Pacific Summer High School Institute

Pacific Summer High School Institute Registration Portal

Register here for programs of the 2025 Pacific Summer High School Institute.

Registration is $3,650 for an all-inclusive two-week residential pre-college experience. Pacific alumni parents and grandparents, families of current Pacific undergraduate students, and current Pacific employees qualify for a $500 discount. There is also an automatic $500 discount for registering more than one student (or one student for more than one session) from the same family. Discounts cannot be combined. You can submit the full payment later by choosing a $500 non-refundable deposit to secure your student's place in the Institute.

Choose a session and a program, click Register Now , create a family (parent) login and submit your registration details and payment to secure your student's placement into one our high-quality academic, artistic and athletics programs. Each program runs for two weeks and students within a given session (Session 1 is June 2–12 and Session 2 is June 17–27) register for one particular program. If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact us (see contact details below.)

Business and Society

Session 1 (June 2–12)

Be an Influencer

Learn what it really takes to become a successful social media influencer or content creator. Topics will include finding a niche, building an audience and maintaining consistency. Students will learn the ins and outs of various online platforms and experiment with content creation tools.

Become the Best Teacher or Coach

What makes a great teacher or coach? It starts with passion. If you can bring the passion, we'll bring the rest. Join us for two weeks of interactive skill development that will combine your passion with real-world strategies to hone leadership, build motivation and foster creativity to build an inclusive culture among students, athletes and the community.

Building Your Own Business

Entrepreneurial students in this program learn the building blocks to create a business by using design techniques and shared language for describing, visualizing, and assessing a business model. Students work in teams to create a business and learn how to pitch what they created to potential investors.

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Competitive Debate

Learn to execute the skills and strategies of competitive debate from coaches and college students who lead Pacific’s speech and debate team, which has finished in the Top 10 nationally for seven consecutive years.

eSports

Follow your passion for competitive gaming to learn more about the $160 billion eSport industry. Participants will improve gameplay by focusing on individual and teamwork skills while also learning about various careers and business models in this exciting field.

Investing in Stocks

Discover how to make smart investment decisions. This program will take students from investment fundamentals to actual investment trades on the stock exchanges through the Eberhardt Student Investment Fund, a signature program of Pacific's Eberhardt School of Business.

Lawyers and the Rule of Law

In this unique, immersive two-week program, students will learn about the law and legal careers, guided by experienced faculty and aided by JD and other students from the McGeorge School of Law.

Police Cadet Academy

Learn about working in the criminal justice field through this Police Cadet Academy course. Participants will learn about criminal laws, vehicle codes, radio codes, safe driving and procedural justice while actively participating in self-defense and physical training (PT). Actual police officers and academy trainers will teach these learn-by-doing courses.

Taking Control of Your Financial Future

Budget your money, build your wealth, learn to invest, understand life insurance, navigate retirement savings and more. You will learn how to budget and plan your expenses and begin saving thousands of dollars every year by cutting out certain expenses.

Session 2 (June 17–27)

Be a Lawyer in Court

In this unique, immersive two-week program, students will learn about case analysis, direct and cross examination, admitting and using exhibits, and delivering opening statements and closing arguments, guided by experienced McGeorge School of Law faculty and aided by members of the nationally ranked McGeorge Mock Trial Team.

Become the Best Teacher or Coach

Competitive Debate

eSports

Investing in Stocks

Leadership for Women

Explore how to be an effective leader through workshops and one-on-one sessions with top professors from the Eberhardt School of Business, alumni and community leaders, to build leadership and communication skills. Participants will prepare business case projects and design and run a conference to share they have learned.

Sports Analytics

Explore the fast-growing world of sports analytics. Learn how data is changing the landscape of athletics by learning about this $300 billion industry. Topics include individual and team performance analytics, sports management and contract negotiations.

Taking Control of Your Financial Future

Contact:

Website: https://www.pacific.edu/about-pacific/summer/precollege-summer-program

Director: Dr. Balint Sztaray
Program Manager: Faith Keith
Phone: 209-932-3263
Email: [email protected]