2026 Application

Middle School Summer Challenge/High School Summer Kickstart

Before completing this application, please review all program details carefully including description, dates, eligibility, and fees.  You will need the following supplemental information to complete this application:

   -A copy of the student's most recent grade report (should include student's full name, school name, year in school, and all current grades and courses)
   -Signed parent liability waiver and release.
   -Contact information (name and email address) for a teacher to complete a recommendation. Please note, teacher recommendations are waived for returning participants.
   -If you are applying for scholarship assistance, a copy of your most recent 1040 tax return.

Once your teacher recommendation is received, we will send your admission decision within 7-10 business days.

A note about waitlist only sessions: We monitor enrollment of admitted students and if space becomes available we will offer spots to waitlisted students. We unfortunately cannot predict if space will be available, but will do our best to update waitlisted students on their status as soon as possible and no later than April 23, 2026. Only those waitlisted applicants with a completed application, including teacher recommendation, will be considered for space if it becomes available.

If you have questions, please contact our office at precollege@wustl.edu.

Student Information

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Which session of Middle School Summer Challenge would you like to attend?
Which session of High School Summer Kickstart would you like to attend?
How would you describe yourself? (choose all that apply)
What are your favorite subjects? (choose all that apply)

School Information

Teacher Recommendation

Please provide contact information for a current year teacher who can speak to your academic abilities and success in a pre-college environment. The teacher should be an academic subject teacher (math, science, social studies, or English). A recommendation form will be emailed to the teacher upon submission of your application.

Custodial Parent or Legal Guardian Information

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We offer a 10% discount to all admitted students of benefits-eligible WashU employees. In order to qualify for the discount, a student must be admitted and be a dependent child both by relation (birth, legally adopted, or step-child) and financially to a benefits-eligible WashU employee. Please indicate below your WashU Employee ID number to verify your eligibility for the discount.
We offer a 10% discount to all admitted students of benefits-eligible WashU employees. In order to qualify for the discount, a student must be admitted and be a dependent child both by relation (birth, legally adopted, or step-child) and financially to a benefits-eligible WashU employee. Please indicate below your WashU Employee ID number to verify your eligibility for the discount.

Please upload your signed parent/guardian liability waiver and release. The parent signature must be a hard signature. It cannot be typed or be a general pdf signature. 

Scholarship Assistance Request

The following information is required for us to process your request for scholarship assistance. 

We must receive a copy of your most recent 1040 tax return to process this application. The first two pages of a 1040 tax return are required, with the "Profit or Loss from Business" page required only if the taxpayer is self-employed. Do not include supplemental schedules, as they are not required for scholarship determination. The applicant must be listed as a dependent on the 1040 in order for us to accept the document. We do not need social security numbers, so these may be blacked out. See below for directions on uploading your tax return. 

If you are not required to file a tax return, you must send official documentation explaining your income. We reserve the right to request further documentation regarding family income, as needed. If you have questions regarding your income documentation, please contact us at precollege@wustl.edu.

Before clicking submit below, please be sure you have uploaded both a current grade report and signed parent liability waiver and release. Your application will not be processed without these two items included.

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