| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $1,490–$3,380; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Limited demonstrated-need scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Applicants request aid in the application and upload tax or other need documents. Aid did not include travel or international visa support.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Historical $200 tuition reductions: $200. Policies listed early-decision, legacy, sibling, and returning-student reductions. The main and policy pages conflict on the early-action date; confirm current eligibility and stacking rules.; Limited need-based aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Historical eligibility required family AGI below $80,000 and supporting documents; 2027 threshold, amount, and priority date are not announced.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): One-time application fee for all selected sessions: $75. Published as nonrefundable; confirm that it remains USD 75 for 2027 before submitting.; Limited demonstrated-need scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Applicants request aid in the application and upload tax or other need documents. Aid did not include travel or international visa support.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): Historical $200 tuition reductions: $200. Policies listed early-decision, legacy, sibling, and returning-student reductions. The main and policy pages conflict on the early-action date; confirm current eligibility and stacking rules.; Limited need-based aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Historical eligibility required family AGI below $80,000 and supporting documents; 2027 threshold, amount, and priority date are not announced.; 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 11–12 (provider uses rising grades) | Grades 10–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Requirement: Be a rising high-school junior or senior for the program summer; Requirement: Demonstrate readiness for a competitive, intensive finance course and collaborative presentations; Requirement: Applicants with fewer than two completed years of US high school must demonstrate English proficiency; Requirement: Be at least 16 by September 1 of the program year to live in residence halls; younger high-school students must commute or enroll online; Requirement: Complete payment and all health-insurance, liability, conduct, technology, and parent/guardian forms after admission; Exclusion: Pre-college admission is not Bentley undergraduate admission and does not guarantee college credit, a grade, scholarship, internship, job, investment return, or database access after the program; Exclusion: International scholarship support did not include travel or visa assistance; Exclusion: Licensed financial databases may be used only for educational program purposes, not real-money investing; Exclusion: Residential eligibility depends on age and all housing, health, conduct, and guardian requirements | Requirement: Enter grade 10, 11, or 12, or the international equivalent, in the fall after the program under the latest published rule; Requirement: Enroll in one available Academy course; Requirement: Live in Rhodes housing unless a special-needs exception is approved; Requirement: Provide proof of health insurance and required health information; Requirement: Complete payment and enrollment-clearance materials before attendance; Exclusion: Assuming credits automatically transfer to another institution; Exclusion: Assuming a particular 2026 course will return in 2027; Exclusion: Assuming participation strengthens admission, guarantees Rhodes admission, yields a recommendation, or produces a particular grade; Exclusion: Using the regular undergraduate health-insurance plan or admission rules as Summer Academy rules |
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| Session dates or duration | Catalog terms: 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | Hybrid | 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 | Waltham, Massachusetts, Bentley University campus near Boston; live online section | Memphis, Tennessee, Rhodes College residential campus |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Bentley calls the program competitive and releases decisions on a rolling basis, but does not publish an acceptance rate, cohort size, scoring rubric, minimum GPA, or required finance background on the official pages. | Selection: Rolling application review with course and residential capacity limits; no current acceptance rate, rubric, or 2027 capacity is published. |
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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 2026-08-20Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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