Students requiring financial assistance to attend a Penn SAS Summer High School Program are encouraged to explore external funding opportunities through educational agencies or scholarship organizations. Currently, the Penn SAS High School Programs offer a limited number of scholarships for the Summer Academies to Philadelphia residents enrolled in the School District of Philadelphia public or charter high schools.
See if your school qualifies you for scholarship consideration:
- School District of Philadelphia high schools (click on "high schools")
- School District of Philadelphia charter schools
Scholarships include use of Penn academic facilities, on-campus housing, gym access, linens, meal plan, extracurricular activities and trips, and student supervision.
Scholarships do not include travel to/from campus, airport transfers, class materials, meals eaten off campus, medical expenses, laundry supplies, souvenirs, and personal spending money.
Application
Submit an online application for the Summer Academy of your choice. Follow the application instructions and requirements outlined on our Application Information page.
- Applicants indicating that they are from the School District of Philadelphia will automatically have the application fee waived.
- As you complete the online application, when asked if you attend a School District of Philadelphia school, select “Yes” and fully complete the scholarship section of the application to be considered for a scholarship.
- Scholarship decisions will be released on rolling basis together with the admission decision. Students will be notified if they were admitted to the program with a scholarship or if they were admitted without a scholarship, waitlisted, or unable to be offered admission to their program of choice.
