<p>does anyone know of any programs that are as prestigious as these,
but not for math or science?</p>
<p>like... for english, liberal arts, history, law, business, etc.</p>
<p>haha, TASP isn't math or science. It is THE liberal arts summer program.</p>
<p>Nothing really compares to TASP or RSI for humanities and sciences, respectively.</p>
<p>oh...guess im kind of clueless. then i really want to apply.
i heard that the acception rate for TASP is only 3-4%. Is that true?</p>
<p>No. TASP is like 9%ish. But don't apply to get into college - apply for the actual summer experience - it's unlikely you'll get in if you aren't genuinely interested in going and even if you do you will have horrible time there if it ain't your thing...</p>
<p>RSI acceptance rate is around 1%.</p>
<p>It is? Geezus! Thank god I'm not a science guy</p>
<p>no...its 5%</p>
<p>I heard that the JSA summer program is pretty cool and if not, you can always attend the summer sessions for high schoolers at Harvard and Yale, both of which I assume look stellar on college apps.</p>
<p>how does JSA compare to TASP? i've heard jsa is good, but TASP is amazing..</p>
<p>I think it goes roughly like
RSI
TASP
MITES
SSP (not the harvard one, the one in california)
PROMYS/Mathcamp/Governor's School/JSA
Sit on couch and watch TV:)</p>
<p>JSA isn't very selective, and it costs $4000. I've never heard of anyone being rejected from JSA. Gov school is pretty impressive, and it's free.</p>
<p>While TASP isn't necessarily more prestigious than RSI, its students tend to do the best at the elites since it is more difficult to stand out in the humanities.</p>
<p>It's more difficult to stand out in the humanities? That doesn't make much sense based on my experience with both the humanities and the sciences(which is somewhat skewed, I admit). It seems ,to me at least, that things like rhetoric and argumentation can be much more readily prepped out than math competitions and research. </p>
<p>I agree humanities may require more work, but I disagree that it is more difficult to stand out.</p>
<p>It is much harder to stand out in the humanities because there are less extraordinary things to do. Very few people have published novels, short stories, etc. whereas it seems like everyone these days is doing science research.</p>
<p>eh, I figure debate's a pretty conventional way to stand out in humanities. and the TOC is certainly as available as USAMO, and other such competitions.</p>
<p>What is TOC?</p>
<p>There are also other ones like NASA SHARP that you're leaving out. The free/close-to-free ones are usually very competitive and thus look much better on your app. For this reason, JSA, which is fairly easy to get into, is def. not as prestigious (much less so than Governor's School, Boy's State, etc.). </p>
<p>And there is more to the humanities than debate. Creative writing? History? Etc. I agree that it's much easier to distinguish yourself in math/science because there's always research to be done, a lot more programs, etc. </p>
<p>"I heard that the JSA summer program is pretty cool and if not, you can always attend the summer sessions for high schoolers at Harvard and Yale, both of which I assume look stellar on college apps."</p>
<p>Attending summer school at HYPS, etc. will not help you at all in terms of admission to HYPS. They're quite expensive and not that competitive. I don't know about their effect on college apps to other locations, but they certainly don't look "stellar" on college apps.</p>
<p>nasa sharp is done and closed</p>
<p>SSP Summer Science Program <a href="http://www.ssp.org%5B/url%5D">www.ssp.org</a></p>
<p>now thats hardcore</p>
<p>GO SSP 2006</p>
<p>YAY</p>
<p>in debate, TOC is the Tournament of Champions. It's the ultimate tournament for the best of the best. The only way you can qualify to go to TOC is if you get at least 3 (correct me if I am wrong) TOC bids from selected invitational tournaments all over the country.</p>