Georgetown University Summer Programs College Prep Program

Your credit course meets Monday to Thursday, usually for about two hours a day, which adds up to eight hours of class a week. In 2026 courses ran at set times between 8:30 AM and 5:10 PM, and 4-credit math courses such as Calculus I met for two and a half hours. Georgetown tells students to plan on 18 hours a week of study on top of that, for readings, essays, papers, quizzes, midterms and final exams.

The required seminars fit around the course. Test prep starts in the second week and includes full-length diagnostic exams, and you'll pick five College Search & Beyond Academics seminars from topics such as writing the application essay, managing stress and note-taking. Evenings bring movie and game nights, cookouts, concerts and lecture series, and weekends bring outings such as the Smithsonian museums, Nationals games and kayaking, although Georgetown notes the activities change from year to year.

Your credit course is taught by Georgetown faculty, and you take it alongside current Georgetown undergraduates. The 2026 course list named the instructor for most courses, such as John Extejt for Calculus I and II, Desh Girod for International Relations and The U.S. Political System, and Philip Buffum for Intro to Comp Science: Python, so you can see who you'd learn from before you choose. The test prep is run by teachers from Capital Educators, a DC test prep firm, who work with you in small groups, while the college search seminars are led by the program's Academic Director and mentor team.

Georgetown doesn't publish a class size for the program as a whole. Some courses hold only a few seats for high school students (Environmental Politics reserved five in 2026), and language courses such as German and French need a placement test or prerequisite first, so check the details of the course you want early.

You leave with college credit for a 3- or 4-credit Georgetown course, a Certificate of Participation if you complete the program, and a test prep kit: a final report on your progress with suggestions for continuing SAT or ACT study, a manual, flashcards and a set of official exams.

What the credit is worth later is less certain. Georgetown doesn't say whether other colleges accept it, so check with the colleges you're aiming for. Georgetown also pitches the program as a way to make your application stand out, but that's its own claim, and each admissions office decides how much weight a summer course carries.

You need to be in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade in the school year before the summer, with at least a 3.0 GPA. The application asks for a 300- to 500-word personal statement on why you want to attend, contact details for one recommender, who's emailed once you submit, and an unofficial or official transcript, plus the $50 fee.

If English isn't the main language of instruction at your school, you'll also need a TOEFL iBT score of 90 (4.5 on the new scale), an IELTS score of 7.0 or a Duolingo score of 115, or a bilingual school can email its school profile instead. Homeschooled students send more, including transcripts from 9th grade on, course descriptions and details of their homeschool program, and their recommendation can't come from a family member or paid tutor.

Georgetown reviews complete applications on a rolling basis, looking at grades, courses taken, the recommendation and the statement, and aims to email a decision within three weeks. It publishes no acceptance rate or cohort size. Students who need a visa should apply by 15 April 2027 to allow time for immigration paperwork.

For the 2026 session, one 3-credit course with campus housing came to $12,161 in total: $7,113 tuition, $2,542 for housing, the $1,726 Residential College Prep Fee that pays for the seminars, and a $780 pre-college fee for the extra support younger students get. Tuition is charged at $2,371 a credit, so a 4-credit course such as Calculus I brings the total to about $14,532, and a second course adds another tuition charge. Georgetown hasn't published 2027 prices yet and labels the per-credit rate and seminar fee as estimates.

Meals aren't included. You buy a plan from Georgetown Dining, and in 2026 a five-week plan with 19 meals a week cost $1,626.20. International students pay a $225 health insurance fee, and those on an F-1 visa must take at least 6 credits, which means two courses and two tuition charges. The College Essay Writing Seminar is an optional $250 extra, and the $50 application fee applies unless you apply by 31 January.

Georgetown offers a limited number of need-based scholarships that cover tuition only. You apply after you're admitted, with two essays, by 31 March, and decisions come by the last week of April. If you cancel within two weeks of the start, the pre-college fee isn't refunded, and tuition refunds follow Georgetown's published refund calendar.

Resident counselors live in every residence hall and supervise all students, and one is on duty in each hall throughout the day. Georgetown's Protection of Minors Policy covers everyone in the program under 18 and requires training and, for some staff, criminal background checks, while the university's own police department patrols the campus.

The rules are strict. Any contact with alcohol or drugs, even being around them, means immediate dismissal from the program and the residence halls, and the rules for leaving campus are set out in the College Prep Welcome Packet, which families should read before arrival. Outside office hours, parents reach the staff member on duty through the Georgetown University Police Department at (202) 687-4343.