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NOTE THAT SOME APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE CLOSED AND WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE PROGRAM WEBSITE
Location: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Open to: All High School Students
Application deadline: January 29, 2026
Program date(s): Various dates from June 15, 2026 to August 8, 2026
Cost: $1,800
Location: Online
Open to: High School Students
Application deadline: January 29, 2026
Program date(s): Various dates from June 23 to August 15, 2026
Cost: $1,800
Location: Various Locations
Open to: All Rising High School Students
Application deadline: Various deadlines
Program date(s): Various weeklong dates
Cost: $1,199+
Location: UPenn (Philadelphia, PA)
Open to: High School Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Application deadline: February 28, 2026
Program date(s): Various dates depending on program
Cost: $90 application fee + $9,250
Location: UPenn (Philadelphia, PA)
Open to: High School Rising Seniors
Application deadline: March 25, 2026
Program date(s): July 5-25, 2026
Cost: $100 application fee + $9,000
Location: Bentley University (Boston, MA)
Open to: High School Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Application deadline: March 22, 2026
Program date(s): June 24-July 11,2026
Cost: $4,500
Location: Online
Open to: All High School Students
Application deadline: February 20, 2026
Program date(s): May 18-June 28, 2026 or June 29-August 20, 2026
Cost: $25 application fee + $1,290
Location: Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Open to: High School Rising Seniors
Application deadline: February 1, 2026
Program date(s): June 20-July 18, 2026
Cost: $0
Location: NYU Tandon School of Engineering (Brooklyn, NY)
Open to: High School Sophomores and Juniors (NYC and Nassau County residents only)
Application deadline: May 15, 2025
Program date(s): July 14-August 8, 2025
Cost: $0
Location: Online
Open to: All High School Students
Application deadline: TBD
Program date(s): June 23-July 25, 2025
Cost: $3,995
Location: TBD
Open to: All High School Students (Women Only)
Application deadline: TBD
Program date(s): TBD
Cost: $0
Location: Online
Open to: All High School Students (Women Only)
Application deadline: TBD
Program date(s): TBD
Cost: $0
Location: Online
Open to: High School Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Application deadline: TBD
Program date(s): TBD
Cost: $0
NOTE THAT SOME APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE CLOSED AND WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE PROGRAM WEBSITE
Location: Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Open to: High School Juniors (MA residents only)
Application deadline: March 2, 2026
Program date(s): June 22-July 30, 2026
Cost: $0 (Commuters only)
Location: Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
Open to: High School Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Application deadline: Rolling basis until capacity
Program date(s): June 21-26, 2026
Cost: $1,000 (commuter) $1,500 (residential)
Location: Online
Open to: All High School Students (Priority to upperclassmen)
Application deadline: December 12, 2025
Program date(s): January 20-April 27, 2026
Cost: $50 application fee + $4,120
Location: UPenn (Philadelphia, PA)
Open to: High School Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors
Application deadline: February 28, 2026
Program date(s): Various dates depending on the program
Cost: $90 application fee + $9000
Location: Columbia University (New York, NY)
Open to: All High School Students
Application deadline: March 2, 2026
Program date(s): July 6-24, 2026 or July 27-August 14, 2026
Cost: $5,880 (commuter) $10,705 (residential)
Location: MIT (Cambridge, MA)
Open to: High School Juniors (minorities strongly encouraged)
Application deadline: February 1, 2026
Program date(s): Various dates
Cost: $0
Location: MIT (Cambridge, MA)
Open to: High School Juniors (Women only)
Application deadline: December 15, 2025
Program date(s): June 27-July 25, 2026
Cost: $0
Location: MIT (Cambridge, MA)
Open to: High School Juniors
Application deadline: March 11, 2026
Program date(s): July 12-25, 2026
Cost: $0
Location: Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
Open to: High School Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Application deadline: April 7, 2025
Program date(s): July 7-31, 2025
Cost: $0 ($1,500 stipend)
Location: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Open to: High School Rising Seniors
Application deadline: April 25, 2025
Program date(s): July 7-August 1, 2025
Cost: $0
Location: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
Open to: High School Sophomores and Juniors
Application deadline: February 17, 2025
Program date(s): July 12-August 1, 2025
Cost: $0
Location: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Open to: Rising High School Sophomores and Juniors
Application deadline: March 2, 2025
Program date(s): July 6-12, 2025
Cost: $700
Location: Boston University (Boston, MA)
Open to: High School Juniors
Application deadline: TBD
Program date(s): TBD
Cost: $60 application fee + $5,700 (tuition) + $3,200 (room and board)
Location: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Open to: Rising High School Seniors (LA, Lynwood, Compton districts)
Application deadline: March 31, 2025
Program date(s): June 16-July 25, 2025
Cost: $0
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