| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $3,095; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $2,200–$2,500; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Full or partial need-based tuition scholarship: Up to $3,095. Applied for after acceptance; 2027 availability is not yet announced.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 partial need-based WCSI scholarship: $700. Limited, first come and requested by email after acceptance; eligibility examples included income-linked school-meal, tax-credit and testing-fee benefits. Not guaranteed.; Future WCSI alumni scholarship at Wheaton College: $500–$2,000. $500 per year, renewable up to four years, only for successful WCSI completers who later apply, are admitted and enroll as first-year Wheaton students; repeat WCSI attendance does not multiply it.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): Onsite housing subsidy: $0. Tikvah stated that all onsite expenses other than tuition, including housing, were fully subsidized in 2026.; Full or partial need-based tuition scholarship: Up to $3,095. Applied for after acceptance; 2027 availability is not yet announced.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 partial need-based WCSI scholarship: $700. Limited, first come and requested by email after acceptance; eligibility examples included income-linked school-meal, tax-credit and testing-fee benefits. Not guaranteed.; Future WCSI alumni scholarship at Wheaton College: $500–$2,000. $500 per year, renewable up to four years, only for successful WCSI completers who later apply, are admitted and enroll as first-year Wheaton students; repeat WCSI attendance does not multiply it.; 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 10–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 10–12 (provider uses rising grades) |
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| Additional eligibility | Residency: Applicants have historically come from more than 30 U.S. states and multiple countries; Requirement: Be a current 10th, 11th or 12th grader for the applicable application cycle; Requirement: Be prepared for intensive reading, seminar argument and respectful debate; Requirement: Participate in the program's Jewish intellectual community and follow shared halakhic conduct standards; Exclusion: Prior Jewish-studies education is not required; Exclusion: Personal religious observance is not required, but program standards apply in shared spaces; Exclusion: Admission to Princeton University or any academic credit is not included | Requirement: Be a rising high-school sophomore, junior or senior; Requirement: Have a strong academic record documented by transcript; Requirement: Submit an academic recommendation demonstrating readiness for a residential college-level intensive; Requirement: Rising sophomores need a more detailed recommendation supporting college-level readiness; Requirement: International applicants from non-English-medium institutions must provide an accepted English-proficiency result; Requirement: International participants are responsible for independently obtaining an immigration status permitting travel and study; Exclusion: Students outside the published rising-sophomore through rising-senior bands; Exclusion: Applicants without the required transcript or academic recommendation; Exclusion: International applicants who need but do not provide acceptable English evidence; Exclusion: Assuming WCSI or Wheaton will secure an international participant's visa; Exclusion: Assuming admission guarantees the first course choice after that course fills |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 1.5 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2 weeks; 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 | Princeton, New Jersey, Residential housing near the program site; hosted in cooperation with the James Madison Program at Princeton University | Wheaton, Illinois, Wheaton College campus |
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| Selection and application | Selection: About 65 students were planned for 2026. Applications received multi-reader committee review, and selected finalists interviewed; selection emphasized writing, character, leadership potential and communication. No acceptance rate is published. Application materials: Short video interview if selected as a finalist | Selection: Admission uses a transcript and academic recommendation and course placement depends on preparation and space. Average 2026 class size was described as about 15, but applicant count, total cohort size, acceptance rate and course-level capacity were not published. Application materials: One academic recommendation addressing readiness for an intensive residential college-level program; More detailed academic recommendation for rising sophomores |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21Source 4 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22Source 3 · checked 2026-08-22Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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