<p>Hello,
I'm a junior in high school, and I am interested in Cornell's Summer Program. I am interested in two courses: architecture, and design immersion.
Have any of you been to Cornell Summer College? How much work are these courses? (I haven't found anything on this) How are you graded in these courses and how hard is it to get a good grade? How is the social situation (are people friendly, etc.)?</p>
<p>Also I heard about other architecture programs such as USC, RISD, and Carnegie Mellon. If you have any info on these please share. </p>
<p>I attended CSC as rising senior, taking argumentation and debate. Let me tackle your questions one by one:</p>
<p>The courses are an immense amount of work. They are full college courses condensed into 3 to 6 weeks. Get ready for sleepless nights ( I had a friend in the Design program in particular who stayed up 60+ hours one time)</p>
<p>The grading is that of any college course. It’s hard, but if you work hard, you can get an A. Many get B’s however. I personally maintained a 4.00.</p>
<p>The social situation is great. You’ll make friends and there are a crazy amount of activities to do. Trust me on this one, despite all the work, it might be the best camp you’ve ever been to. Don’t be hesitant to do the 6 week course; I enjoyed it so much I throughly regret only staying 3 weeks. You’ll meet people from all over the globe, which was particularly great this World Cup season. Don’t worry, its fun!</p>
<p>If you have the time, chance me back on my threads!</p>
I went to Cornell’s Summer College this past summer. I had a decent amount of work. I had a quiz every week and a final paper. That being said, it was manageable and I was also much more interested in the class than a normal high school class, so that helped. For most of the classes, you’re graded like you would be in high school or college. My professors were very nice and helpful, and I ended up with a 4.3 GPA. If you do end up at Cornell, you get to start the year with this GPA. I’ll be going back to Cornell as a freshman this fall, so I’ll already have a 4.3 GPA when I get there which is nice. The social situation was great. I made a lot of great friends and there were always things to do and people to talk to. I made some friends who were in the architecture program. They said it was difficult and they were often at the studio late, but I think they really enjoyed it.