| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $9,900; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Unconfirmed — check official site | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Eligibility | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | 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 high-school student age 14-18; Requirement: Submit the program and scholarship interest form for the applicable cycle; Requirement: Complete registration, payment, residential, health, consent, and credit-eligibility steps if offered a place; Requirement: Participate in the full residential academy; Exclusion: College credit has restrictions and is not available to every participant; Exclusion: Interest-form submission does not guarantee admission, scholarship, waitlist movement, college credit, credit transfer, prize, startup funding, company formation, sales, University admission, or admissions advantage | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site | 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 | 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 | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah, Lassonde Studios | 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: The 2026 cohort reached capacity and accepted waitlist interest. Scholarships were limited and considered merit and need. Current cohort size, applicant count, acceptance rate, selection rubric, and waitlist movement are not published. | 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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