Buckeye Precollege Summer Institutes will offer academically ambitious and intellectually curious high school students the opportunity to participate in a two-week residential academic program designed to give them a taste of college life and prepare them for the road ahead.

Non-credit

Residential

Financial Aid

Final project

Application fee waiver

Participants are enrolled on a single, intensive course during their two-week stay on campus. Buckeye Precollege Summer Institute courses are not for credit, though the instructional hours are equivalent to that of a two-credit undergraduate course. The non-credit structure allows students to explore new topics and challenge themselves academically without worrying about grades. Students who successfully complete a Summer Institutes course will be provided with a certificate of completion.
Summer Institutes courses provide a deep dive into topics not typically available to high school students, and a taste of what a college classroom is like.
All enrichment courses will be taught at the college level, allowing participants to explore new ideas and skills, and challenge themselves academically without worrying about grades. 2023 offerings cover a wide variety of topics, from philosophy to quantum mechanics, from creative nonfiction writing to bioscience, and many more.
In addition to their core course, participants will also join daily workshops on the college admissions process, college-level study skills, and other content designed to help demystify the transition from high school to college. Evenings and weekends will offer social and recreational activities in the residence hall, on the Ohio State campus, and around central Ohio.

2023 Courses:
Session 1

• Fashion and Retail foundations: Entrepreneurship and Ingenuity
• How to tell my story: storytelling in the Arts and Humanities
• Impact Engineering, Technology and Science for Solving Wicked Problems
• Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving using MATLAB
• Kitchen Science: Learning Scientific Principles through Food
• Language and Society
• Quantum mechanics: Uncertainty, Measurement and Entanglement
• The Art of Living: Exploring What it Means to Live a Good Life through Philosophy and Literature
• The Science of Athletic Performance

Session 2

• Astronomy as a Gateway to the Data Sciences
• Introduction to Designed Spaces
• First Person: An Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
• How and Why of the Human Body
• Magic and Medicine: An Introduction to Pharmaceutical and Associated Healthcare Sciences
• Making Smart Money Decisions: Establishing Financial Literacy
• Personalized Medicine: The Roles of Genes in Disease and Drug Treatments
• Philosophy through Science Fiction
• The Sports Industry through Experiential Learning

Session 1

Jun 05 - Jun 16

2 weeks

Residential

3900 USD

Session 2

Jun 19 - Jun 30

2 weeks

Residential

3900 USD

Early Application Deadline: February 1, 2023

Regular Application Deadline: March 1, 2023

Rolling admissions: After March 15, 2023

Deadlines are defined as 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on the dates listed above. If space remains in the program after the Early and Regular rounds of review, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis while space is available.

The program fee covers all course costs, housing, dining, and residential activities.

Financial Aid

Scholarships
Buckeye Precollege has a limited number of need-based scholarships available that are intended to support participants who may need financial assistance. These scholarships will be mostly distributed in the form of partial awards, but some full awards will be provided.

Eligibility and process
In order to be considered for need-based scholarships, you must complete the optional scholarship request form, which is part of the online program application. You must submit the request form as part of your program application if you wish to be considered or need-based scholarship. If you are unsure about the need for assistance, we recommend you submit the form. If you do not submit the request for assistance in your program application, you cannot go back and submit it after you are admitted.

Applying for financial assistance does not have an effect on your admissions decision. Applicants will be notified of awards at the time of their admission decision. Assistance varies based on the size of the applicant pool, the number of applications received, individual need, and available funds at time of admission.

Applicants seeking need-based scholarships are encouraged to apply early, as funds will be awarded on a rolling basis. Those with under $50,000 in total household income are encouraged to apply.

Applicants will be asked to upload financial documentation on the optional aid request form page of their application. US citizens and permanent residents should supply their parents' most recent 1040s and W2s.

External scholarships
Students applying through select external scholarship organizations will if admitted receive a combination of aid from Buckeye Precollege and the partner organization.
Buckeye Precollege partners with:

Minds Matter
The Opportunity Network
Students applying as part of an external scholarship cohort will not have to pay an application fee (they should contact Buckeye Precollege and identify themselves as members of these organization to receive the waiver), and they will need to indicate on the application that they are applying through a partnership program and provide the information requested on the scholarship request form. The partnership organization must also confirm the student's affiliation in a separate communication with the Buckeye Precollege office before any waivers are provided.