Any Legitamitely Good Programs?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>I've been browsing around to find some summer programs that focus on academics, but am sorely disappointed. I can only find "cash cows" from universities that border on a scam, and prestigious programs that students apply to just for the sake of how good it looks on their college application. Are there any genuine programs that focus on academics and nothing else?</p>

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<p>I think a general way of judging the program is its cost- the less the program costs (taking into account its prestige) the more legitimate the program is. This is just because many of the best programs are subsidized by national institutions (Ex. PROMYS is supported by the Clay Mathematics Institute)</p>

<p>note: I mostly looked at math/science summer programs myself, I don’t know if its the same for humanities programs</p>

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<p>There’s also a thread for this :
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/343495-summer-programs-look-good-college-applications.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/343495-summer-programs-look-good-college-applications.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;