Epgy Email?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Hey, I'm a junior in Australia and I need some help. See, I was fishing through my email today and I stumbled upon this weird thing from <a href="mailto:epgy-invite@epgy.stanford.edu">epgy-invite@epgy.stanford.edu</a></p>

<p>Summer at Stanford University</p>

<p>Since 1992, Stanford University鈥檚 Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) has been fostering the intellectual development of highly able students by delivering innovative and challenging academic programs through its residential and online courses.</p>

<p>This year, Stanford University will again select the finest middle-school and high-school students from across the country and around the world for three-to-four week intensive courses on the Stanford campus. Designed for highly motivated students, the Summer Institutes provide an opportunity for intensive study in a single subject with instructors and peers who share enthusiasm for course topics such as: biotechnology, business, computer science, creative and expository writing, economics, engineering, humanities, legal studies, mathematics, philosophy and physics.</p>

<p>Summer Institutes 2009 will also feature programs in Beijing and London 鈥?providing an opportunity for intensive academic study combined with cultural exploration.</p>

<p>Visit the EPGY website: Stanford</a> University EPGY Invited Students to apply or to learn more. Admission is competitive.</p>

<p>Yours,
Raymond Ravaglia
Deputy Director
Stanford University EPGY</p>

<p>p.s. You received this message though the College Board Student Selective Search. To remove your name from future e-mails from EPGY, please use our request page.</p>

<p>What does that email mean? Could anyone elucidate this for me? All I've done is take the SAT this January and do decently. (2240... Urgh, could have higher.)</p>

<p>Am I invited to attend this thing? And what is EPGY anyway? Help?</p>

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<p>What you have is basically a mass email that they sent out targeting students with good SAT scores. EPGY is basically a summer school where you can take classes at Stanford. It is not super competitive to get in because it is a paid program where you need to pay about 4-5k for 3-4 weeks of Stanford classes. There is financial aid (need based) available and I think there are also an online courses that you can take for a fee.</p>

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<p>It’s simply a recruiting email from a reasonably decent summer program. Apply if you think you would like the program, and apply for financial aid if you think you can’t afford list price.</p>

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<p>If you’re thinking seriously of applying, feel free to PM me with any questions. I was a counselor at EPGY (physics courses) for a year and a half.</p>

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<p>I got that email at the beginning of February; I was going to apply, but their FA will only cover half the full cost =/</p>