Prep for Your College Experience
Business Programming for High School Students
Learn about business while participating in campus life.
Olin offers the following summer program specifically created for high school students to learn about business. In this program, you experience life on campus, meet like-minded college-bound students and learn business fundamentals.
Gateway To Business
This hybrid course introduces you to business, leadership and teamwork skills development and career preparedness. Students have three virtual sessions and a one-week residential experience on Washington University’s campus in St. Louis.
- Earn college credit while developing business savvy.
- Refine professional communications, including resume, cover letters and LinkedIn profile.
- Build your personal brand and develop a personal statement for your college essay.
- Become familiar with different fields within business.
- Problem-solve for a real-world client through an experiential learning project.
- Deepen your leadership and teamwork skills.
- Spend a week on WashU’s campus engaging with faculty and professionals from involved organizations and fellow students.
2025 Dates
- Virtual Sessions: June 5th, June 12th, & June 19th, 2025*
*Note: Attendance and participation in all virtual sessions is a mandatory, graded component of the program and expected of all admitted students. - Residential Session: July 13th - 18th, 2025
Who can attend
Gateway to Business program eligibility:
- Rising sophomore, junior or senior in high school (graduating in 2025)
- US resident
Program cost
$4,850
The program fee covers tuition, course materials, housing, meals, transportation and enrichment activities. Once a student is admitted into the program, we require a non-refundable $1,100.00 deposit. This deposit holds a student’s place in the program and is deducted from the total program fee due.
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