Your Gateway to College
The Wilkes University Gateway Scholars Program charts a path for you to earn a year’s worth of college credits by the time you graduate from high school. You begin taking Wilkes courses and high school Advanced Placement (AP) offerings in your junior year of high school. You must be recommended by a high school guidance counselor to enroll in this program.
Your Gateway to Savings
You pay the discounted Young Scholar rate of $50 per credit, or $150 for a typical 3-credit course, during your junior and senior years of high school. (Regular, part-time tuition is $995 per credit.)
If you complete this program and elect to enroll at Wilkes in the fall semester immediately
following high school graduation you will receive a scholarship that is four times
the amount of Gateway Scholars tuition paid. This scholarship will be applied to your Wilkes
tuition and distributed over your sophomore, junior and senior years. This is in addition
to any scholarships and financial aid you would normally receive.
Total savings for a full year of tuition—currently $36,888 annually—and the Gateway Scholars scholarships of approximately $5,000 (for a typical student) amounts to $41,888. You can also save the cost of one year of room and board.
Your Gateway to Wilkes
Completing required courses enable you to earn a bachelor’s degree at Wilkes in as few as three years. By completing this program, you can enter Wilkes University as a sophomore in the fall semester immediately following high school graduation.
Your Gateway to Success
Whether you plan to enroll in professional school or graduate school, or if you want to start your career immediately after earning your bachelor’s degree, this program can help you save money and achieve your goal faster.
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To see if you qualify, contact your high school guidance counselor.
To learn more about Wilkes University, contact admissions@wilkes.edu .
FAQ
The Gateway Scholars Program is a coordinated pathway for high school students who are recommended by their high school guidance office to earn their first-year college requirements by the time they graduate from high school. They accomplish this by combining Wilkes courses with Advanced Placement (AP) offerings in high school. Students begin by taking courses in their junior year of high school, completing the prescribed courses by the end their senior year, or in some cases by the end of the summer after their senior year.
Students can complete a bachelor’s degree at Wilkes in as few as three years. By completing their first-year college requirements by high school graduation, they can enter Wilkes University as sophomores in the fall semester immediately following high school graduation.
The Young Scholar tuition rate is $50 per credit for the 2019-2020 academic year. This amounts to $150 for a 3-credit course.
Enrolling in college as a sophomore results in a savings of one full year of college tuition, currently $35,814. Students can also save one year of the cost of room and board.
High school students in this program will pay the discounted Gateway Scholars Program rate during their junior and senior years of high school. Those who complete this program and enroll at Wilkes in the fall semester immediately following high school graduation will receive a scholarship that is four times the amount of Gateway Scholars tuition they paid. This scholarship will be applied to students’ Wilkes tuition, spread out over the students’ sophomore, junior and senior years. This is in addition to other scholarships and financial aid for which students may qualify.
This varies depending on your chosen major and the number of high school AP courses taken. Including both AP and Wilkes classes, you will need to have completed 30 to 33 credits to meet the first-year college requirements.
Based on your chosen major, Wilkes will provide you with an academic advisor