<p>Did any one hear about this program? I am looking for a summer program in the UK in early August, so the dates are convenient, but cannot find find much info about it.</p>
<p>Summer camp for people who want to see what it is like to live at Oxford for a week or two. What kind of program are you looking for? </p>
<p>(…and are you imagining that it will help you get into a selective US college? b/c, it won’t. They can be great fun, but it is not going to help you anymore than going to Camp Happy Days).</p>
<p>Thanks, looking for something fun and academically challenging. Do not expect it to help in getting in any colleges (I know it won’t), but don’t mind trying to try a “college life” for a few weeks.</p>
<p>It is hard to see how they would be especially challenging given that they have no admissions requirements beyond your willingness to pay.That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be fun of course! I think it is late to be getting into any of the genuinely challenging courses for this summer- the admissions season is well past. </p>
<p>Also, you might be mixing up the dates- the program is 4 weeks in July, with an add-on in France in August ($7500 for the course + another $1700 for the optional week in France). </p>
<p>Fwiw, the course will have no relationship to what it is like to go to Oxford (including in how the courses work)- the people who run it essentially rent space in CC & Pembroke to host their program (which is how the majority of summer programs for HS students work, both in the US & the UK)). But- you do get to eat your meals in Christ Church’s fabulous hall!</p>
<p>Maybe… I found a large number of similar programs, with variety of dates. Considering just taking a 2 week program (cheaper), will be in the UK anyway and <em>if</em> my parents are willing to pay, sounds like a good experience. You are right about academics, probably not that interesting unfortunately. </p>
<p>could be fun and interesting, just that you had specified challenging as well :)</p>