Summer Springboard Entertainment Business & Media Management 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 three-hour sessions. After lunch, a typical day on Summer Springboard's UCLA program has a recreational activity or course-related excursion at 1:30pm, then a College Readiness Workshop or a True You reflection session at 3pm. You pick two of the four 90-minute workshops: Speaking with Confidence, Mastering Money, Developing Leadership, and Prepping for College and Career.

Commuter students leave at 5pm. Residential students have dinner at 6pm, clubs or evening activities from 7pm and dorm checks at 10:30pm. Weekends bring group outings for residential students, and Summer Springboard's examples include Griffith Observatory, Santa Monica Pier, Ovation Hollywood, The Grove and Farmers Market, and Pacific Park. Summer Springboard notes that this is a sample schedule and real days may vary.

Summer Springboard hasn't named the instructor yet and lists the role as to be announced. It says its courses are taught by faculty recruited from area colleges, universities and professional forums, chosen for their subject expertise and their ability to challenge and engage students, and this course adds workshops led by visiting industry guest speakers. It doesn't publish a class size either. If who teaches matters to you, ask admissions before you apply, since the $600 deposit is due with the application.

You need to have finished 8th grade by the time the course starts, so rising freshmen through students who graduated that spring can apply, and you need a GPA of 3.0 or the local equivalent. International students show their English in a phone 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 an SAT Reading and Writing score of 450. Summer Springboard says most of its high school students are 15 to 17.

The application includes short-answer essay questions and signed agreement forms, and Summer Springboard reviews it against its Essential Eligibility Criteria, which cover things like managing your own medication and coping with shared rooms and long, structured days. It may ask for medical documentation, and it states plainly that these aren't therapeutic programs. Summer Springboard publishes no acceptance rate and assigns courses first come, first served, so a full course means a waitlist rather than a rejection.

Residential tuition is $6,298 and commuter tuition is $3,298, both for applications made by 30 November 2026. Summer Springboard says tuition rises on 1 December 2026 but hasn't published the new figure, so confirm it when you book. On top of tuition there's a non-refundable application fee that starts at $99 and rises to $149 after 21 February 2027 and $199 after 18 April 2027, and a $600 deposit is due with the application.

The residential price covers your room, all meals, the course, weekday excursions and weekend excursions. Commuters get lunch, the course and programming from 9am to 5pm on weekdays, and can add weekend excursions at $125 a day. Flights aren't included. The airport shuttle costs $95 each way, plus $50 each way for students flying as unaccompanied minors, which Summer Springboard requires for anyone 14 or younger.

Need-based scholarships cover up to 30% of residential tuition or 60% of commuter tuition, though never the deposit or application fee. Cancel before 1 March 2027 and you get all tuition back except the application fee, and the refund then shrinks in steps to nothing after 1 June 2027. An optional $699 Tuition Protection Plan, bought when you apply, lets you cancel for any reason up to the start day and get back what you've paid, but the plan's own fee isn't refunded unless Summer Springboard cancels the program.

Summer Springboard staff live on each dorm floor, and the Campus Director, Academic Manager and other staff also live in the dorms and are available 24 hours a day. The dorms have 24-hour security with electronic keys for each building and room, UCLA Police patrol the campus and residence halls, and students must be in their rooms after 10pm, with dorm checks at 10:30pm. Students share air-conditioned double or triple rooms in De Neve Plaza, assigned by gender identity.

In an emergency a staff member goes with the student for care, most likely to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center emergency room 0.4 miles from the dorms. Students keep and take their own medication. Phones are allowed but must be off during activities, and parents can reach the student through the site office. Breaking the code of conduct can mean being sent home at the family's expense with no refund.

Applications start on Summer Springboard's enrollment page, which links to its online portal.

1. 1

   Check Summer Springboard's availability page to make sure the course is still open, then register on the portal and confirm the verification email.

2. 2

   Create a new application and choose UCLA, Session 3, this course, and residential or commuter tuition. The full form takes about 30 minutes and the student has to be there to complete it.

3. 3

   Answer the short-answer essay questions and pay the $600 deposit and application fee to hold the place.

4. 4

   Expect a decision within 5 to 7 business days, after which more forms open up, and be ready to return any follow-up paperwork Summer Springboard asks for within 48 hours.

5. 5

   Aim to apply before the 21 February 2027 or 18 April 2027 rounds, since some courses close and move to a waitlist at each, and enrollment shuts completely on 16 May 2027.