| Application deadline | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Cost | Catalog terms: $499; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: $7,465; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Last year's cycle (2026): $2,600; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Financial aid | Catalog terms: Financial aid for students who qualify: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Requested by emailing info@ohiobusinessweek.org.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Need-based scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Limited; only where family financial need can be reliably verified, including through partner schools and non-profit organizations.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Expenses and aid conditions | Catalog terms: Financial aid for students who qualify: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Requested by emailing info@ohiobusinessweek.org.; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: Need-based scholarship: Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site. Limited; only where family financial need can be reliably verified, including through partner schools and non-profit organizations.; Full-scholarship deposit (refunded after completing the program): Amount: Unconfirmed — check official site; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | 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 when applying; check the provider's rules for graduating seniors | Grades 9–12; Grade timing: Unconfirmed — check official site | Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Additional eligibility | Requirement: Open to students currently in grades 9–12 when applying; Requirement: 3.0 or higher grade point average | Requirement: Open to grades 9–12; Requirement: Must demonstrate academic excellence and proficiency in English | Residency: Historical 2026 rule: Current reporting documents U.S. and international campers; travel, immigration, language, and guardian arrangements must be confirmed with Rutgers; Requirement: Historical 2026 rule: Be a high-school student during the relevant camp cycle; Requirement: Historical 2026 rule: Be able to participate in an intensive residential week and full-day business activities; Requirement: Historical 2026 rule: Register and pay while the selected session has capacity; Requirement: Historical 2026 rule: Complete Rutgers/Eventbrite, guardian, residential, health, emergency, conduct, and travel requirements; Requirement: Historical 2026 rule: Work collaboratively on networking, presentations, an elevator pitch, and a team business plan; Exclusion: Historical 2026 rule: Current pages do not restrict participation to juniors and seniors; Exclusion: Historical 2026 rule: Current pages do not publish a GPA, prerequisite course, citizenship, age, English-test, or prior-business requirement; Exclusion: Historical 2026 rule: Registration may sell out well before summer and a waitlist does not guarantee admission |
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| Session dates or duration | Last year's cycle (2026): Starts June 21, 2026; Ends June 26, 2026; 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 10 weeks; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site | Catalog terms: 1 week; 2027: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Format | In person | Online | In person |
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| Housing and supervision | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Non-residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site | Residential. Supervision and housing details: Unconfirmed — check official site |
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| Location | Dayton, OH | Online and available to high-school students worldwide | Piscataway, NJ |
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| Selection and application | Unconfirmed — check official site | Selection: Pioneer uses holistic review of academic history, essays, interests, school materials, a video interview, and proctored timed writing. Decisions generally take six to eight weeks and may be admit, conditional, waitlist, or deny. The official pages publish no acceptance rate or automatic GPA/test threshold, and placement capacity varies by discipline. Application materials: Short essays on each interest area; Long essay; Video interview and proctored timed writing test (if selected to advance) | Selection: The 2026 program served 135 students across three sessions and sold out or ended sales. Rutgers does not publish applicant count, acceptance rate, per-session capacity, selection rubric, or waitlist conversion rate. Application materials: Historical 2026 instructions: No current essay, transcript, GPA, recommendation, interview, or international-document requirement is publicly specified |
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| Official sources | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-24Source 2 · checked 2026-10-24Source 3 · checked 2026-10-24Source 4 · checked 2026-10-10 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-24Source 2 · checked 2026-10-24Source 3 · checked 2026-10-24Source 4 · checked 2026-08-20Source 5 · checked 2026-08-20 | Source 1 · checked 2026-10-24Source 2 · checked 2026-08-20Source 3 · checked 2026-08-20 |
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