I’ve been rejected to all programs I’ve applied to this summer, of which were mostly physics/math/astronomy related. I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me ideas for what I could do over the summer, if there are any summer programs still open, any internships, projects? Really anything to keep me occupied, just not an expensive generic college program.
Besides getting requirements out of the way at local community colleges or universities, there are various data analytic projects that welcome anyone with a computer to help. One that I know of is the Berkeley SETI@Home project. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ There are probably other astrophysics things out there to work on. I have read of high school students discovering new exoplanets using publicly available data for science fairs, so there is probably a good college-level project you could design over your summer.
MIT Opencourseware?
@lisabees I’m actually already learning through MIT OCW and it’s really great and all but I think to be at an established program and show experience, not just word of mouth “I studied through OCW”, would be better.
Take an advanced math class. Maybe an AoPS online class?
Alfred has an Astronomy Camp. Arizona does, too. I assume it’s too late for established programs, though.
An independent project would be great. You just have to be self-motivated and passionate about it.
An independent project of your own would be better than anything you could sign up for.