| Application deadline | February 1, 2027 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Catalog terms: Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Automatic full program scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Covers program costs, room, and board for accepted students; no cash amount is published.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Automatic full program scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Covers program costs, room, and board for accepted students; no cash amount is published.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Stipend or pay | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 10–11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | 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 | Minimum age 13; Requirement: Be at least age 13, or turn 13 during the July 1-August 31 camp window before joining late; Requirement: Create and follow the rules of a free Schoolhouse.world account; Requirement: Register for individual sessions or series and follow each host's attendance, preparation, conduct, camera, and participation expectations; Requirement: For Camp Counselors, become a certified Schoolhouse tutor and create or opt an eligible session, series, Community Event, Enrichment offering, or Dialogues club into camp; Exclusion: Students younger than 13 may not join before their 13th birthday; Exclusion: Registration does not guarantee space in every session, a fixed curriculum, one-to-one tutoring, a particular instructor, or completion; Exclusion: The camp badge is not academic credit, a diploma, course grade, scholarship, college admission, or a guarantee of admissions recognition; Exclusion: Community Event and Enrichment hosting does not automatically earn Schoolhouse volunteer hours | Ages 11–17; Requirement: Be age 11-17 under the next cycle's age-check rule; Requirement: Play violin, viola, cello, or double bass at a level suitable for an intensive chamber and solo program; Requirement: Complete the Acceptd application and cycle-specific audition requirements when posted; Requirement: Be available for the full residential session if selected; Exclusion: Instruments other than violin, viola, cello, or double bass under the current program description; Exclusion: Applicants outside the published age range |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 9 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | Online | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin campus and scheduled Austin or corporate program sites | Global online Schoolhouse.world community | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Selection and application | 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 | Selection: Learner entry is open to age-eligible global users with free accounts; there is no camp admissions competition. Individual sessions may fill, be canceled, set attendance rules, or require prerequisites, and Camp Counselors must qualify as certified tutors. | Selection: Selection is competitive through the Acceptd application and audition process. Sphinx does not publish a current cohort size, applicant count, acceptance rate, or 2027 audition rubric on the official page. Application materials: Audition recordings or repertoire materials specified when the Summer 2027 application opens |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-10Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-21Source 2 · checked 2026-08-21Source 3 · checked 2026-08-21 | Source 1 · checked 2026-08-22Source 2 · checked 2026-08-22Source 3 · checked 2026-08-22 |
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