2025 Middle School Summer Challenge/High School Summer Kickstart Application

2025 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.
-For new students: contact information (name and email address) for a teacher to complete a recommendation.
-If you are applying for scholarship assistance, a copy of your most recent 1040 tax return.

Once your materials are submitted, we will send your admission decision within 7-10 business days.

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

Student Information

First Name *

Preferred First Name *

Last Name *

Contact Phone Number *

Enter numbers only, no hyphens or spaces. ex: 3145555555

Email Address *

This will be the email address used for all correspondence from our office.

Grade during the 2024-2025 school year *

Have you previously attended Middle School Summer Challenge? *

Address Line 1 *

Address Line 2 (Apartment or Suite Number)

City *

State *

State Other...

Zip/Postal Code *

Country *

Country Other...

Country of Citizenship *

Country of Citizenship Other...

Birth Date *

Year

Month

Day

Gender *

Pronouns *

I am planning to apply for scholarship assistance. *

How would you describe yourself? (choose all that apply) *

What do you hope to gain by attending a WashU Pre-College Program? *

School Information

Name of School Currently Attending *

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.

Full name of teacher recommender *

Email address of teacher recommender *

Custodial Parent or Legal Guardian Information

Parent/Legal Guardian First Name *

Parent/Legal Guardian Last Name *

Parent/Legal Guardian Email Address *

Parent/Legal Guardian Phone Number *

Enter numbers only, no hyphens or spaces. ex: 3145555555

Is your parent/legal guardian a current employee of WashU? *

WashU Employee ID Number *

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.

Is your parent/legal guardian an alum of WashU? *

Would you like to add a second custodial parent/legal guardian? *

Parent/Legal Guardian 2 First Name

Parent/Legal Guardian 2 Last Name

Parent/Legal Guardian 2 Email Address

Parent/Legal Guardian 2 Phone Number

Is your parent/legal guardian 2 a current employee of WashU? *

WashU Employee ID Number for Parent/Legal Guardian 2 *

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.

Is your parent/legal guardian 2 an alum of WashU? *

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.

Family adjusted gross income from tax return *

Monthly mortgage payment or rent *

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. We do not need social security numbers, so these may be blacked out. See below for directions on uploading your tax return. Please do not send W2s as we cannot process scholarship applications with these documents.

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.

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.

I certify that the information contained herein is true, complete, and correct. I understand that all materials pertaining to this application become the property of Washington University in St. Louis. *

By typing your full name in this box you are agreeing to the above statement.