| Application deadline | December 21, 2026 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Catalog terms: Additional hardship assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Admitted families for whom the published fee is a hardship may request additional aid.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Catalog terms: WTP application: $0. WTP is free to apply.; Additional hardship assistance: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Admitted families for whom the published fee is a hardship may request additional aid.; Need-based transportation help to and from Boston: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Admitted students may contact WTP if transportation would create financial hardship; coverage limits are not published.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Booking deposit: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Required to secure the booking, amount shown during enrolment, generally nonrefundable outside applicable cooling-off rights. Read the actual invoice and law-specific terms.; Residential college accommodation: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Cambridge residential model includes 13 nights; nonresidential pricing excludes accommodation, and Oxford or upgraded arrangements must be confirmed.; Residential meal plan: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Cambridge list includes breakfast and dinner; lunch is additionally included for ages 13-15. Older-student lunch, travel-day meals, snacks, and Oxford terms must be checked.; Academic sessions, materials, mentoring, project, excursions, graduation, certificate, and tutor evaluation: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Included in the described Cambridge residential package; exact subject and tier deliverables can change.; 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 | Grade 11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Residency: Permanent family home address in the United States; current application guidance says applicants must live in the U.S. year round; Requirement: Be in grade 11 when applying and able to attend the full four-week summer after junior year; Requirement: Demonstrate strong performance in mathematics and science, normally in the most advanced courses available at the applicant's school; Requirement: Have little or no prior engineering experience and limited opportunities to explore engineering; Requirement: Enjoy problem solving, hands-on design and collaborative learning; Requirement: WTP is women-focused and prioritizes students underserved or discouraged in engineering; it states that all applications are reviewed equitably; Exclusion: Students who have already covered substantial WTP curriculum through courses, self-study or prior programs may be a poor fit | Ages 13–18; Requirement: Meet the exact selected course age band, commonly 13-15 or 16-18, at the program's measurement date; Requirement: Choose a currently available subject, city, dates, and residential or nonresidential tier; Requirement: Have sufficient English for a challenging academic syllabus; Immerse strongly recommends at least B2; Requirement: No prior academic study of the selected specialist subject is generally required; Requirement: For students under 18, have a parent or legal guardian complete enrolment and accept contractual and financial responsibility; Requirement: Provide accurate identity, age, nationality, contact, education, health, support, dietary, emergency, guardian, travel, and visa information; Requirement: Pay the deposit and balance under the invoice and understand nonrefundability and cancellation exposure; Requirement: Obtain any required passport, UK visa or travel authorization, consent, insurance, medication documents, and travel arrangements; Requirement: Attend the full two weeks, approximately 40 academic hours, personal-project work, mentoring, excursions, residential or check-in rules, and graduation; Requirement: Follow safeguarding, behavior, housing, free-time, technology, academic-integrity, health, and emergency rules; Exclusion: Being outside the selected course's age band; Exclusion: Assuming all Cambridge and Oxford subjects are available for both age bands or every date; Exclusion: Treating absence of academic prerequisites as absence of English, workload, conduct, payment, health, visa, or travel requirements; Exclusion: A minor attempting to contract and enroll without a parent or legal guardian; Exclusion: Missing payment, forms, travel documents, visa, arrival, or applicant-specific deadlines; Exclusion: Needs that cannot be safely supported after individualized discussion; families should disclose early rather than assume or conceal; Exclusion: Assuming the program is operated, endorsed, accredited, or awarded by Oxford University, Cambridge University, or a constituent college; Exclusion: Assuming college accommodation makes the student a university enrollee or grants university credit; Exclusion: Assuming a scholarship application, deposit, early enrolment, or waitlist guarantees funding or a preferred place |
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| Session dates or duration | Starts June 26, 2027; Ends July 24, 2027; 4 weeks (2027 cycle) | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT campus | Cambridge, England, Oxford, England, Private Immerse Education teaching and residential sites using contracted college facilities; residential and nonresidential options vary |
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| Selection and application | Selection: Up to 20 WTP-ME students are selected. WTP reports 320 applications for 20 places in 2024 and typically more than 300 highly qualified applicants. Application materials: Three personal essays | Selection: Direct paid enrolment is first-come, first-served while space remains, rather than holistically admission-selective. Courses can fill and use waitlists. Separate scholarships and bursaries are competitive or criteria-based and do not guarantee program inventory. Application materials: Scholarship, bursary, essay competition, partner award, or discount documentation only through its separate current process |
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