Summer Springboard Anesthesiology High School Course

Class runs from 9am to noon, Monday to Friday in the first week and Monday to Thursday in the second, which adds up to nine 3-hour sessions. In Summer Springboard's sample day at Michigan, breakfast is at 8am and lunch at noon, followed by a recreational activity or academic excursion at 1:30pm and a College Readiness Workshop or the True You personal development session at 3pm. Commuters leave at 5pm, while residential students have dinner at 6pm, clubs or evening activities at 7pm and dorm checks at 10:30pm.

For this course, the excursion the organizer highlights is a visit to the University of Michigan Clinical Simulation Center, where physicians, nurses and medical students train on high-fidelity manikins. You'll also hear from anesthesiologists, residents and nurse anesthetists. You'll pick two of four 90-minute workshops: Speaking with Confidence, Mastering Money, Developing Leadership, and Prepping for College and Career. Campus excursions include a guided tour of Michigan Stadium, and weekend trips include Cedar Point amusement park, a baseball game and the farmers market.

Everyone, commuters included, checks in on Sunday 18 July 2027 for orientation and dinner, and the packing list asks you to bring a laptop for the course. The organizer calls its timetable a sample, so the real one may shift.

You need to have finished 8th grade by the time the session starts and hold a 3.0 GPA or its local equivalent. Summer Springboard takes students in grades 9 to 12, including those starting high school in the fall and those who graduated in the spring. International students prove their English either through a telephone interview or with a TOEFL score of 490 on paper or 60 on the iBT, a Cambridge PET with Distinction or FCE at grade C, or 450 in SAT Reading and Writing.

Beyond grades, the application asks for short-answer essays and signed agreement forms, and the organizer screens everyone against its Essential Eligibility Criteria. These expect students to manage their own care and medication, walk more than a mile between buildings, follow staff instructions in English and cope with long, structured days. A student with a condition that needs planning may be asked for medical clearance and at least 12 months of stability.

Courses fill on a first-come, first-served basis. If the course is full, you go on a waitlist and aren't charged until a place opens. The organizer says most of its high school students are 15 to 17, but it doesn't publish a class size.

If you apply by 30 November 2026, Summer Springboard lists the residential option at $5,698 and the commuter option at $2,998. Every Anesthesiology student also pays a mandatory $250 course supplement and a nonrefundable application fee starting at $99, which brings the totals to about $6,047 and $3,347. Tuition goes up on 1 December 2026 by an amount the organizer hasn't published, and the application fee rises to $149 after 21 February 2027 and to $199 after 18 April 2027.

Residential tuition covers your room, all meals, the course and every excursion, weekends included. Commuters get lunch, the course, weekday excursions and programming from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and can add weekend trips at $125 a day. Flights and health insurance aren't included. The airport shuttle costs $95 each way, or $195 outside the group arrival window. Students 14 or younger must fly as unaccompanied minors, which Summer Springboard charges $145 each way for, on top of whatever the airline charges. The organizer suggests bringing about $100 a week in spending money.

You pay a $600 deposit and the application fee when you apply. The organizer doesn't say whether the deposit counts toward tuition, so it's worth asking. If you apply before 10 March, the balance is split into three payments on 10 March, 10 April and 10 May. Later applicants pay in fewer installments, and payments received after 10 May carry a $150 late fee. Need-based scholarships can cover up to 30% of residential tuition or 60% of commuter tuition, but they can't be used for the deposit or application fee.

An optional Tuition Protection Plan costs $699 and has to be bought when you apply. It lets you cancel for any reason up to the first day and get back what you've paid, though not the $699 itself. Without it, how much comes back depends on when you cancel.

Applications go through Summer Springboard's online portal.

1. 1

   Check the organizer's availability list to confirm the Michigan Anesthesiology session still has room, then enter your contact details on the portal and confirm the verification email.

2. 2

   From the dashboard, create a new application and choose University of Michigan, Session 1, Anesthesiology and either residential or commuter tuition.

3. 3

   Complete the full application, including the short-answer essays and signed agreement forms, which takes about 30 minutes and needs the student present.

4. 4

   Pay the $600 deposit and application fee to hold the place, ideally by 30 November 2026 to get the listed tuition and before 21 February 2027, when the fee rises and some courses close or move to a waitlist.

5. 5

   Expect a decision within 5 to 7 business days, after which more forms open, and finish any follow-up paperwork the organizer requests within 48 hours.

6. 6

   Enrollment closes on 16 May 2027, and pre-departure documents are due by 1 May for students who enroll before 25 April, or within 7 days of acceptance after that.

Summer Springboard staff live on every dorm floor. The Campus Director, Assistant Campus Director and other staff also live in the residence hall and are available around the clock for emergencies. The dorms are access-controlled with individual key cards, University of Michigan Security patrols the campus and residence halls 24 hours a day, and rooms are separated by gender.

Students must be in their rooms after 10pm, with dorm checks at 10:30pm, and sneaking out is grounds for dismissal. In an emergency, a staff member goes with the student for care, most likely to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital or Hellomed Central. Students keep and take their own medication, which must be listed on the health form and kept in its original labeled container. Phones are allowed but must be turned off during activities. Everyone signs the Code of Conduct. A student sent home for breaking it travels at the family's expense and gets no refund.