<p>It's unfair for poor students whose parents cannot afford for colleges' summer courses or workshops (like me) because those who have more money will have the opportunity to partake in those courses. Isn't there a chance for a low-income student who study at a "crap" highschool yet maintain high scores (GPA >4.0, stellars tests score) to get into an Ivy?</p>
<p>Colleges could care less about paid for summer programs. The elite programs that matter, like TASP and RSI, are free. They will be more impressed at a few community college classes taken by a kid with no resources than a summer at Harvard or Brown.</p>
<p>FULLY AGREE WITH hmom5.
The courses that they actually care about are free and very hard to get into; the others are merely for students to get the "feel" of college.
The most important thing is that a college sees you are doing something worthwhile with your summer-whether it be attending summer@Brown, getting a job, just volunteering!</p>
<p>What year are you in and does your state have a Governors Honors program? Ours is a six week program, all expenses paid, and very exclusive. As the other's said, just do something, get involved.</p>
<p>I'm a freshy. I live in Houston, TX.
The thing is that my family wouldn't provide me anything 'cause they don't want me to go out of state in order to take those programs. The only resources that I can access to is the local community college and maybe the university of houston since my grandfather is old now, he cannot take me anywhere else beyond that</p>