Summer Programs for High School Students at Wharton

As Lao Tzu famously said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” A short duration of time spent at a summer school program, like at the ones run by the Wharton School of Business, can make a lasting impact on the character and career of a student.

The Wharton School, founded in 1881, is the collegiate business school at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world.

Wharton school is internationally celebrated for its outstanding finance education. It is frequently ranked #1 on various surveys, be it the QS Global 200 Business Schools, the New York Times or the Bloomberg Businessweek. In research as well as influence, the school’s track record has proven to be hard to emulate.

Wharton offers not only undergraduate, post graduate and doctorate degrees, for which the acceptance rate can be less than 10 %, but also summer programs in business and leadership for rising high school seniors.

Its high school summer programs answer the academic needs of the participants and also present an outstanding academic challenge. Their USP lies in providing the students a foretaste of college life at an Ivy League institution. This unmatchable experience can ingrain an international approach to work and life.

LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development Program), for example, is a four week introductory program which focuses on key areas of business.  Leadership in the Business World, is another pre-college summer program for high school seniors, which offers classes at Wharton as well as company site visits.

Knowledge @Wharton High School Global Young Leaders Academy is a two week intensive, summer leadership program. It offers classes on business studies and practical workshops. The program also includes field trips and socio cultural activities in historic Philadelphia, a city central to the founding of the USA.

To sum up, a summer course at the Wharton School can prove to be not only the experience of a lifetime, but the start of something big!