| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Last year's cycle (2026): $9,900; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Last year's cycle (2026): Need-based financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. About 40% received aid in the published cycle; average award was 70% of tuition, and aid included discounted or free gear rental, with top packages potentially covering flights.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Last year's cycle (2026): 2026 student-account deposit: $500. Returned to the family if unused; separate enrollment deposit details were not quantified on the official pages.; Travel to and from Colorado: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Flights were not included in tuition, although the largest need-based aid packages could cover them.; Need-based financial aid: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. About 40% received aid in the published cycle; average award was 70% of tuition, and aid included discounted or free gear rental, with top packages potentially covering flights.; Clarity financial-aid application fee: $65. Applies to the aid application; automatic or inquiry-based fee waivers are available for eligible families.; 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 | Grades 10–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Ages 14–18; Requirement: Be a rising 10th, 11th, or 12th grader and age 14-18 for the applicable cycle; Requirement: Be prepared for a residential program at 10,000 feet and extended backpacking expeditions; Requirement: Complete the required application, recommendations, transcript, and interview; Requirement: If accepted, complete health, physical, risk, release, enrollment, and payment requirements; Exclusion: Prior outdoor experience is not required; Exclusion: The official pages do not state a citizenship or Colorado-residency restriction; Exclusion: Program mental-health services are limited, and backcountry groups may lack timely outside support; families must evaluate fit with HMI | 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 | Last year's cycle (2026): Starts June 28, 2026; Ends July 25, 2026; 4 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Leadville, High Mountain Institute campus and Colorado/Utah backcountry | 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: HMI describes a typical cohort of 12-20 students; it does not publish a current applicant count or acceptance rate. Application materials: Two approximately 250-word essays; Two teacher recommendations, including at least one from a core academic teacher, under the current central admissions page; Required 15-30 minute admissions interview | 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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