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Wharton Global Youth Online: Moneyball: Training Camp
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dates:
2 sessions between Jun 21–Jul 23, 2027 (1 week options)
Length:
1 week
Cost:
$2,299
Location:
Online
Grades:
Students currently in grades 9–12
Format:
Online
Deadline:
Priority Jan 27, 2027
A one-week online course in sports statistics and basic R coding, ending with each student's own sports analysis project.
Wharton Global Youth Online: Financial Decision Making
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dates:
2 sessions between Jun 14–Jul 16, 2027 (2 weeks options)
Length:
2 weeks
Cost:
$4,099
Location:
Online
Grades:
Students currently in grades 9–12
Format:
Online
Deadline:
Priority Jan 27, 2027
Students study personal finance, markets, banking and the economy, wealth building and financial ethics, working with real datasets, Excel and a group project.
Wharton Global Youth Online: Future of the Business World
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dates:
2 sessions between Jun 14–Jul 16, 2027 (2 weeks options)
Length:
2 weeks
Cost:
$4,099
Location:
Online
Grades:
Students currently in grades 9–12
Format:
Online
Deadline:
Priority Jan 27, 2027
Students complete two business simulations and a final project predicting the future of the business world, with Wharton-led lectures and small-group work.
Wharton Global Youth: Essentials of Entrepreneurship
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dates:
4 sessions between Jun 6–Aug 7, 2027 (2 weeks options)
Length:
2 weeks
Cost:
$8,299
Location:
Philadelphia, PA (University of Pennsylvania)
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9–11)
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Jan 27, 2027 · Final Mar 17, 2027
Students work in teams to develop a startup concept, test it with potential customers, and pitch it to a panel of judges, with classes taught by Wharton faculty.
Wharton Global Youth Online: Sports Business Academy
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dates:
Jul 5–23, 2027
Length:
3 weeks
Cost:
$4,799
Location:
Online
Grades:
Rising juniors and seniors (completed grades 10–11)
Format:
Online
Deadline:
Priority Jan 27, 2027 · Final Mar 17, 2027
Students study the business of sports through live sessions, guest speakers and small-group work, ending with a capstone analysis and presentation on an emerging professional sports league.
Rising juniors and seniors (completed grades 10–11)
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Jan 27, 2027 · Final Mar 17, 2027
A rigorous data science course covering data visualization, data wrangling and modern machine learning, comparable to an intermediate Wharton undergraduate course.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – AI x Bio: Generative AI for Biological Design
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students learn the machine learning algorithms behind generative AI, apply them to biological design in Python, and complete group projects shared on platforms used by AI researchers.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Artificial Intelligence
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students learn generative AI, neural networks, and the math behind them, build their own AI models, and finish with an original AI application as a final project.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Biotechnology
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students learn molecular biology and genetic engineering, run molecular cloning experiments in the lab, join a journal club, and write a group research proposal with a Penn engineering PhD mentor.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Computer Graphics
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students learn the character pipeline for games and animation and model a high-quality 3D character of their own design in professional 3D software.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Computer Science
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania covering discrete probability, graph theory, complex systems, and data analysis projects through lectures and TA-supported lab time.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP) – Nanotechnology
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students work in a cleanroom to build micropatterns and microfluidic devices, synthesize quantum dots and examine them by electron microscopy, and test devices such as solar cells and Arduino-based sensors.
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks (20 days)
Cost:
$9,250
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Rising 10th–12th graders (completed grades 9-11), 15 years old or older by program start; minimum 3.0 GPA
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Feb 17, 2027
Credit:
Yes (0.5 Penn credit units, about 1.5 semester credits)
Three-week residential college-credit course at the University of Pennsylvania where students build robots from scratch with microcontrollers, motors, and sensors, fabricate parts with laser cutters and 3D printers, and team up on WiFi-synchronized robotic instruments for a public robot orchestra performance.
Highly selective 3-week residential program at Wharton and Penn Engineering combining business and technology coursework, culminating in a student-built tech venture prototype; earns 1 Penn college credit.
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (run by ESF Pre-College / BOLD Summers)
Dates:
Jul 11–30, 2027
Length:
3 weeks
Cost:
$11,255
Location:
Philadelphia, PA (Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania)
Ages:
15–18 (high school students) (completed grades 9–12)
Format:
Commuter / Residential
Two weeks of an accelerated first-year law curriculum (contracts, torts, constitutional law and criminal law) taught with the Socratic method, oral arguments and negotiation exercises, followed by a week of specialized electives, with field trips to courts and law firms.
0.5 Penn course unit (about 2 college credits) and a Wharton transcript
Students take one Wharton online college course that earns a Wharton transcript and about 2 college credits. Class meets live once or twice a week, with about 3-5 hours of work a week outside class.
Program in Algorithmic and Combinatorial Thinking (PACT)
PACT (hosted at the University of Pennsylvania)
Dates:
Not confirmed for 2027
Length:
5 weeks
Cost:
$2,050–$10,695
Location:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Grades:
Completed grades 9–12 by the start of the program
Format:
Commuter / Residential / Online
Deadline:
Applications open early November 2026 · Rolling until seats fill
Five-week course in theoretical computer science. Students study the mathematics and algorithms behind the field, including graph algorithms, summations, and proofs, in morning lectures and afternoon problem sets. The course does not teach programming.
