<p>those of you who are applying for the harvard summer program 2005, where on earth do you get the application? i've been looking online (the SSP main-page) for hours and i still can't find the application form!! is it not uploaded yet? or is it just that i can't find it?!?! pleeeez help me find it...anyone.</p>
<p>try this:
<a href="http://www.ssp.harvard.edu/2005/admission/apply.jsp%5B/url%5D">http://www.ssp.harvard.edu/2005/admission/apply.jsp</a>
there's little one-word hyperlinks at the top
you can either do it online or download it as a pdf and then fill it out</p>
<p>They sent me a catalogue, and then one more, and then one more again. I got three same catalogues already, they are crazy, don't they? you can get one, if you request one, I think you should able to apply on- line.</p>
<p>oooooh, thanx guys,
navy_blue and Fallinwater0328 both of you...
i should start applying for that thing..good luck to ya'all lol</p>
<p>note to everyone: ssp is quiet expensive...I stupidly applied before looking at the cost (thinking it would be reasonable) and then was extremely suprised by the high cost...</p>
<p>I sent in my application at the beginning of December. I think it would be a great experience, but I could never go if I didn't get some type of financial aid. So far the decision is between Harvard SSP, Summer Science Program, and Boston University's Summer Research Internship Program.</p>
<p>Anyone have any ideas about these programs?</p>
<p>omg, some of u sent the application in DECEMBER?
i was planning on sending it in march or something after i take the New SAT...
they need my SAT score, right? if i send it then, does that mean i have no chance at all? cuz it seems like 100000000 ppl are applying....ahhh i'm starting to panic..</p>
<p>I haven't even taken SATs yet lol. They said that if I sent my application in early, I wouldn't have to worry about sending SAT scores (and I would have a better chance for financial aid).</p>
<p>I really don't think its that hard to get in...there were three kids from my grade with around 1300's who went...and were only in the top 20%</p>
<p>I hear that the people who apply early get stuck in the Union dorms far from the Yard, so I don't think it's a big deal if you don't apply in December or something. If it's the same situation as last summer, they'll accept applications all the way up to June.</p>
<p>Have most of applicants attended this program or something else like it?</p>
<p>hey navy-blue, did u attend this program last year? and u got in when u sent in in june? that's quite impressive cuz one of my friends who got like 1500 on SAT didn't get in when she applied in march or something...</p>
<p>I did attend last year, but I didn't apply in June. I was one of those overzealous ones who sent in an app way early and stayed in Pennypacker, which is a good walk from the Science Center, Annenberg, Widener, etc. I do know someone from 2003 who applied in June and got in. Your friend seems to be an anomaly, since the general consensus is that SSP is just a program to generate money for H, not to attract a bunch of incredibly talented students. In my experience, most of the people there are decently intelligent but not amazingly brilliant.</p>
<p>And to answer suburbian's question: no, most applicants (or EA acceptees, for that matter) don't go to SSP just because there's a number of more selective programs out there. Don't be fooled into thinking that SSP gives you a leg up on the Harvard admissions process--it doesn't. SSP gives you two months of the Harvard experience (though some of the classes aren't taught by H professors)...for me, I wasn't sure that I wanted to go there, so I decided to spend the summer there just to make sure H was right for me. I had a great experience, but that definitely varies from student to student.</p>
<p>i got into governor's school...and if i get into this harvard SSP, i'm gonna have to choose b/t the two.....which is better, do you think?</p>
<p>Governor's school is better, if you dion't want to spend too much money. And I think it is even more impressive than Haravrd SSP.</p>
<p>I'm still thinking about SSP vs. Oxford. I'd love to go to Oxford and be in England... but SSP's academics are better.</p>
<p>SSP applicants: what courses are you thinking about?</p>
<p>Two architecture courses. And try to attend some seminars and discussions.</p>