Summer Springboard Criminal Investigation High School Course

Class runs in the mornings only. There are nine 3-hour sessions from 9am to 12pm, Monday to Friday in the first week and Monday to Thursday in the second, which adds up to 27 hours of course time. Afternoons go to what Summer Springboard calls Academics in Action (excursions, guest speakers and course projects), recreation, and two 90-minute college readiness workshops or its True You personal development sessions.

For residential students a typical day starts with breakfast at 8am in the dining hall and runs through lunch and afternoon activities to dinner at 6pm and clubs at 7pm, with night checks at 10:30pm. Commuters leave between 5pm and 5:15pm on weekdays. Course trips may include the National Law Enforcement Museum, Judiciary Square, the U.S. District Court or a tour of the Supreme Court, and Summer Springboard's Georgetown program also includes a day at the monuments and the National Mall and an amusement park trip.

You leave with a Summer Springboard completion certificate and a letter of recommendation from your instructor, along with the case brief you build over the two weeks. You don't earn college credit, because Summer Springboard offers credit only at its Cal Poly and NYSID campuses.

Neither document is automatic. Summer Springboard can withhold the certificate and letter if a student breaks its code of conduct or doesn't take part in the program.

Summer Springboard takes students in grades 9 to 12 with at least a 3.0 GPA or the local equivalent, and students starting high school in fall 2027 or graduating in spring 2027 can enroll too. Most students in its high school programs are 15 to 17. International students can prove their English in a phone interview instead of sending a test score.

The application asks for short answer essays and signed agreement forms. Places in each course go first come, first served, and some programs close or move to a waitlist after each wave deadline. Every applicant is also screened against Summer Springboard's Essential Eligibility Criteria, which expect students to manage their own medication and daily care, walk more than a mile, follow instructions in English and travel between home and the destination airport. Students with some health or behavioral conditions may need medical sign-off and, in some cases, 12 months of demonstrated stability before the program.

Residential tuition is $5,798 and commuter tuition is $2,998 for applications made by 30 November 2026. Summer Springboard raises tuition on 1 December 2026 but hasn't published the new figure. Residential tuition covers your room, all meals, the course, excursions and weekend trips. Commuter tuition covers the course, lunch, excursions and weekday programming, and weekend trips cost $125 a day on top.

Everyone pays a $600 deposit and a nonrefundable application fee when applying. The fee is $99, rising to $149 after 21 February 2027 and $199 after 18 April 2027. Flights and health insurance are extra, and the airport shuttle costs $95 each way ($195 outside the group window). Students aged 14 or under must fly as unaccompanied minors, which adds $50 each way to the shuttle, on top of whatever the airline charges. Summer Springboard suggests about $100 a week in spending money.

If you apply before 10 March 2027, the balance is due in three parts on 10 March, 10 April and 10 May. Payments after 10 May carry a $150 late fee, and Summer Springboard can cancel an enrollment without refund if it isn't paid in full by 1 June.

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. Summer Springboard's refunds shrink as the program gets closer. If you cancel before 1 March 2027, you get back all tuition except the application fee, but after 1 May it's 25%, and after 1 June you get nothing. An optional $699 Tuition Protection Plan, bought when you apply, lets you cancel for any reason up to the start date and get back what you've paid, although the $699 itself is refunded only if Summer Springboard cancels the program.

Applications go through Summer Springboard's online enrollment page, and admissions run on a rolling basis.

1. 1

   Check Summer Springboard's program availability page to confirm Criminal Investigation at Georgetown still has space.

2. 2

   Enter your contact details, confirm the verification email and complete your account on the dashboard.

3. 3

   Create a new application for Georgetown Session 1, Criminal Investigation and residential or commuter tuition, and fill it in with the student present, which takes about 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Pay the $600 deposit and application fee to hold the place, ideally by 30 November 2026 to lock in current tuition and before 21 February 2027, when the fee rises.

5. 5

   Expect a decision within 5 to 7 business days, then finish the forms that open, sending any requested follow-up paperwork within 48 hours.

6. 6

   Return the signed pre-departure documents by 1 May 2027 if you enroll before 25 April, or within 7 days of acceptance if you enroll later, and note that enrollment closes on 16 May 2027.

Summer Springboard staff live on each floor of Harbin Hall, the dorm next to Cooper Field, and the campus director and other staff live in the building and are on call 24 hours a day. Students need their own access cards to enter the dorm, and Georgetown Security patrols around the clock. Everyone must be in their rooms after 10pm, and staff check rooms at 10:30pm. All program staff pass background checks and training.

Staff directly supervise classes, lectures and excursions. Outside those times students move freely within set boundaries around campus in groups of three or more, so there is real unsupervised time in the day. Rooms are shared, suites are separated by gender, and students share a bathroom. A student who is sick or hurt is taken to the nearest medical facility and parents are called, but the family pays the costs, and every student needs a medical form and proof of insurance. Students keep and take their own medication. Leaving the group without permission, or any alcohol, drugs or vaping, can get a student sent home at the family's expense with no refund.