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Program Dates and Costs

2026 Four-Week Residential Program
Dates: June 20 - July 17
Tuition and Fees:
Biology - $4,500
English - $4,500
Dance - $4,400

 

The Early College Program (ECP) is a four-week residential program for female high school students who are currently in the 11th grade and are seeking an early college experience. Since 1989, ECP has been chosen as the program to launch the college career of hundreds of exceptional young scholars.

ECP is an intense academic program that offers college credit courses in English and Biology for current high school juniors and seniors. A cumulative 3.0 GPA along with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in English and Science courses is required.

Eligible students may select and attend one of the following modules:

  • ECP English 101 offers a college credit course earning (4) college credits. This course provides opportunities for the student to learn how to read, think and write critically in preparation for a First-Year Composition course. The course emphasizes analysis, logical fallacies, reasoning and writing under a timed circumstance. A minimum grade of "C" is required to earn credit and generate a college transcript. Open to current 11th-grade students.

  • ECP Biology 100 offers a college credit course in The Biology of Women, earning four (4) credits. This course provides perspectives on the distinct biology of women. The roles of science in society and women’s empowerment through knowledge of their bodies will be examined. The course features lectures and a laboratory. A minimum grade of “C” is required to earn the credit and generate a college transcript. Open to current 11th-grade students.

  • ECP Dance 132 offers a college credit course earning (4) college credits. Students will learn the basic elements of dance (body, space, time, effort, action) to make connections with the body and understand space. Students will use prompts and in-class exercises to explore creative practices through contemporary modern movement. This course will provide students with an understanding of weight, breath, and body alignment for more efficient movement practices in dance. A minimum grade of "C" is required to earn credit and generate a college transcript.

 

The Early College Program Application for 2026 is officially open!

 

Quick Tips to help your application process go smoothly:

  • Students should create their application profile under their own name. There will be a specific section to provide parent or guardian contact information.
  • Please create only one profile per applicant.
  • Need help accessing your account? Email summerprograms@spelman.edu and our team will assist you.

Select the link below to begin your application.

 

Early College Program
Date: June 20 - July 17

 

Contact Info

Summer Programs

350 Spelman Lane, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30314

404-270-4003
summerprograms@spelman.edu

Mon. - Fri. | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

 

Admission Policy

Spelman College, a Historically Black College whose mission is to serve high-achieving Black women, will consider for admission women students, including students who consistently live and self-identify as women, regardless of their gender assignment at birth. Spelman does not admit male students, including students who self-identify and live consistently as men, regardless of gender assignment at birth. If a woman is admitted and transitions to male while a student at Spelman, the College will permit that student to continue matriculating and to graduate from Spelman.

Application to a high school pre-college summer program is not an application for admission to the degree programs of Spelman College. No promises are made regarding admission to the first-year class. Parents/guardians must give their permission for students to participate in summer programs and activities.

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