Georgetown University Summer Programs Business & Leadership Academy

Weekdays run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and every class day opens with a business briefing on domestic and global issues. Lectures and labs share the morning and early afternoon with guest speakers and off-site visits, and the late afternoon goes to discussion sections and capstone work.

Evenings are optional. Georgetown plans movies, game nights, cookouts, concerts and lecture series on campus, plus off-campus outings and weekend trips, until curfew.

You leave with a Certificate of Participation, which Georgetown awards when you complete both the course and the capstone, and a final grade of Pass, Fail or Withdrawn on a Georgetown non-credit transcript. It doesn't earn college credit.

The more concrete result is the startup you build, run and pitch with classmates, along with practice in investing, marketing and financial management that you can talk about in applications. Academy students also get access to The Edge, a soft-skills learning platform from Ascend Now.

You can apply if you're in 8th to 12th grade in the school year before the summer and have at least a 2.0 GPA. Georgetown weighs your grades, the courses you've taken, a School Official Reviewer Form and your personal statement, and it admits on a rolling basis. It doesn't publish how many students apply or get in.

Homeschooled students need their reviewer form from a teacher or someone else who can speak to their academic ability, never a family member or paid tutor. International students don't need TOEFL scores, although Georgetown recommends English good enough to follow complex texts and talk easily with native speakers.

The commuter option has its own rules. You must live with a parent, guardian or designated responsible adult within 45 minutes of campus at any time of day, rush hour included, and Georgetown can turn down a request to commute with no appeal.

Living on campus costs $9,085, and commuting costs $7,085. The residential price covers tuition, a bed in an air-conditioned double room in a campus residence hall and a 19-meal-a-week plan at Leo O'Donovan Dining Hall, and Georgetown signs residential students up for housing automatically. The commuter price is tuition only, so meals are extra if you buy a plan from Georgetown Dining.

On top of that there's a $50 non-refundable application fee, which Georgetown waives for applications submitted by 31 January 2027, and international students pay a $135 health insurance fee. Georgetown says all tuition rates and fees are subject to change.

Need-based scholarships exist but cover tuition only and are limited. You apply after you're admitted, with two essays, through an application scheduled to open in late December 2026. The academy deadline is 2 March 2027, with decisions by the last week of March. Refunds follow a dated scale set for each academy in Georgetown's refund calendar, so check this academy's dates before you pay in full.

Resident counselors live in every residence hall and supervise all students, with one on duty in each hall throughout the day, and commuters are assigned a resident counselor too. Floor curfew is 10:30 p.m. with bed checks at 11:30 p.m., though Georgetown says the times can shift with the day's programming.

Students fall under Georgetown's Protection of Minors Policy, and alcohol or drugs, even being around them, mean immediate dismissal from the program and the residence halls. The Student Health Center is on campus, university police patrol the grounds, and the rules on leaving campus are set out in the Academies Welcome Packet.

Everything runs through Georgetown's Academies application portal.

1. 1

   Start the application

   Georgetown says Summer 2027 offerings go up on 16 November 2026, and starting the application gives you a NetID, which you'll need to protect with Duo two-factor login.

2. 2

   Upload your statement

   Write a 300- to 500-word personal statement on why you want to attend and upload it before you submit.

3. 3

   Name your reviewer

   Give the contact details of a counselor (Georgetown's preference), advisor, teacher or principal, who gets an emailed School Official Reviewer Form once you submit.

4. 4

   Submit on time

   Apply by 31 January 2027 to skip the $50 fee, or by the final 15 May 2027 deadline, after which applications are reviewed case by case.

5. 5

   Wait for a decision

   Allow up to three weeks after your application is complete for a decision by email, and check your spam folder.

6. 6

   Register and pay

   Admission doesn't hold a seat, so register for the residential or commuter section and pay tuition in full in the MySCS Student Portal quickly, because seats go first come, first served.

7. 7

   Join the waitlist if needed

   If the section is full, you can add your name to the waitlist at no cost.