Get a taste of college — and earn valuable college credit — at a nationally ranked school.
What’s life like as a college student? Have you started envisioning your first days on campus—walking to class, introducing yourself to your professors and sleeping in a dorm?
What if you could experience all of that now, before you send in your application?
Earlham College is making that wish a possibility, through Earlham Summer, a weeklong experience where you will be immersed in college life, earn a college credit and learn more about applying to college and for financial aid.
Students will live their week like a true Earlhamite, with class offerings covering a variety of different topics. But college isn’t just about learning and preparing for your future career—it’s also about the social atmosphere and making lifelong friendships. Earlham Summer will offer structured social events and opportunities to bond with your new classmates.
You’ll leave Earlham’s campus more prepared for college and the journey you’re about to embark on.
You’ll start building your future, while helping us build the future.
Game Design
Yunting Yin
Students will learn the fundamentals of game design through a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops. Students will learn about game engines, design principles, the game industry, the growing esports economy, and the role of music in gaming experiences.
How Rivers Work
Andy Moore
More than half of the world’s population lives within two miles of a river, and over 80 percent meets its daily need for water from a lake or river. Rivers are vital to our past, present and future. In this class we’ll use our local river to study how they work from a historical, geomorphological and ecological perspective.
A week at the museum
Ann-Eliza Lewis
A Week at the Museum is a five-day introduction to how museums work. Students will be introduced to what goes on behind the scenes to preserve and interpret art, objects and specimens for the general public. Students will work hands-on in the collections of the Joseph Moore Museum, develop tours or programs, and conduct a small research project with museum data.
Metalsmithing
Lauren Darrouzet
Students will create art forms using a variety of metalsmithing techniques. Students will demonstrate skill in techniques such as sawing, piercing, filing, sanding, object setting and patinas. They will diversify their knowledge of art and art-making by exposure to contemporary and historical artists from a global perspective.
Psychology of Food
Maggie Thomas
Food is an essential component of the lives of every living thing, but many humans only think superficially about how food influences their lives or how their lives are influenced by food. In this course, students will focus on food from the perspective of psychology. They will analyze and discuss individual behavior and how individual behavior varies, all within the context of food.
Program overview
If you have any questions about the program not answered below, please contact us at [email protected].
What
A weeklong immersive college experience
When
Session 1: June 15-20, 2025
Session 2: June 22-27, 2025
Where
Earlham College Campus in Richmond, Indiana (see below for more information)
Who is eligible
Any current U.S. high school rising sophomore, junior or senior students
Cost
Tuition is $2,000, however, up to 90% financial aid will be available for qualifying students. If you are an employee of Earlham College or the Earlham School of Religion, ask about our employee discounts.
What you’ll get
Our donors
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Interested in visiting Earlham?
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Who we are
The mission of Earlham College, an independent, residential college, is to provide the highest quality undergraduate education in the liberal arts, including the sciences, shaped by the distinctive perspectives of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Our mission and Principles & Practices
Earlham was founded by Quakers, and their purpose-driven heritage remains with us to this day through our Principles and Practices.
A rich history
Earlham has always been a community committed to doing good and pursuing truth, and Earlhamites have never shied away from doing what’s right.
Sustainability at Earlham
Earlham College is engaged in multiple efforts to balance the environmental, economic and social impacts of campus operations.