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Picture your kid playing their way to new discoveries

Picture students playing their way to new discoveries

EXPLO Grades 4-5 and Grades 6-7
Program: 360°

Regis College, Greater Boston Area
3 weeks – Day or Sleepaway options

Choose an adventure.

Our personalized, playful, and inquisitive project-based learning developed collaboratively with our partners in industry combines the fun of summer camp with the excitement of learning new things.

This one-of-a-kind experience introduces kids to everything from Treehouse Architecture to Creating a Hit Song. They’ll form authentic connections with clever kids from around the world who share their interests.

Open them up to summer fun and the chance to gain independence and problem-solving skills in a safe and welcoming environment.

Grades 6-7
Program: Veterinary Science

Live the veterinarian life

Regis College
Greater Boston area
2 weeks
Sleepaway program

Do something you love.
Work with real animals and models alongside professional veterinarians and technicians. You’’ll learn to diagnose diseases, check vital signs, suture wounds, and more. Visit wildlife centers, animal clinics, and rehabilitation centers, and have summer fun—from outdoor movie nights to dance parties and spa days.

Connect your teen to their future self—and a summer of fun

Connect your students to their future self—and a summer of fun

EXPLO Grades 8-9
Program: 360°

Sarah Lawrence College, Greater NYC Area
3 weeks – Day or Overnight options

Hello, future me!

EXPLO is a creative, immersive, and personalized summer enrichment program. It’s a perfect place for clever, curious students to connect their passions with academic growth and social emotional development.

Help them find what excites them—from Fashion Illustration and Sports + Society to Codebreaking and Digital Music Production. They’ll find it at EXPLO. And if they aren’t sure yet, that’s okay too! They’ll have the freedom to choose activities they’re actually into—and try new things in a judgment-free zone.

Give your students a different kind of summer. One where they’ll explore new topics, form authentic connections with kids from around the world who share their interests, indulge in summer fun, and gain independence and problem-solving skills with a community of motivated peers.

Medical Specialties

Step into the life of a doctor

Sarah Lawrence College
Greater NYC area
2 weeks
Overnight program

Do your favorite thing.
Work with medical professionals from top hospitals, practices, and simulation labs. You’ll build skills from suturing and intubation to starting an IV and reading an X-ray. Step into the life of a doctor and make rounds through specialties such as internal medicine, trauma care, cardiology, and pathology. You’ll also meet new friends from around the world and have summer fun.

Show them what a summer immersion can mean for their future

Show them what a summer immersion can mean for their future

EXPLO Pre-College
Program: 360°, Explorations, and Career Concentrations

Try on possible futures.

Students in grades 10-12 get the real deal in our immersive and experiential learning pre-college programs. They’ll gain real life experience instead of just imagining how things work from behind a desk—pitch business ideas to a panel of executives, develop strategies for social change alongside legal experts, test biomedical prototypes for laboratory application, or learn the business of acting in a masterclass with an industry insider—all of this and more awaits them.

Wellesley College, Greater Boston Area
3 weeks – Residential and Commuter Program

Option 1: EXPLO 360º

Our summer programs for high school students open up a broad set of workshops and electives to help them decide what they want to study and reveal their path forward, from 3D Animation for Game Design to Law + Social Movements and beyond.

Option 2: EXPLO Career Concentrations

Put students in the driver’s seat to a future they can be excited about. Students will select one area of focus they want to make a real impact in and get full immersion with industry experts, and work on current industry challenges—while also having the option of earning college credit.

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2 weeks - Residential Program

Explorations at Berkeley
Explore your passions, embrace new ideas, and embark on a real-world adventure at the nation's top-ranked public university in the Bay Area. Dive into hands-on projects, research opportunities, and endless possibilities as you prepare for college.


