The ambitious student
14–18, aiming at selective colleges and competitive fields — and ready to be pushed.
A five-day business intensive for high schoolers
Learn to think the way business is actually decided.
No theory, no lecture hall — five days in Boston, taught by the case method top business schools use, led by Ivy League practitioners. A real grounding in business, finance, and strategy — and the judgment that gets students in and gets them hired.
750+
students we’ve worked with
20+
Olympians we’ve worked with
50+
national-team athletes
Ivy League & NESCAC
admissions our students have earned
Investment Banking · Private Equity · Management Consulting
where our students get hired
96.9%
instructor rating from Ivy League students
Boston · The week
Five days. One deal. One board.
01Monday
The Market
How industries really work, and where the profit hides.
02Tuesday
Reading the Money
Three financial statements, read on real, name-brand companies.
03Wednesday
What’s It Worth?
How a company is priced, and why the number is an argument.
04Thursday
The Deal
In teams, they advise on an acquisition: should it happen, and at what price?
05Friday
The Board
They defend their recommendation to a panel of working executives.
Where our students end up
They don’t just apply. They get in — and get hired.
Our students have come from
Phillips Academy◆
Phillips Exeter◆
Milton Academy◆
Groton School◆
Noble & Greenough◆
Middlesex School◆
BB&N◆
Belmont Hill◆
Concord Academy◆
Winsor School◆
St. Mark's School◆
Governor's Academy◆
Thayer Academy◆
Commonwealth School◆
Roxbury Latin◆
BC High◆
Boston Latin School◆
Boston Latin Academy◆
Cambridge Rindge and Latin◆
Lexington High School◆
Newton North◆
Newton South◆
Brookline High School◆
Weston High School◆
Wellesley High School◆
Winchester High School◆
Needham High School◆
Belmont High School◆
Concord-Carlisle◆
Acton-Boxborough◆
Sharon High School◆Phillips Academy◆Phillips Exeter◆Milton Academy◆Groton School◆Noble & Greenough◆Middlesex School◆BB&N◆Belmont Hill◆Concord Academy◆Winsor School◆St. Mark's School◆Governor's Academy◆Thayer Academy◆Commonwealth School◆Roxbury Latin◆BC High◆Boston Latin School◆Boston Latin Academy◆Cambridge Rindge and Latin◆Lexington High School◆Newton North◆Newton South◆Brookline High School◆Weston High School◆Wellesley High School◆Winchester High School◆Needham High School◆Belmont High School◆Concord-Carlisle◆Acton-Boxborough◆Sharon High School◆— and gone on to —
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Who it's for
The Boardroom teaches ambitious students how business is actually decided — judgment under uncertainty, persuasion, and presence — the durable skills a lecture hall never touches and a machine never replaces. Four programs, one standard, taught by Ivy League practitioners.
The future operator
Drawn to business, finance, and leadership, and wanting a real feel for the work before they choose it.
The family that invests early
Parents who back their child with the best preparation, not just the best résumé line.
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Boston
Our flagship. Five days, one cohort, the room where it gets decided.
Explore →II.Dubai
Our international chapter. The same room, brought to the Gulf.
Explore →III.Athletes
For competitors. The instincts that win in sport, sharpened for the boardroom.
Explore →IV.Family
Private, concierge programming built around one family and its student.
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The 2026 Briefing
The new math of getting in — and getting hired.
Elite admissions have never been tighter, and the job market behind them is narrower still. Our briefing lays out the numbers — and what they mean for how you prepare. For counselors, parents & ambitious students.
The difference
Most programs teach about business. We put them in the room where it’s decided.
The lecture hall
- Theory and cases read from a textbook
- Passive — sit, listen, forget
- No decision, no pressure, no stakes
- A certificate nobody remembers
The Boardroom
- Real cases, decided live under pressure
- Judgment, persuasion, and presence — practised
- A capstone board simulation in front of executives
- A faculty and network that opens doors
We didn’t invent this critique. A committee of eighteen Cornell faculty, after consulting more than 6,000 people, reached it too:
“[Colleges] optimize for signals of competence at the direct expense of competence itself.”Cornell University · 2026
“[Students do not learn] the ability to handle uncertainty and solve problems that do not have clear answers, a readiness to absorb critical feedback and recover from setbacks, and working in teams that require compromise with others who do not share their perspective.”Cornell University · 2026
Boston 2027 · Applications open
Give your child the edge that gets them in.
By application only, since spots are limited. May 1 deadline.