Hey, Wharton Global Youth students…Have we got a unique summer learning and networking experience for you — the online Wharton Global Youth Meetup!
For Students in Our On-Campus and Location-based Programs
The Global Youth Meetup is a special add-on for students enrolled in our on-campus and location based programs to enhance your in-person experience. For 10 weeks before, during and after your Wharton program, starting on June 2 and lasting through August 8, you can explore business like never before for $199. Respond to your email offers today so you won’t miss out on this opportunity to enrich your Wharton learning experience this summer!
For Students in Our Online and Pre-baccalaureate Programs
Online students automatically get special Global Youth Meetup access for 10 full weeks (from June 2 to August 8), allowing you to spend time in the Global Youth Meetup before, during and after your academic programs. It’s already built into your summer experience with Wharton! Just make sure you accept your Global Youth Meetup invitation when it arrives in late May.
Inside the Meetup
So, what is the Global Youth Meetup? A vibrant business-education community for high school students who are passionate about all things business and Wharton. This one-of-a-kind online community invites high school students to extend their business learning into new and interesting areas, while also connecting with like-minded global peers. Take a break from your coursework to navigate to the Global Youth Meetup and explore Wharton’s full scope of business in synchronous and asynchronous ways. You even get several chances each summer to join interactive conversations with leaders in business and industry.
Want to discover what is behind those action buttons above? Sign up, log in and meet up! You won’t want to miss exploring our innovative online community! It’s your summer ticket to an extended Wharton School education.
As a Global Youth Meetup Member, You Get:
- Two four-week Trading Sprints allowing students to build competitive investment portfolios with stocks, bonds, ETFs and even crypto in our Wharton Investment Simulator (WinS), the very same platform used in the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition!
- Access to an eight-week online Wharton Investing Workshop taught by a Wharton MBA that covers all topics from the basics to deeper analysis, with time for Q&A from participants.
- Live experiences like our Welcome to the Global Youth Meetup event and our Trading Sprint Tutorial, where all your questions are answered.
- Business Labs featuring Wharton faculty, undergrads and alumni sharing insights about entrepreneurship, the ethics of AI and their engaging and varied business education experiences at Wharton.
- Access to a summer of Cross-program Lectures, delivered by world-class Wharton faculty.
- Several Career Spotlight Discussions with notable Wharton alumni, like Svanika Balasubramanian talking about global plastics pollution and the circular economy. Other guests have taken Global Youth Meetup participants inside finance and sustainable investing, AI, financial technology, retail, real estate, communications, tech startups, marketing, and more.
- Great Networking Opportunities to connect with high school students from around the world and start building a global peer network through our Global Youth Meetup tool, PeerConnect.
- Information and highlights about Wharton Global Youth’s annual Comment & Win contest for high school students, which runs from June to August and is an excellent opportunity to explore and reflect on Global Youth business content. You can meet some of our most recent Comment and Winners in This Report.
- Fun asynchronous activities and games whenever you need a study break. Ina N., a regular Global Youth Meetup participant, dug into Wharton Global Youth’s Explore Business mini-site content on global branding and then created a short video advertisement for Levi Strauss & Co. Ina talks about her time in the 2024 Global Youth Meetup in this article.
“When my team initially started investing in the GYM Trading Sprint, we chose stocks based on the names of big companies we’re already familiar with and are often mentioned, such as Apple, Coca-Cola, and Meta. It didn’t take us long to realize that it wasn’t an effective strategy. After learning how to utilize the DCF model in the Essentials of Finance program, we began computing the intrinsic value of a company to determine the rationale behind purchasing a stock. Our experience participating in the GYM Trading Sprint prompted us to register for the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition!”
– Grace C., Wharton Global Youth student and novice investor
The Wharton Global Youth Meetup Origin Story
Wharton Global Youth’s Global Youth Meetup is an innovation that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was launched in 2020 to enhance the experience for our online learners and provide students the opportunity to build connections, visit Wharton and Penn virtually when we couldn’t do so in-person, and explore different aspects of business education.
Since then, more than 5,000 students from 60+ countries have actively engaged in the online Global Youth Meetup each summer! It has evolved into a platform for connection, content, exploration and deep learning — grounded in high school students’ passion for business education.
“I loved how different people could share their personal story and make connections!”
-Seonwoo C., Wharton Global Youth student and GYM member
Members of the Global Youth Meetup can access exclusive live interviews with Wharton alumni to learn more about career paths and professional opportunities. View the recordings of some of our past discussions below.
For more information, please contact whartonyouth@wharton.upenn.edu or call +1.516.414.5555.