<p>From my hall (Canaday F):
EA/ED acceptances: Harvard, Duke, Princeton, and Columbia.
Deferred: Yale, Harvard, and Georgetown.
There are more people, of course.. but I only heard from these seven people.
I wouldn't recommend going as a sophomore (rising junior) as well, because of the curfew. The rising seniors have a more flexible curfew. I don't think anyone snuck out of our hall.
I also recommend not getting an 9AM class- both of mine were really early, which did leave room for me to do whatever I wanted in the afternoon.. but I missed or came in late to some of my classes. If you're able to wake up, go for it, but I'm not a morning person. Granted, some of the profs don't care, but my expository writing class was very small, and they noticed if you missed a lot.
I don't think this makes too much of a difference to admissions.</p>
<p>can someone comment on the level of the politics courses taught in the summer. i'm interested in taking part in them, although i'm a little skeptical seeing as though i do not have much of a political foundation and this is Harvard after all. thanks</p>
<p>Amercain Foreign Policy was great. I hadn't even taken AP US Govt yet, and I did fine. The class was about 40-50 people, but we def had classes where only about 15-20 people showed up. There were quite a few high schoolers and undergrads. There were a couple of grad students, but they had some different requirements.</p>
<p>The AFP prof was great (Rezvani), and although some people didn't do so well in the class, it was def. possible to make an A.</p>
<p>I just sent in my application to the Harvard SSP. I'm a rising junior, although I live in England so I may be classified as a rising senior (I hope so). Apparently its pretty easy to get into the programs and I have pretty good grades, so I'm not overly worried about admissions. </p>
<p>I was just wondering if the curfews and overall babying really do distort your view of college social life, and if you can still have a good time despite them. What specific time is the curfew btw? Also, do some classes (like small seminars) book up too quickly so you can't attend them? </p>
<p>Finally, I'm not really applying to the program for the admissions leg-up, but it sure would be nice anyways :) Can anyone who went to the Harvard (or Yale or Stanford, I guess) program tell me where they and their classmates ended up at college?</p>
<p>Summer Session improving college admission?
General answer is no, it's still based on one's overall record.
It can be a help, if one does very well at rigorous (summer) classes.</p>
<p>Both of my kids (2 years apart) attended YSS (Yale),
both accepted EA at Yale.
In each child's "circle of close YSS friends" (group size ~10),
there was 1 EA acceptance, rest denied/deferred,
and no RD acceptance either.</p>
<p>can one apply to summer school even before ones decided which college to go to?
also is it wise to go to SS even before u start college,,
im an intl.. so would getting used to the system be a deterrant?</p>
<p>I think going to a summer program at any of the top schools is a good thing to do before you apply, because you will have known what it's like and really gotten a feel for college.</p>
<p>k.. but can i apply say late april and yet get in? i was planning to go to berkeley which is supposed to have the cheapest summer school prog( doesnt it?),,
so will i get admission if i apply then?
also do i need permission from my future school for it?
or should i apply right now when Im not sure where Ill be going?</p>
<p>I have no idea, but I'm pretty sure there's deadlines on the programs. Check with each school to see when theirs is.</p>
<p>i checked berkeleys site.. theres no deadline..!
i guess they stop receiving applicants once all the seats are filled.. any idea when that usually happens</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I'm going to the Harvard SSP program this summer (2006) and was planning on taking Neurobiology. Has anybody taken this before as a sophomore? Can someone tell me whether this is a good course to take?</p>
<p>hey, im a soph too. i just signed up for American Foreign policies and Intro. to Philosophy. Im worried that ill say something stupid. heh whatever... will it be a lot of work and are there any recomendations?</p>