Help Choosing American Summer University Programs

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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Dear All,
 
I am currently a International Student… High School Sophomore (and will finish sophomore year in May and be Rising Junior in the coming summer (2018)). This summer (2018) I plan to go to America and do a course there. This is my list of boiled down selections…
 
NOTE: I just want to hear the ones you have done or have heard about, what you think about them & their subject material & faculty, and would you recommend it… If you think some of the ones in my list are not worth the money / not intense pls say so (I’ve counted and most are either 6.5 or 5 hours per day of pure class time)
 
I have enough money for all the courses I’ve written down. I am fully aware that going to an Ivy League / good university over the summer doesn’t mean I get into the university or have a higher chance… The main reason I’m going is to experience a sliver of university life, american life & culture, meet new people who are better than me and like me, and learn some things that I really can’t find online or in my school. Do not worry about course pairings, I have already mapped them out if I want to do two different university course in succession, etc… Don’t worry about visas either
 
[ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ]
Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Changing the World Via Venture Creation
http://sps.columbia.edu/highschool/summer-immersion/new-york-city-3-week/courses/entrepreneurship-and-innovation-changing-the-world-venture
Thinking & Problem Solving: Math in the Real World
http://sps.columbia.edu/highschool/3-week/courses/thinking-and-problem-solving-math-in-the-real-world
Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice:
http://sps.columbia.edu/highschool/3-week/courses/economics-entrepreneurship-and-social-justice
 
[ STANFORD UNIVERSITY ]
Artificial Intelligence for Robots http://summerinstitutes.stanford.edu/courses/2018/artificial-intelligence-robots
Business and Entrepreneurship http://summerinstitutes.stanford.edu/courses/2018/business-and-entrepreneurship
 
[ YALE YOUNG GLOBAL SCHOLARS ]
Frontiers of Science & Technology https://globalscholars.yale.edu/sessions-dates/frontiers-science-technology
Sustainable Development & Social Entrepreneurship https://globalscholars.yale.edu/sessions-dates/sustainable-development-social-entrepreneurship
 
[ BROWN UNIVERSITY ]
Leadership and the Future of STEM https://precollege.brown.edu/catalog/course.php?course_code=CEEN0922
Leadership in Changing Business: Social Entrepreneurship
https://precollege.brown.edu/catalog/course.php?course_code=CESO0914
 
[ GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ]
Business & Leadership Immersion https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS03/business-leadership-immersion
College Prep https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS05/college-preparatory-program
 
[ WHARTON, UPENN ]
Global Young Leaders Academy http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/competitions/global-young-leaders-academy/

[ MIT ]
Launch X https://launchx.com/summer-program/

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I have only heard a couple of people talking positively about YYGS program, but I don’t know any details.
Hope more people will chime in.

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@makemesmart You’re implying that the majority say bad things about it??? What have they said bad about it? What have they said good about it?

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@makemesmart ?

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Sorry. I mean I know two people whose kids went to Yale’s global scholar program and both (girls) really enjoyed it.

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@makemesmart Was it hard for them to get in? How good were their academic gpa, extracurriculars, and sat?

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Both girls have super good stats. One of them got full scholarship and likes it, but says it is not worth self-pay.

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What is not worth self pay, Yale Young Global Scholars… or their scholarship? So, are you saying Yale Young Global Scholars is not worth the money?