| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | February 1, 2027 (2027 cycle) |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $9,400; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Brevard scholarship support: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Based on audition, demonstrated financial need, and program need. More than 80% of students have received support in recent years; no individual award is guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 application fee: $65. Nonrefundable.; 2026 enrollment fee/deposit: $950. Due within 10 days of acceptance, nonrefundable, and credited toward the $9,400 tuition rather than added on top.; Brevard scholarship support: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Based on audition, demonstrated financial need, and program need. More than 80% of students have received support in recent years; no individual award is guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: On-campus boarding: $0. Funders cover boarding in the latest published cycle; room type, deposit, damage, linen, accessibility, and early-arrival terms await the next cycle.; Program food: $0. Funders cover food; exact meal plan, snacks, travel-day meals, allergies, and dietary accommodations are not published for 2027.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12 (provider uses rising grades) | Grades 10–11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 14–18; Requirement: Be at least 14 at the program start; Requirement: Be a rising high-school freshman through a graduating senior; Requirement: Have not completed one year as a full-time college student; Requirement: Submit the required audition for the applicant's instrument; Exclusion: Admission is not guaranteed and is determined by audition; Exclusion: Applicants outside the published age/education limits are ineligible for the High School Division | Residency: Current Texas high-school student; Requirement: Be a current high-school sophomore or junior during the application cycle; Requirement: Demonstrate interest in business, accounting, and/or leadership development; Requirement: Present a strong academic record and personal achievement in context; no universal GPA cutoff is published; Requirement: Complete the official online application, transcript, activities and leadership section, essay or essays, and recommendation by the announced deadline; Requirement: Be available for the entire six-day residential program, family orientation, dorm stay, classes, team work, case competition, networking, and closing activities; Requirement: Be prepared to work respectfully with students of varied backgrounds and follow UT, McCombs, housing, minor, conduct, safety, privacy, and academic-integrity rules; Exclusion: Students who are not current high-school sophomores or juniors under the next cycle's classification rule; Exclusion: Missing or late required transcript, essay, recommendation, activity, leadership, consent, or verification materials; Exclusion: Inability to attend the full residential session without an approved accommodation; Exclusion: Assuming first-generation status, hardship, identity, Texas residence, strong grades, early application, or accounting experience guarantees selection; Exclusion: Treating the encouragement of first-generation and hardship-affected applicants as an exclusion of other backgrounds; Exclusion: Using unverified third-party 2027 dates or deadline as official; Exclusion: Assuming participation confers UT or McCombs admission, academic credit, scholarship, internship, or employment |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 6 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Brevard, North Carolina, Brevard Music Center campus | Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin campus and scheduled Austin or corporate program sites |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Admission is determined by instrument-specific audition. Brevard does not publish a current high-school orchestral applicant count, acceptance rate, or instrument-by-instrument capacity. Application materials: Instrument-specific recorded audition, generally no more than about 12 minutes; Required video audition and listed solo/excerpt components for percussion | Selection: McCombs describes desired qualities but publishes no current applicant count, cohort size, acceptance rate, fixed GPA cutoff, identity quota, geographic quota, scoring rubric, interview process, or waitlist policy. Historical cohort figures must not be treated as a future guarantee. Application materials: One or more essays following the current prompts and word limits; One letter of recommendation from an eligible recommender under current instructions |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-10Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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