| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | February 1, 2027 (2027 cycle) | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $2,400–$5,200; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Free attendance; check separate expenses; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Catalog terms: Need-based financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Available through the application for accepted, qualified students; award and amount are not guaranteed.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Catalog terms: Enrollment deposit after acceptance: $1,000. Ordinarily secures the seat after acceptance unless BlueStamp approves alternate payment or financial-aid arrangements; confirm refund and balance terms for the new cycle.; Need-based financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Available through the application for accepted, qualified students; award and amount are not guaranteed.; Meals during the in-person program: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Lunch is generally not provided except a published Friday pizza lunch.; 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 | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Grades 10–11 when applying; summer rising grade is one higher | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Requirement: Be entering grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 in the applicable summer; Requirement: Choose a published in-person, remote, or approved custom schedule and be available for its required live blocks; Requirement: Show motivation, self-direction, and willingness to solve open-ended engineering problems independently; Requirement: Submit an accurate application with requested short responses and references; Requirement: Attend the admissions interview; a parent or guardian participates in part of it; Requirement: Select an approved project with BlueStamp before the program and follow its budget, parts, tool, safety, and documentation rules; Requirement: For remote participation, have a feasible delivery address, workspace, internet connection, live-session availability, adult support where required, and lawful/safe tool access; Requirement: For in-person participation, arrange daily transportation and meals and comply with site pickup, conduct, safety, and minor-protection rules; Exclusion: Using the middle-school tuition, dates, priority rules, or hours for a high-school application; Exclusion: Assuming a live application form means 2027 dates, tuition, seats, or aid are announced; Exclusion: Expecting BlueStamp-provided in-person housing or daily lunch; Exclusion: Treating the project as a guaranteed invention, patent, publication, recommendation, internship, academic credit, award, or admission advantage; Exclusion: Missing required live time or attempting unsafe, unapproved, unlawful, or infeasible projects; Exclusion: Assuming a custom schedule, financial-aid award, fee reduction, project choice, replacement parts, international shipping, or refund is automatic | 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 | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 2 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person / Online | In person | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | San Jose, California, In-person at 3800 Blackford Avenue in San Jose; live remote option may accept students elsewhere subject to time-zone and parts-shipping feasibility | Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin campus and scheduled Austin or corporate program sites | 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: Application and interview review occur in receipt order while seats remain. BlueStamp does not publish applicant counts, acceptance rates, aid rates, cohort size for the next cycle, or a guaranteed decision. Application materials: Admissions interview, including parent or guardian participation for the designated portion | 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: 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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