Georgetown University Summer Programs Nursing Academy

Classes run on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a lunch break from noon to 1:30 p.m., and each half of the day is a lecture, a simulator lab or an off-site visit, with guest speakers and group discussions mixed in. In Georgetown's sample schedule, breakfast runs from 7 to 9 a.m. and dinner from 5 to 7 p.m.

Evenings aren't fully free. From 7 to 9 p.m. you work on a capstone project, and 9 to 11 p.m. is for student activities under residential life supervision before curfew. Georgetown also runs optional evening events such as lecture series and campus-wide activities like movies, game nights and cookouts. The 2026 session ran from Sunday 19 July to Saturday 25 July.

The program is led by Kelli Giffin, MSN, RN, who directs Georgetown's O'Neill Family Foundation Clinical Simulation Center, where the simulator labs take place. She has more than 25 years of nursing experience and also designs and teaches simulation-based curriculum for Georgetown's undergraduate nursing students.

Jeremy Sabatino, MS, RN, has been an instructor at the Georgetown University School of Nursing since 2024 and brings more than two decades of nursing experience in neuro trauma, critical care and cardiac care. Georgetown doesn't publish a class size or a student-to-teacher ratio.

Beyond the grade and GPA rules, the Nursing Academy has a firm age floor: you must be 15 by check-in day, and Georgetown makes no exceptions. The application asks for a 300- to 500-word personal statement on why you want to attend and a School Official Reviewer Form, which goes automatically to a counselor (Georgetown's preference), advisor, teacher or principal who can speak to your readiness and confirm your GPA. Homeschooled students can apply, but the form can't come from a family member or paid tutor.

Georgetown admits on a rolling basis, weighing your grades, the courses you've taken, the reviewer form and the statement, and decisions arrive by email up to three weeks after your file is complete. It doesn't publish an acceptance rate or class size.

Admission doesn't hold you a place. Seats go first come, first served to admitted students who register and pay tuition in full, so once you're in, it pays to register quickly.

Georgetown lists two prices for the week: $4,120 residential, which covers tuition, a residence hall room and 19 meals, and $3,490 commuter, which is tuition only. Commuters can buy an optional meal plan from Georgetown Dining, priced by the plan they pick, but they must live with a parent, guardian or designated adult within 45 minutes of campus at any time of day, rush hour included. Georgetown can turn down a commuter request, and that decision can't be appealed.

On top of either price there's a $50 non-refundable application fee, which Georgetown waives for applications in by its 31 January early bird deadline, and international students pay a $45 health insurance fee. You pay tuition in full by credit card when you register, and Georgetown notes that all rates are subject to change.

Georgetown offers a limited number of need-based scholarships to admitted students. They cover tuition only, aren't guaranteed and need a separate application with two essays, and the Academy deadline is 2 March, with decisions by the last week of March.

Refunds shrink quickly as the start date approaches, and withdrawals later than three weeks out have to be emailed to Georgetown.

You leave with a final grade of Pass, Fail or Withdrawn on a Georgetown non-credit transcript, and a Pass means you met all the course and attendance requirements set by the faculty. The Academy doesn't carry college credit. Academy students also get access to The Edge, a soft-skills learning platform run by Ascend Now.

Trained resident counselors live in every residence hall, supervise all students and are on duty throughout the day, and commuters are assigned one too. Georgetown applies its Protection of Minors Policy to the program, and evenings end at curfew.

Having or using alcohol or drugs, or even being around them, leads to immediate dismissal from the program and the residence halls. Georgetown University Police patrol the campus, and outside office hours parents can reach the summer program staff member on duty through the police at (202) 687-4343. Rules on leaving campus are set out in the Academies welcome packet.