<p>Does anyone know of any stimulating summer programs related to the Humanites (including writing and Social Sciences)?</p>
<p>All posts are welcomed.</p>
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<p>Have you used a search engine to look for summer writing programs for high school students? There are several of those across the country. Warning: It may not be possible to find free ones. It's far easier to find free programs in the sciences, particularly for females and URMs like you.</p>
<p>If you are interested in studying foreign languages, Concordia College has language camps, including those for h.s. students. You also can do immersion language study abroad. There are many such programs. Ameri-Span has some nice ones for those wishing to study Spanish.</p>
<p>One last tip: look up writers conferences. That may be an affordable way for you to get some experience doing creative writing. Some cost as little as $150 or less for a weekend, not including lodging. There probably are some in your city.</p>
<p>I did but like you warned, I'm unable to find free humanities programs. The only thing that I see is engineering, science, or math programs/internships. The free humanities programs that I have found using Google are extremely expensive (i'm talking thousands), and the financial aid opportunites are limitied. But I just know that there's got to be stuff out there. Hopefully, someone on CC will know about one.</p>
<p>The only free Humanities program that I have heard about is TASP, which as a senior, you don't qualify for.</p>
<p>I honestly don't think that there are other free humanities programs. The reason that there are relatively many free science/math programs is that the federal government and industry want highly trained scientists, so put a lot of money into sponsoring programs for talented students, including URMs and females.</p>
<p>In addition, there are relatively few URMs and females with the curriculum and interest to enter science/math fields, so colleges that want diversity invest money to try to attract such students and get them on a very strong track for success in those fields.</p>
<p>This simply isn't true for the humanities. Neither industry nor colleges nor the federal government have vested interests in attracting students to the humanities. The humanities fields in general have an overabundance of graduates who have difficulty finding jobs. Thus, there aren't free/low cost summer programs for them.</p>
<p>In addition, many of the programs for h.s. seniors are either internships sponsored by the federal government (through grants to colleges, medical centers, etc.) or are precollege programs designed by specific colleges for their incoming students.</p>
<p>The top year to get precollege programs is after junior year because colleges use these to attract applicants. This is true for the expensive programs as well as the free ones. There also are plenty of affluent families looking for ways to polish their kids' resumes through summer programs. After the kids get into colleges, those families have no need to look for summer programs. Their kids are happy to just relax the summer after senior year.</p>
<p>As I mentioned before, when it comes to creative writing, your best bet is to look for writers conferences. There are hundreds of such conferences in this country, many are over the summer, and many are very affordable, and probably are in or near your city. I think that the magazine "Writers' Market" publishes an annual list of writers conferences and also has such info on their web site.</p>
<p>You don't have to work over the summer to make money for college? If not, you are very lucky!</p>
<p>Vtoodler:</p>
<p>Look up Hoagiesgifted.org. The site has a list of programs in different fields--some of which may be more affordable than others.</p>
<p>One warning: If you will need financial aid to go to colleges, most will expect you to earn some money during the summer in order to help pay your college costs. Typically summer earnings are considered as part of the self-help part of your financial aid package. </p>
<p>For that reason, typically students who do post high school summer programs of the type that you are considering tend to come from families that don't need financial aid.</p>
<p>The exception would be the programs that exist at some colleges for students who have already completed at least freshmen year. There are some internship and seminar programs at some colleges that either are free (covered by financial aid) or will pay students who participate in them. Such programs may be offered to top students (such as students receiving some merit aid) or may be available on an application basis to selected students.</p>