<p>Has anyone here been to/know about<br>
Harvard SSP/ Summer@Brown / Columbia Summer Program or Stanford's summer program? </p>
<p>I'm in 9th grade and I'm planning to go to one of these programs. </p>
<p>Was it tough to get in and do you think you actually experienced a "taste of college"?
Most important of all, was it actually academic ( with professors, decent lessons ) and well worth the time? </p>
<p>Thanks (:
Your reply is much appreciated.</p>
<p>hey, can anyone please reply? :/</p>
<p>Last summer I attended the Columbia Summer Program and took the engineering course. I hated the class, but that’s only because I felt it took an extremely liberal stance that I was uncomfortable. If you don’t mind being subjected to lengthy discussions about politics in a class supposed to be for engineering then apply to that class.
However I had an extremely life-changing experience. You have probably read that the program does nothing for you in terms of “getting in,” but if that’s what you’re worried about you probably shouldn’t take the class. I met people from every single country imaginable and loved the NYC experience.
Even though I hated the class, I would have done it over again in a heartbeat because of the amazing experience. And my friends who took other classes loved them.
This summer I’m applying to the Harvard and the Brown programs, but am probably going to choose Harvard if I get accepted.
Last summer I also was accepted to the Stanford EPGY program, but chose Columbia because of NYC and loved my summer!!!</p>
<p>I took an advanced programming class at Harvard SSP last summer and had the time of my life.</p>
<p>I don’t know how tough it was to get in because I only completed the application to Harvard SSP. I do know that everyone there was fairly intelligent and passionate about what they were doing.</p>
<p>I don’t know of any classes that weren’t taught by professors there, as most of the classes were integrated with Harvard and MIT students taking classes over the summer (certain classes were at least).</p>
<p>You definitely get a “taste of college”. You are living in dorms with roommates (some lived alone, most were 2,3 or 4) in Harvard Yard, which is smack dab in the middle of tons of stuff. It was 1 minute to my class in Harvard Hall and 1 minute to the dining hall (which is amazing).</p>
<p>You definitely become more responsible and in tune with why you really want to go to college.</p>
<p>I definitely would do it again if this wasn’t my senior year, I really wish I applied my sophomore year, as it was absolutely incredible.</p>