committee |
| Advice quality | Crowdsourced, unverified | From someone who guided thousands of student projects and served as a Regeneron ISEF Grand Judge |
| Personalized to your student | Generic threads | Live Q&A — bring your student's real situation |
| AI + college prep expertise | Rare | It's the core of what we do |
| Structure | Scroll when you remember | Monthly strategy discussions across 4 buckets + live labs + a 1:1 session, all year |
| Cost | Free (you get what you pay for) | $1,500/year for both parent AND student — structured, year-round guidance |
Inner Circle membership combines three essential parts: strategic monthly discussions that give you direct answers on the topics that matter most, live labs with industry guests that expose your family to real AI work and careers, and a 1:1 strategy session with Shilpi that turns it all into a personalized roadmap for your student.
Every month, families join a private group discussion focused on one of four strategy areas: AI Competitions & Research, Storytelling & Positioning, College Prep Strategy, and AI Programs & Extracurriculars. This isn't a webinar you sit through — it's an open conversation where you ask questions, get direct answers, and hear what other serious families are navigating.
Get invited to every STEAM in AI live lab — hands-on sessions where students and families see real AI tools, project approaches, and competition strategies in action. Every lab is recorded and available on demand.
A dedicated one-on-one session with Shilpi, who co-chairs the IECA STEM & Arts Committee, served as a Regeneron ISEF Grand Judge, and taught AI at Stanford. Bring your student's specific situation and get a personalized strategy — your family's roadmap session.
Priority registration and early access to STEAM in AI's Intensive ($5,500) and LaunchPad ($399) before spots open to the public.
You'll know what's signal and what's noise — straight from someone who's guided thousands of student projects across her career and knows what actually moves the needle.
Inner Circle is a private group of parents and students who invested because they're serious about direction. Ask openly. Get real answers.
Every membership covers 1 parent + 1 student. Both attend, both ask questions, both learn.
Can't make a live discussion or lab? Every recording is available.
| Before Inner Circle | After Inner Circle |
|---|---|
| Using AI search and ChatGPT to find 'best AI programs for teens' — and still landing on Reddit threads, outdated listicles, and crowdsourced advice with no way to verify what applies to YOUR student. | Knowing exactly which programs are worth your student's time — and which are resume filler |
| Asking ChatGPT which extracurriculars matter for college, then finding conflicting blog and forum recommendations that don't account for your student's interests, strengths, or goals. | Understanding the difference between "busy" and "directed" — and building a story that admissions officers notice |
| Using smart search to explore AI beyond coding, but still getting generic Reddit and blog advice with no personalized direction for your student's intended major. | Knowing that AI applies to every major — pre-med, business, humanities, arts — and how to position your student for it |
| Comparing AI-generated plans with parent-forum success stories and still feeling behind — without knowing which advice is credible or right for your family. | Having a plan, asking informed questions, and making decisions with confidence |
| Relying on AI search for program deadlines, only to find outdated blog lists and crowdsourced recommendations — and still scrambling to decide which opportunities fit your student. | Already registered — with early access to Intensive and LaunchPad before spots open publicly |
Inner Circle Membership
$1,500/year
$1,500/year for both parent AND student — structured, year-round guidance
Inner Circle members who apply for the STEAM in AI Intensive ($5,500) have a head start. They understand the landscape. They've been getting strategy guidance all year. Inner Circle is where clarity begins. The Intensive is where it becomes a project, a portfolio, and a college story — with 1:1 mentoring from industry professionals at Google, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Roblox.
$1,500/year · 1 Student + 1 Parent · 30-day money-back guarantee
Questions? Reach out to Shilpi at shilpi@steaminai.org