Summer Challenge Program

The 2009 Summer Challenge program ended August 7, 2009.
Please be sure to visit our website on December 15, 2009 for updated information about the 2010 program.

Summer Challenge is the perfect pre-college summer program for high school students entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year in fall 2009. The two-week Summer Challenge Program offers a preview of college life and non-credit coursework in a residential setting. Students in the program concentrate on a high level of learning and achievement alongside their peers, without focusing on grades.

""This program allowed me to take courses I couldn’t have otherwise, meet awesome people, and get a taste of college life."

Caitlin Blais,
Summer Challenge 2008

Summer Challenge students enroll in two Boston University seminars. Students often choose one seminar that addresses an existing interest and use their second seminar to explore something completely new. During their seminars, students participate in lectures, discussions, individual and group work, project-based assignments, and field trips.

Small class sizes of about 20 students ensure ample attention from experienced college instructors as students build upon their high school learning to meet the standards of college-level work.

Students experience college life by learning new topics and how to manage their coursework, while living in a Boston University dorm and participating in social activities with their peers from all over the United States and the world.