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Badger Precollege Online

Experience life-changing learning without leaving your home. Badger Precollege Online offers dynamic, synchronous virtual learning experiences that allow you to explore everything from college readiness to social impact to research and more! 

Each live online course includes high-quality educational and social content to help prepare you for the college experience — all backed by the academic reputation of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

These courses offer opportunities for domestic and international students to engage with experts and peers from campus, the community and the world to exchange ideas, build community and take learning to the next level.

Classes are offered synchronously, meaning that you learn together in the same virtual classroom at the same time. Along with synchronous instruction, courses include homework to be completed outside of class.

At a glance

WHO

Domestic and international students in grades 9-12

DATES

Year round, program dependent

Application Deadline

June 1

Online program options

Social Impact Leadership Online

Make a difference as a change-making leader with peers from around the globe. Learn and discuss your ideas and get expert advice from professionals and youth in the field. Then act on what you’ve learned to design and implement a social impact project in your community.

Social Impact Leadership Online

College Ready

This dynamic college prep experience for domestic high school students combines online and overnight opportunities to provide broad college preparatory experiences and incorporate transferable readiness skills, all to help prepare students for applying to college.

*Optional in-person component

College Ready

Scholarship information

Scholarship information

International students

For international students, Social Impact Leadership offers limited partial scholarships to students with financial need. Reach out to info@precollege.wisc.edu for more information.

Domestic students

For Wisconsin residents, limited full and partial scholarships are available for College Ready and Social Impact Leadership Online Summer sessions on a first-come, first-served basis. Please review the information below to see if you qualify.

Full scholarship

Open to Wisconsin residents only
To qualify for a full scholarship, you must:

  • Receive free or reduced lunch in the state of Wisconsin during the current school year
  • Submit a scholarship form with your school’s Authorized Representative signature (ex: Food Service Director, Principal, Counselor). Once this has been received, we will follow up with further instructions.

If you don’t qualify for a full scholarship or are not a resident of Wisconsin, you may qualify for a partial scholarship.

Partial scholarship

To qualify for a partial scholarship, you must:

  • Submit the scholarship form including current information from your most recent tax return or income report. If extenuating circumstances (i.e. loans, loss of employment) are not reflected in income information but are impacting your family’s finances, please also submit your financial need story.
  • If you plan to apply for a scholarship, you will need a code to postpone payment for this program while we are considering your scholarship application. To receive a code, please send the following request to info@precollege.wisc.edu:

“I will be applying for a scholarship to [program name].  Can you please provide me instructions to delay tuition payment?”

  • Scholarship award determination has been made and recipients will be informed in advance of payment deadlines. If you are awarded a partial scholarship, any remaining balance will be due before the start of the program.  If you do not receive a scholarship and plan to apply and pay the tuition in full, you will be billed the full tuition amount.


Scholarship Documents can be submitted via email to info@precollege.wisc.edu OR mailed to our office:

Badger Precollege
21 N Park St, 7th Floor
Madison, WI 53715

For further information about scholarships, visit the Badger Precollege Financial information page.


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