Everything a family asks before they sign: the week itself, what the fee covers, who the tour is built for, how the athletes are supervised, and what happens to your money.
The 2026 tour ran July 21–27. University camp calendars shift each summer, so the exact 2027 dates are confirmed and sent to registered families as soon as they are published. The shape of the week does not change.
Each athlete is flown out from their own local airport on tour-booked airfare — we coordinate the flights and collect every athlete at the airport on arrival. Once the group is together it checks into the hotel and meets the chaperones. Evening session: what the staffs are actually evaluating, how camp teams get built, how to introduce yourself to a coach, and what not to say.
A full day of campus visits hosted with the basketball staffs — facilities, academic buildings, housing and dining, plus sit-down time on roster needs, recruiting timelines and admissions. Previous tours have visited Boston College, Northeastern, Tufts, MIT, Suffolk, Amherst, Babson, WPI, Wentworth, Emerson, Quinnipiac, NYU, Hunter, Sarah Lawrence and Yeshiva, and many more.
The core of the tour: three to four elite camps run by Ivy League programs on consecutive days. The camps are run by the Ivy League coaching staffs themselves, and they are heavily attended by Division III coaches — so every session is evaluated live by the Ivy staff hosting it and by a room of high-academic Division III programs recruiting the same kind of player. Past schedules have included all eight Ivy League programs — Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Penn, Columbia, Princeton and Cornell — though any single year runs three to four of them, because the number of camps and which programs host them changes with the universities' calendars each summer. Between sessions the group debriefs — what a coach said, what they meant by it, and what to do differently the next morning.
Return flights are coordinated the same way — each athlete is flown back to their own local airport, with chaperones handling the transfer and the send-off. Families get a follow-up on how the week went, an honest read on where the athlete stands, and the names worth writing to in the fall.
A coach only remembers so many names in an afternoon, and a staff will only walk so many kids through their building before it stops being a visit and starts being a tour group. Fourteen is the number where every athlete still gets introduced individually — and still gets a straight answer about where they stand.
One number, and it includes the flights — which is the part families usually get caught out by. Pay in full when you register and it drops to $5,000.
Early payment. Paying the full fee at registration saves $500 — $5,000 instead of $5,500, with nothing owed in the spring.
All payments are non-refundable. Read the terms before you pay.
This is not a showcase and it is not a vacation. The Ivy staffs run the camps and Division III coaches fill the sidelines, and both are looking for the same thing: a player who can hold up academically. With fourteen spots, the wrong fourteen is an expensive mistake for everybody — so the criteria are blunt on purpose.
If a transcript would not survive a selective admissions read and there is no intention of changing that, say so on the form. We would rather point you somewhere better than take the money.
Chaperones travel with the group for the entire tour and are with the athletes 24 hours a day. Athletes never move between cities or campuses on their own. Flights out and back are booked and coordinated by us from each athlete's local airport, and they are met at the airport on arrival and seen off on departure.
A staff phone is monitored around the clock for the length of the tour, so a parent can always reach someone travelling with the group.
Before departure: signed participant agreement, medical release and insurance details, emergency contacts, and the flight itinerary. Every form goes out with your confirmation.
Parents are welcome on the East Coast and welcome at campus visits where the host staff allows it. Flights, hotels and transport are for the athletes only; tell us early if you plan to travel and we will share the itinerary so you can book around it.
No — and be careful with anyone who tells you otherwise. What the tour guarantees is that Ivy League and high-academic staffs will have watched you play, met you in person, and be able to put a face to your name in November. Recruiting decisions belong to the coaches, and admissions decisions belong to the universities.
No. The Ivy League Tour is an independent program. The camps are run by the individual universities and we register athletes into them the way any family would. We are not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the Ivy League, the NCAA, or any of the universities named or pictured on this site.
Yes. The $5,500 covers round-trip airfare from the athlete's own local airport, hotels, all ground transportation, camp registrations and chaperones. Athletes are flown out and back individually — we book and coordinate the flights, pick every athlete up at the airport on arrival and handle the return transfer, so families are not arranging travel or paying for it separately. Meals are the one thing families cover on their own — athletes carry their own money for food.
The tour runs in July 2027. The 2026 edition ran July 21–27. The exact window is set by the universities' camp calendars, which publish a few months ahead — registered families get the confirmed dates as soon as they exist, and we book each athlete's flights around them.
Two groups. The camps are run by the Ivy League coaching staffs, so the host staff is on the floor coaching and evaluating all day. They are also heavily attended by Division III coaches, who travel to these camps because it is the most efficient place in the country to see academically qualified players. That matters: the Ivy League takes a handful of recruits a year, but the high-academic Division III programs in the same gym take a great many more — and for most athletes on this tour, that is where the offer comes from.
Not all of them are Ivy campuses — that is the point. Each year the tour is built around three to four Ivy League camps; across past schedules that has included all eight Ivy programs (Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Penn, Columbia, Princeton and Cornell). The rest of the week tours Division I and Division III programs whose staffs are available to host. Previous tours have visited Boston College, Northeastern, Tufts, MIT, Suffolk, Amherst, Babson, WPI, Wentworth, Emerson, Quinnipiac, NYU, Hunter, Sarah Lawrence and Yeshiva, and many more. The confirmed list goes out before departure.
Say so honestly on the form. If you are a sophomore with the ability to move your GPA and a real willingness to do it, this trip is often the thing that makes it click — standing in the building tends to do more than any lecture from a parent. If you are a rising senior whose transcript will not survive a selective admissions read, we will tell you that and point you toward a better use of your summer.
Contact us as soon as you know. Payments are non-refundable — airfare, camp registrations and hotel rooms are committed as soon as a spot is claimed — so talk to us early and we will do what we can within what has already been booked.
You get a Stripe receipt immediately and a confirmation from us within one business day, with the participant agreement, medical and travel forms, and the packing list. The confirmed itinerary and flight details follow once the camp calendars are published.
The short version lives here. The binding version is the participant agreement, which goes out with your confirmation and must be signed by a parent or guardian before the balance is due.
Questions about any of this before you pay? smartin@attitudeofgratitude.com
14 of 14 spots remain for 2027. This year is full — the waitlist is open.