Commuter Experience
Experience the best of Pre-College Summer while enjoying the flexibility of heading home each day.
As a commuting participant, you'll engage in hands-on courses, explore campus spaces, and connect with peers during shared meals. You'll experience the dynamic energy of our campus without the overnight stay, offering a meaningful way to engage in college life while diving into a topic you're passionate about.
Check out our Sample Schedule below to envision how you'll spend your days as a Pre-College
participant!
PROGRAM DETAILS
DATES
Session 1: June 28 – July 3
Session 2: July 5 – July 10
Session 3: July 12 – July 17
Session 4: July 19 – July 24
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Choose Your Commuter Option
Both options include the same high-quality courses and campus experience. Select the schedule that works best for your needs.
*Important: Computational Linguistics is a two-week course, so the program fee is doubled.
Important information for commuter participants
- Two Commuter Options: Option A: Extended Day ($1,250, 8 am-6 pm) includes all activities shown on the schedule below. Option B: Academic Day ($1,000, 8 am-4 pm) includes class sessions plus breakfast and lunch only.
- Drop-off and Pick-up: Option A: Drop-off at 8 am, Pick-up at 6 pm. Option B: Drop-off at 8 am, Pick-up at 4 pm. A parent or guardian must complete daily drop-off and pick-up — participants may not drive themselves or park on campus.
- Class Sessions: Each class block runs for 2.5 hours with dynamic, hands-on learning experiences.
- Breakfast: Breakfast is a required part of the program and is included for all commuters upon arrival.
- Welcome Lunch: All participants are invited to attend the optional Welcome Lunch on Sunday from 12 noon-2 pm (tentatively scheduled).
- Dinner: Option A participants join dinner on campus Monday through Thursday.
- Attendance: Consistent, on-time attendance is important to fully benefit from the experience.
Sample Commuter Schedule
| Time | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| 9:15 AM | AM Class Block | AM Class Block | AM Class Block | AM Class Block | AM Class Block | |
| 10:00 AM | Welcome Lunch & Orientation (Optional - available to all) |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | ||
| 1:15 PM | PM Class Block | PM Class Block | PM Class Block | PM Class Block | ||
| 3:45 PM | Free Time (Optional A participants only) |
Free Time (Optional A participants only) |
Free Time (Optional A participants only) |
Free Time (Optional A participants only) |
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| 4:30 PM | College Readiness (Option A participants only) |
College Readiness (Option A participants only) |
College Readiness (Option A participants only) |
College Readiness (Option A participants only) |
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| 5:30 PM | Dinner (Option A participants only) |
Dinner (Option A participants only) |
Dinner (Option A participants only) |
Dinner (Option A participants only) |