If you could take a class in any subject, what would it be? No matter your answer, chances are you’ll find it at Summer@Brown. Choose from more than 230 non-credit courses reflecting the wide range of Brown University’s Open Curriculum that will challenge you with new perspectives on how you work, learn and live.
With so many students from different locations, backgrounds and interests, studying at Summer@Brown you'll join a community of peers who bring broad and deep perspectives to living and learning together.
Outside of class, you’ll participate in workshops, activities and events — scheduled from morning to night — that inform, engage and entertain. Along the way, you’ll make new friends from around the world and learn to live independently and responsibly: skills that will prepare you well for life in college and long after.
Summer@Brown provides the opportunity to embrace the challenge of college-level academics without the pressure of formal grades and credit, in classes taught by instructors just as interested in your learning as you are, alongside students just as engaged as you.
Location(s)
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Schedule
- June 16th - July 25th, 2025
Cost/Compensation
- 1 Week On Campus Residential: $3,584
- 1 Week On Campus Commuter: $2,960
- 2 Week On Campus Residential: $5,534
- 2 Week On Campus Commuter: $4,286
- 2 Week Online: $3,218
- 3 Week On Campus Residential: $8,006
- 3 Week On Campus Commuter: $6,134
- 3 Week Online: $4,454
- 4 Week Online: $5,314
- 5 Week Hybrid Residential: $10,386
- 5 Week Hybrid Commuter: $8,514
Eligibility Requirements
- Students must be rising sophomores, juniors or seniors and ages 14-18.
Deadline
- May 9th, 2025
Application or Entry Requirements
- A completed online application
- A 250–500 word essay responding to one of the following prompts:
- Describe an experience, accomplishment or challenge that made you grow as a student. In what ways do you hope to continue your educational and personal growth at Brown Pre-College?
- Our students come from a number of unique backgrounds and communities. Tell us something about your identity or background that has motivated or shaped your educational journey. In what ways do you hope to continue that journey at Brown Pre-College?
- An optional supplemental essay to convey anything not covered in the application that you wish to express
- A transcript and most recent grade report
- One letter of recommendation
Notifications of Decisions
- Rolling admission decisions will be sent to students as they become available beginning on Monday, January 20, 2025
Financial Aid Details
- Partial and full scholarships are available to those who demonstrate need.
- Scholarship opportunities can be found here.
Other Dates to Keep in Mind
- Application opens January 15th, 2025
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Brown is a nonprofit Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island and the seventh oldest higher education institution in the United States (1764). It is comprised of the College, the Graduate School, Alpert Medical School, the School of Engineering, the School of Public Health and the School of Professional Studies. The university is also affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Rhode Island School of Design. The undergraduate school, among the most selective in the country, is known for its Open Curriculum which eliminated distribution requirements allowing students to create their own syllabus and take any course pass/fail.
