<p>I've been getting several emails from Brown University about their precollege program and I'd like to know if enrolling in it would help my chances of admission in any way.</p>
<p>Not directly, except in the sense that doing a summer program is better than doing nothing, but doing something at home would confer pretty much the same benefit. It could help indirectly because you’ll get to see what the university is like and that will help you demonstrate interest in interviews and essays.</p>