Summer Springboard Constitutional Law High School Course

Class runs from 9am to noon, and the rest of the day is planned around the group. After lunch, the 1:30pm slot is either a recreational activity or an academic excursion, the off-campus trips tied to each course, such as this course's courthouse visit. At 3pm you go to a College Readiness Workshop or a session of True You, Summer Springboard's personal development program. Commuters leave at 5pm, while residential students have dinner at 6pm, clubs or evening activities from 7pm and dorm checks at 10:30pm.

Over the two weeks you pick two of four 90-minute workshops: Speaking with Confidence, Mastering Money, Developing Leadership, and Prepping for College and Career. Trips during the session include a guided tour of Michigan Stadium, a day at Cedar Point, a baseball game, the farmers market and the Ann Arbor Art Festival, although commuters pay extra to join Cedar Point, the baseball game and the farmers market. Residential students check in at 3pm on 18 July and check out at 10am on 30 July.

Summer Springboard takes high school students in grades 9 to 12 with a 3.0 GPA or the local equivalent. Students who are just starting high school in the fall and students who graduated in the spring can also enroll. International students prove their English in a telephone interview or with a minimum score: 490 on the paper TOEFL or 60 on the internet-based version, Cambridge PET with Distinction or FCE at grade C, or 450 in SAT Reading and Writing.

The application asks short-answer essay questions and needs signed agreement forms. Places in each course go first come, first served. Summer Springboard doesn't publish an acceptance rate, but it does screen every application against its Essential Eligibility Criteria and turns away students who don't meet them. These expect students to manage their own self-care and medications, walk more than a mile between buildings, follow instructions in English and disclose their full medical history. A student with a condition that needs special planning may be asked for medical clearance and at least 12 months of stability.

Residential tuition is $5,698 and commuter tuition is $2,998, the prices Summer Springboard lists for applications made by 30 November 2026, before tuition goes up on 1 December. Every applicant also pays a non-refundable application fee, which is $99 until 21 February 2027, $149 after that and $199 after 18 April 2027, and a $600 deposit holds your place.

The residential price covers your room, all meals, the course and every excursion, weekends included. The commuter price covers lunch, the course and weekday programming from 9am to 5pm, and weekend trips cost $125 a day extra. Flights aren't included. The optional airport shuttle costs $95 each way, plus $50 more each way for students flying as unaccompanied minors, which Summer Springboard requires for anyone 14 or younger.

If you apply before 10 March 2027, you pay a third of the balance on 10 March, a third on 10 April and the rest on 10 May, and payments after 10 May carry a $150 late fee. Need-based scholarships cover up to 30% of residential tuition or 60% of commuter tuition, but they come from a limited pool and never cover the deposit or application fee.

Under Summer Springboard's cancellation policy, the share of tuition you get back shrinks as summer gets closer, and the application fee is never refunded. The optional Tuition Protection Plan costs $699 per application and has to be bought when you apply. It lets you cancel for any reason up to the start day and get back what you've paid, apart from the $699 itself.

Summer Springboard staff live on every floor of the residence hall. The campus director, assistant director and other staff live in the dorms too and are on call 24 hours a day. The halls are locked, so you need your own access card to get into the building and your suite, and University of Michigan Security patrols around the clock. You have to be in your room after 10pm, with dorm checks at 10:30pm, and rooms are shared with roommates in suites separated by gender.

In an emergency, a staff member goes with the student for medical care, which depending on the situation means C.S. Mott Children's Hospital or Hellomed Central, 0.4 miles from campus. Every student and a parent or guardian must sign the Code of Conduct. Most breaches lead to immediate expulsion, and the student is sent home at the family's expense with no refund.

Applications go through Summer Springboard's enrollment page.

1. 1

   Check the program availability list to make sure Constitutional Law at Michigan still has room.

2. 2

   Create an account with basic contact details and confirm the verification email.

3. 3

   Start a new application and choose the University of Michigan campus, Session 1, Constitutional Law and either residential or commuter tuition.

4. 4

   Fill in the full application, including the short-answer essay questions, which takes about 30 minutes with the student present.

5. 5

   Pay the $600 deposit and the application fee to hold the place. Some courses close or move to a waitlist after the 21 February and 18 April deadlines, and enrollment shuts on 16 May 2027.

6. 6

   Expect a decision within 5 to 7 business days, and then complete the extra forms. Pre-departure documents are due by 1 May 2027 if you enroll before 25 April, or within 7 days of acceptance if you apply later, and late documents cost $50.