Summer School students enroll in one college-level course and Congressional Workshop practicum. Due to the intensity of the Speakers Program in Washington D.C., students attending the Summer School at Georgetown must be self-disciplined, academically advanced and have prior experience writing term papers.

Course Requirements:
Junior Statesmen Summer School courses are intensive and demanding.  Classes on all campuses meet six days a week, Monday through Saturday. At Princeton and Stanford, each course meets for a total of 85 hours. AP U.S. History at Princeton meets for 160 hours.  At Georgetown, class meets for 100 hours.  Students in the Freshman Scholars program class meet for 60 hours, with an additional 25 hours of structured study and research time.

Each Summer School course is equivalent to a one-semester, high school honors or AP course, except AP U.S. History, which is a two-semester high school course.  U.S. Government, for example, is designed as a one-semester Advanced Placement course.  Required Government and History assignments include three essay examinations and a 12-15 page research paper.  Research is supervised by the faculty and requires extensive use of library facilities.

Following each session, Summer School transcripts are sent to the graduates and, only at their request, to their high schools.

An important note about Academic Credit:
If you are interested in receiving high school credit for Junior Statesmen Summer School classes, please speak to the appropriate officials at your school prior to the summer. Policies regarding credit vary among school districts.  Find out whether your school will accept course credits from the Junior Statesmen Summer School.   Note that our AP courses (U.S. Government, U.S. History, and Economics) also prepare you for the Advanced Placement exams given each spring.  With a satisfactory score on the AP exam, many universities award college credit.

Advanced Placement Courses.  Several courses have been authorized by the College Board to be designated as AP level courses.  This is an official recognition by the College Board these courses meet or exceed the expectations colleges and universities have for your AP subject.  AP authorization is only available for courses which the College Board offers an AP Exam.  These courses are AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP U.S. History and AP Macroeconomics.