Work, notbusywork

The vaulted nave of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, lit from its lamps

Most programs ask students to invent something. Allay gives them something real to contribute to.

An active, funded project at an organization whose name carries weight, with a named lead, real deadlines, and an advisor from the first call to the final deliverable.

5
tracks, from biotech to law and policy
16
mentor hubs, Boston to Melbourne
6
continents, working while you sleep

Mentors and placements across

Harvard UniversityYale UniversityPrinceton UniversityColumbia UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaBrown UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeGoldman SachsCitadelYale HelixHarvard Undergraduate Consulting GroupYale Undergraduate Consulting GroupYale Healthcare and Consulting ClubStanford MedicineHarvard Medical SchoolYale School of MedicineJohns Hopkins Medicine

Biotech &healthcare

For students drawn to medicine, life science, and the business of both. Placements sit where research meets commercialization, not in a classroom simulation of it.

  • Yale Helix
  • Harvard Griffin Biotech Club
  • Harvard/MIT Incubator
  • Mentors across the leading medical schools
The marble colonnade of Harvard Medical School
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AI &software

For builders. Fellows join funded startups and university-born software teams as working contributors, not observers.

  • Yale Hacker House
  • Harvard C-House
  • Kesho AI
  • Pathlight
  • Tillr Robotics
  • Vault Kinetics
The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco at dusk
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Finance &quant

For the mathematically inclined. Three routes in, matched to your background and how far along you are: mentorship at a leading firm, a quant startup placement, or university research.

  • Goldman Sachs
  • Citadel
  • D. E. Shaw & Co.
  • Jane Street
The Manhattan skyline at night
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Consulting &strategy

For students who want to learn how businesses actually make decisions. Mentorship from MBB consultants, and project placements with the most selective undergraduate consulting groups in the country.

  • Harvard Undergraduate Consulting Group
  • Yale Undergraduate Consulting Group
  • Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Club
  • McKinsey, Bain and BCG mentors
The glass book tower inside the Beinecke Library, lit through its marble walls
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Law, policy &social impact

For students who want to work on questions that end up in courtrooms, legislatures, and international bodies.

  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • United Nations mentorship & Model UN
  • Harvard, Yale & Stanford Law mentors
The horseshoe table of the United Nations Security Council chamber
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Ten minutesto apply

Tell us who you are, what interests you, and what you can already do. Your consultation decides the track; the work decides the rest.

  1. 01ApplyTell us who you are, what interests you, and what you can already do. About ten minutes.
  2. 02ConsultationA call about your goals beyond the application, and what a strong placement looks like for you.
  3. 03MatchingSpecific projects and organizations that fit, each with a written scope.
  4. 04PlacementYou join the team with defined expectations and real deliverables, with Allay mentors behind you.

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