All the Sumer programs that I am seeing for students interested in business are for juniors or seniors. Are there any for students who are currently sophomores? Thanks.
You’re talking college students, not high school - correct? There’s lots for rising Juniors which your kid will be next year.
If High School, NLSC might work as it’s for 6-12 graders but I can’t say the business program is.
WUSTL - covers all age ranges.
IU - for rising Juniors.
Babson - rising Juniors
Drexel - rising Juniors
UTK for rising Juniors
There’s a lot - many more than this…but som e also for 10th graders but yours will be a Junior come next summer. This is a small sample. What’s your home state or area…or budget? Or am I missing something?
NSLC’s Business & Entrepreneurship Programs.
Pre-Collegiate Programs | WashU Olin Business School
Pre-College | Bachelor’s Degree in Business | Indiana Kelley
Thanks a bunch. We are from Kansas City. These look like paid programs. Is there any merit in doing such programs?
Our kids did some summer programs. It was useful for them to see what they liked and didn’t like.
Paid programs typically don’t give a boost with admissions.
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The advantage of any program is simply providing exposure (although minimal) to see if this is a field a student want to pursue.
I’m sure there are more programs. I did a simply search and there are many - and I’m sure others of varying costs. I just searched local to your area - tried UMKC but KU came up.
You noted there were none but that’s far from the case.
Here’s the one near you and it sounds great - even for kids from far away. It’s not free but a scholarship is given to all students that cover all costs, sans travel, which doesn’t impact you since it’s less than an hour away. I don’t see a grade requirement - just says HS students.
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Thanks for providing the links to these programs. I am looking for selective/highly selective business precollege programs. Do you have any recommendations for those?
Thanks again!
There’s a big list above. Have you reached out to ask?
Programs like this are for exposure. They likely don’t help with college admissions.
If they are not selective enough - and the colleges themselves listed are very selective - then surely you can google for more.
This was a Sophomore student looking; I don’t know anything about you - but google is your friend here.
Getting a job at an actual business is the most selective business program you can find.
Whether you are coding claims forms for an insurance company, waiting tables at a diner, answering phones for a plumbing contractor, or cleaning cages at a Doggy Day Care, you will learn massive amounts about “business”.
I have a degree from an Ivy League university (magna cum laude), an MBA from a top 5 program (Dean’s list) and 30+ years working for large corporations. The two summers I spent as a waitress in HS were probably the most valuable “business” experience I’ve ever had. You can study finance from a book and learn accounting from an online course. Nothing can prepare you for what it’s like running an actual business with dollars and inventory and employees and inflation and sales tax and payroll tax and “whose turn is it to clean up the trash in the parking lot tonight”.
You don’t need a highly selective business precollege program. Get some actual business experience!
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