Dear Georgetown Students and Families,
I write today to provide additional information about the innovative and exciting on-campus Summer Hilltop Immersion Program (SHIP) we are planning for the Class of 2024 and our new transfer students.
We invite you to fully engage in life on Georgetown’s campus this summer. You can bond with your classmates on the Hilltop Campus, in residence halls, in classrooms, in social events, and in libraries.
Program Overview:
SHIP will be a five-week program planned to take place from June 7 to July 9, 2021, with student move-in from June 1 through 5. You will take a minimum of six credit hours — but you may take up to eight credit hours — among our most popular courses typically taken by first year students and sophomores.
We realize the importance of community and social bonds to student well-being. You can also enroll in a combination of credit-bearing and non-credit bearing experiential opportunities in three clusters: (1) well-being, reflection, Jesuit ideals and values; (2) DC as a classroom; and (3) career and professional discernment. Some programs will help you to learn about some of the Jesuit values that animate Georgetown, such as “people for others,” “community in diversity,” “cura personalis,” and other core aspects of the Georgetown community. The one-credit hour experiential courses will be engagements with faculty and staff including readings and reflection.
Further, you can enroll in a parallel set of stand-alone social and experiential opportunities. By themselves, these short trips and experiences will enrich the SHIP experience and provide ways for students to bond. But they will also work in combination with the one-credits to deepen the courses’ content.
Finally, you will learn about a set of co-curricular programs and services to connect students with one another, with the campus, and with Washington, DC. SHIP participants will have the chance to meet many of the advisors, administrators and staff who work with students throughout the year, and learn about the resources and engagement opportunities that are part of life as a Hoya.
Program Cost and Registration:
To make SHIP accessible to all of our new Hoyas, we are offering the program at an all-inclusive program cost of $7,500. This includes the cost of courses, an all access meal plan and room costs.
You will be required to reside in University housing and accept the all-access meal plan. The price is for the Summer Hilltop Immersion Program only. Any courses or extended housing outside of SHIP will incur additional costs and may include other conditions.
Financial aid will be available to eligible students. If you received financial aid during the 2020-2021 academic year, you do not need to reapply; you will be considered for financial aid when you register for SHIP. If you did not apply for financial aid during the academic year 2020-2021, but would like to submit an application for financial aid for SHIP, you must do so through the financial aid office. Questions about the financial aid application process for the SHIP program may be emailed to finaidsummer2@georgetown.edu.
You can help us plan for SHIP by telling us your level of interest in the program by completing the SHIP Interest Form. We will be in touch soon with more information on program registration.
If you have additional questions, we have created a Frequently Asked Questions website and hilltopsummer@georgetown.edu email account for any other questions or comments you may have.
Please note, all of our plans for the Summer Hilltop Immersion Program are provisional and subject to modification based on public health conditions, contingent upon review and acceptance by the Washington, DC government. We look forward to meeting you in person and sharing time with you on the Hilltop.
Hoya Saxa,
Rohan Williamson
Vice Provost for Education