Each of these schools hosts one or two sessions of the program sometime during their summer break, before the start of fall semester or fall quarter. Leadership Advantage is an independent student organization on each of these campuses, and the program is organized and run entirely by students. The program is supported by Triangle Fraternity, the Triangle Fraternity Education Foundation, and other campus groups which include the Society of Women Engineers, student governments, engineering councils, and university offices for greek life or student activities. At left, a group presenting their design project at the closing ceremony. Incoming students are selected to participate in Leadership Advantage through an application process.
Information is sent out to all incoming students in the applicable majors.
To be considered for the program, they must return a completed application which includes essay responses, letters of recommendation, and high school transcripts. There is also a small fee, which varies from school to school, to cover some of the basic costs of session. During the course of the program, activities usually run from 8 in the morning to 11 p.m. or midnight. The activities vary greatly, from on campus visits with professors and administrators, to interactive leadership challenges, to presentations by student groups, to a team-based design project. The participants usually stay at a facility provided by Triangle Fraternity or in university residence halls.