I work with a small number of students each year where there is strong mutual fit: intellectual ambition, long-term thinking, and readiness to build rather than follow.
In parallel, we are building an online school for gifted learners whose pace and ambition exceed traditional systems.
By outliers, I mean students who do not want to merely succeed within existing systems, but are motivated to understand, extend, or build new ones.
These students are often high-achieving, but more importantly, they are intellectually restless.
Fit assessment + pacing + ceiling-proof baseline + asynchrony map.
Compacting + acceleration + deliberate practice + project system.
Evidence trail + iteration + long-term trajectory + constant adaptation.
Building systems that guarantee long-term excellence.
Our approach is grounded in research from gifted education, cognitive science, and talent development. A detailed methodology paper is available for families and partners following the initial consultation.
A talent-development system built on evidence from decades of research on high-potential learners, adaptive acceleration, enrichment pedagogy, and long-term performance trajectories. Designed for students whose current pacing, depth of challenge, and trajectories exceed what standard systems are optimized for.
Acceleration + compacting, not confined to standardized systems
Above-level probes to continuously challenge and stimulate accelerated learners
Developing and refining critical thinking and problem solving skills
Feedback + refinement to continuously improve and adapt to changing needs and environments
Personal projects that combine passions, strengths, and long-term goals
Autonomy + competence + relatedness to ensure sustained motivation and engagement
Execution skills + wellbeing throughout nonlinear development of capabilities
Gifted and neurodivergent students require specialized support
Students develop personal projects that combine their passions, strengths, and long-term goals.
Skills that are essential for long-term success and excellence.
Pomodoro, Covey's Matrix, Open/Closed To-Do Lists, SMART Goals
Logical fallacies, cognitive biases, source evaluation, healthy skepticism
Assertive communication, active listening, non-verbal cues, body language
Life mapping, narrative building, strengths identification
Academic writing, citation, literature review
MVP phases, timeline creation, team coordination, delegation
Using AI tools to enhance learning and productivity
A systematic, personalized approach to identifying strengths, building skills, setting and achieving goals.
Veronica Schrenk
Because students are building toward futures that don't yet have stable job titles, staying current isn't optional, it's part of my responsibility.
In parallel with 1:1 consulting, I've designed and led cohort-based programs to test how quickly students can acquire and apply emerging technologies.
I help students and families understand and thrive in the shifting landscapes of exponential technological development.
Individualized for each student and family.
Long-term mentorship, strengths discovery, project and trajectory design, applications strategy. Includes unlimited family consultation sessions in addition to unlimited 1:1 sessions at a mutually agreed-upon pace.
Foundation Curriculum modules, strengths assessment, trajectory planning
Multiple leadership projects and initiatives guidance from ideation to execution
University and/or camp identification, activity list refinement, essay guidance, interview preparation
Multi-year relationship, middle to high school to university transitions, continued development and constant adaptation to changing needs and environments
For students with technical, creative, or social impact interests. Used for academics, personal projects, and leadership initiatives. There is no excuse to be non-technical in a rapidly accelerating world.
Real trajectories from my mentorship practice, anonymized to protect privacy. Scroll to explore.
Because this work is deeply personal and long-term, I work with a limited number of students at any given time. The initial process exists to ensure that expectations, ambition, and working style are aligned on both sides. Engagements are annual, founder-led, and priced accordingly. Annual partnerships begin in the mid five figures. Engagement scope and pricing are determined after an initial consultation and fit assessment.
Engagement with Outliers is by fit and invitation. Depth, not scale, is the priority.
Request an initial consultation below with a short written assessment. Some families are referred directly and may have a referral phrase. If you have one, you may include it below. This session allows us to mutually interview each other and assess fit.
If we think we are a good fit for each other, we will agree upon a paid diagnostic engagement to assess readiness, alignment, and trajectory before considering a full annual partnership. This includes 2-4 1:1 sessions, 1-2 family strategy sessions, execution of a mini-project, and a written fit and trajectory assessment report.
This work compounds over years, not weeks. We begin only where there is mutual conviction.
When you request a date & time, I ask for a short written reflection (10–15 minutes) to ensure alignment before confirming. Some families are referred directly and may have a referral phrase. If you have one, you may include it in the booking request.
While Outliers currently operates as a founder-led consultancy working with a small number of families, the long-term vision extends further.
We are building an online school for gifted and high-ability learners around the world, designed for students whose curiosity, pace, and ambition are constrained by slow or misaligned systems.
The school is being developed carefully and deliberately, informed by years of 1:1 mentorship, cohort-based instruction, and research in gifted education.