The Embedded Pre-baccalaureate Program provides a unique delivery model for our dual-enrollment pre-baccalaureate program. Instead of individual students applying and enrolling in courses, an entire class of high school students is admitted and takes the course together directly from their high school. Courses maintain the same academic policies and standards as our typical pre- baccalaureate offerings.
Current Embedded Pre-baccalaureate Program Partners
The Wharton Global Youth Program is collaborating with the National Education Equity Lab and Heights Philadelphia, to educate and inspire high school students in historically underserved communities. We currently offer two courses: Essentials of Personal Finance and Grit Lab 101.
The Essentials of Personal Finance course is led by Professor David Musto and supported by Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance. It is designed to teach personal finance concepts and financial decision making to high school students. Across 10 weeks, students learn everything from defining and calculating simple and compound interest, to how the U.S. tax system works, to exploring ways to fund higher education and negotiate the best available financial aid packages.
Grit Lab 101, a collaboration with the School of Arts and Sciences, is led by Professor Angela Duckworth. Grit Lab has two main objectives: 1) to equip students with generalizable knowledge about the science of passion and perseverance, and (2) to help students apply these insights to their own lives — including applying to college. At the heart of this course are cutting-edge scientific discoveries about how to foster passion and perseverance for long-term goals. As in any college undergraduate course, students will have an opportunity to learn from current research. But unlike most courses, Grit Lab encourages students to apply these ideas to their own lives and reflect on their experiences.
2022-2023 Essentials of Personal Finance Participating Schools
- Abramson Sci Academy, New Orleans, LA
- Academy for Conservation and the Environment, New York City, NY
- Booker T Washington High School, Miami, FL
- Bronx International High School, New York City, NY
- Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice, The Bronx, NY
- Career Education Center Early College, Denver, CO
- Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences, New York City, NY
- Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School, New York City, NY
- Hialeah High School, Hialeah, FL
- KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate High School, Lynn, MA
- KIPP DC College Preparatory, Washington, DC
- KIPP DC Legacy College Preparatory, Washington, DC
- KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy, Newark, NJ
- KIPP Newark Lab High School, Newark, NJ
- KIPP San Jose, San Jose, CA
- Manchester High School, Hartford, CT
- Miami Central Senior High School, Miami, FL
- Miami Coral Park Senior High School, Miami, FL
- Miami Norland Senior High School, Miami Gardens, FL
- Miami Southridge Senior High, Miami, FL
- Miami Springs Senior High, Miami, FL
- Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies, The Bronx, NY
- Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, New York City, NY
- North Miami Senior High School, Miami, FL
- Oak Ridge High School, Orlando, FL
- Robert Morgan Educational Center, Miami, FL
- School for Classics High School, New York City, NY
- South Dade Senior High School, Homestead, FL
- South Miami Senior High School, Miami, FL
- Southwest Miami Senior High School, Miami, FL
- Thornton Fractional South High School, Lansing, IL
- Urban Assembly of Music and Art, New York City, NY
- Urban Prep – Acad Englewood, Chicago, IL
- William H. Turner Technical Arts Senior High School , Miami, FL
- The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens, New York City, NY
2022-2023 Grit Lab Participating Schools
- Abramson Sci Academy, New Orleans, LA
- All City Leadership Secondary School (32K554), Brooklyn, NY
- Birmingham Community Charter High School, Lake Balboa, CA
- Bronx High School of Business, The Bronx, NY
- Bronx International High School, The Bronx, NY
- Callaway High School, Jackson, MS
- City Honors International Prep School, Inglewood, CA
- Claremont International High School, The Bronx, NY
- Crotona International High School, The Bronx, NY
- DeWitt Clinton HS, The Bronx, NY
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem, New York, NY
- Elmont Memorial High School. Elmont, NY
- Fordham High School for the Arts, The Bronx, NY
- Forest Hill High School, Jackson, MS
- Francis T. Maloney High School, Meriden, CT
- Frank McCourt High School, New York, NY
- Grover Cleveland (Q485), Ridgewood, NY
- High School for Arts and Technology (Urban Assembly), New York, NY
- High School for Excellence and Innovation, New York, NY
- High School for Service & Learning, Brooklyn, NY
- High School of World Cultures, The Bronx, NY
- Information Technology High School, Long Island City, NY
- Jim Hill High School, Jackson, MS
- JPS-Tougaloo Early College High School, Jackson, MS
- KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy, Newark, NJ
- KIPP NYC College Prep High School, The Bronx, NY
- Lanier High School, Jackson, MS
- Legal Prep, Chicago, IL
- Lompoc High School, Lompoc, CA
- Mathematics, Science Research and Technology High School, Cambria Heights, NY
- Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, The Bronx, NY
- Oak Ridge High School, Orlando, FL
- Performing Arts and Technology High School, Brooklyn NY
- Provine High School, Jackson, MS
- Richmond Hill High School, Richmond Hill, NY
- Rockaway Collegiate High School, Rockaway Park, NY
- Santee Education Complex, Los Angeles, CA
- Science Skills Center High School, Brooklyn, NY
- Science Technology and Research Early College High School, Brooklyn, NY
- Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, NY
- South Hunterdon Regional High School, Lambertville, NJ
- The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens, Jamaica, NY
- Upper Darby High School, Drexel Hill, PA
- Urban Prep – Acad Englewood, Chicago, IL
- Waipahu High School, Waipahu, HI
- Wingfield High School, Jackson, MS
2022-2023 Teaching Fellows and Teaching Assistants
Michelle Firoozan
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Helen Fan
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Naomi Bright
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Samantha Costello
Teaching Fellow, Grit Lab 101
Hector Cure
Teaching Fellow, Grit Lab 101
Brian Toth
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Pavan Patel
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Hana Do
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Rishabh Israni
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Camilla Borges Porcino da Costa
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Stephanie Perez
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Katherine Rakow
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Whitney Gao
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Josh Blatt
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Eli Kiani
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Andrew Elgin
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Krunal Patel
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal FinanceAdrienna Davis
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Valeria Celi Damis
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Eugene Waweru
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Kofi Addae-Sakyi
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Richard Chen
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Tyeirra Lynch
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Vaishnavi Pachava
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal FinanceAvumile Mcunu
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Jennifer Gomez
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Jacob Canelo-Garcia
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Mario Paez
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal FinanceRohan Mehta
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Anchal Gupta
Teaching Assistant, Essentials of Personal Finance
Sophia Glinski
Teaching Fellow, Grit Lab 101
Diego Noriega Madrazo
Teaching Fellow, Grit Lab 101
Nicole Carter
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
Fanchen Zhou
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance
EriOluwa Oni
Teaching Fellow, Essentials of Personal Finance