Worcester College, Oxford University + University College London, United Kingdom
2 weeks - Residential program

Explorations at Oxford + London

Spend an unforgettable week at beautiful Worcester College, Oxford, and another at University College London—two of the highest-ranked colleges in the world. Dive into Business, Law + Politics as well as Architecture, Arts + Culture, in cities packed with tradition, culture, innovation, and fun.

When students find their spark, big things happen

We create transformational learning environments of intellectual inquiry and spirited adventure. And this experience makes a difference. Alumni from EXPLO go on to do big things. We are a vibrant community of more than 20 Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, 65+ named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Pulitzer Prize winners, 2 Inventors of the Year, over 1,000 successful entrepreneurs, award-winning filmmakers, countless members of Peace Corps and Teach for America, stars of the arts, and leaders in industry.

It’s in our roots to spark brilliance

We lead research and innovation year-round at our 30,000-square-foot Exploration Center to help your students do just that during their summer. And we nurture holistic development with attention to social and emotional learning as well.

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"Explo makes me want to explore every opportunity the world offers me. At Explo, you learn more than just stuff in your courses. You learn about people; you learn about living on your own. It makes you feel a lot more independent and a lot more confident. I’ve always been self-confident, but here I’ve realized I really want to go out and do things I’ve never done before."
Matt—Student
Pennsylvania, United States

A community of passionate changemakers awaits

EXPLO experts guide students as they blaze the trail to their future.

Encourage clever students with a wide range of interests to see what it’s like to learn from passionate and creative engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and artists who push boundaries and maintain curiosity in their work—with a general staff to student ratio of 1:5.

From Pulitzer Prize winners, state Supreme Court justices, and founders of social impact organizations to award-winning researchers and New York Times best-selling authors—at EXPLO, we come together for learning that pushes beyond the classroom into carefully staged worlds that light creative thinkers up!

Here are just a few of the faculty that grace our summers.

Tayarish Poe
Tayarish Poe
Film Director + Writer, Selah and the Spades
Eran Hodis
Eran Hodis, Ph.D.
Resident Physician in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital + Harvard Medical School
Jonah Peretti
Jonah Peretti
Founder + CEO, BuzzFeed; Co-founder, Huffington Post
Brynn Jinnett Putnam
Brynn Jinnett Putnam
Founder + CEO of MIRROR
Celine Gounder
Celine Gounder, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
P.Y. Nicole Chang
P.Y. Nicole Chang, MBA, JD
President/Owner, Coder’s School Los Angeles + Global Business Consultant
Hon. Richard Gabriel
Hon. Richard Gabriel, JD
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Saul Kassin
Saul Kassin, Ph.D
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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"It's just been so cool to try all this different stuff, like for my mini-courses, I have street luge and lacrosse, and I've never done street luge in my life. It was a whole new experience to see and completely different from what I do at home."
Wesley– Student
California, United States
"I'm also taking go-kart making, which is a whole other ball game. I'm in this group of four and we're making our own go-kart and it's coming along really well. I'm having so much fun. On Friday we're going to race them and it's just unbelievable. I've never done anything like this before and it's just a whole new experience."
Aaron–Student
California, United States

Welcoming students across the country and around the world

Get ready for an unparalleled summer of study abroad.

Connect students to a study abroad programme within a safe and beautiful setting across one of three prestigious college campuses. All EXPLO programmes have dedicated spaces just for our students where they flourish in a safe and caring environment. Residential advisors help make sure students have a sense of belonging at EXPLO. We provide support for parents in planning practical matters, and attendance is streamlined, as international students only need a tourist visa for EXPLO programmes. We provide tourist visa application support and provide personalized airport pickups and drop-offs to keep students safe the entire time they’re with us.

Wellesley College Greater Boston Area

Wellesley College

Greater Boston Area

Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College

Greater NYC Area

Regis College

Regis College

Greater Boston Area

"EXPLO is like an onion with its different layers...You just keep finding things you don't expect."
Corey—Student
Florida, United States

Join us where the bright shine.

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