Qualified high school students in the Santa Barbara area are nominated by their school guidance counselors or principals to participate in Young Scholars Program. Students may NOT enroll directly in the program. To be considered for Young Scholars Program, students must be mature, capable of handling university-level course work, be pursuing a rigorous college-preparatory study and be performing at an exceptionally high level.
Strong candidates are students who have exhausted what is available in one or more subject areas at their school or who wish to study a subject not available at their high school. Qualified homeschooled students should review all the guidelines regarding nominations provided in the FAQs here.
