<p>Specifically those that are humanities-oriented - Like TASP? </p>
<p>Can anyone also recommend any creative writing workshops that are selective?</p>
<p>Name any program that enhances college admissions.</p>
<p>All summer programs enhance college apps if you make the best of them.</p>
<p>Your question is logically flawed.</p>
<p>But to answer your second question, most of the programs’ application deadline already ended. But I’d recommend Ivy Scholars at Yale if you’re applying next year.</p>
<p>I agree with iceui2.</p>
<p>Also, the point of going to a summer program is not for its prestige to help you get into college or impress adcoms. That’s the sort of mentality that competitive programs don’t want to see.</p>
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<p>Agreed. Think of your application as a whole rather than as bits and pieces that are individually “prestigious” or “not prestigious.” A student who organizes a huge fundraiser in her community to bring running water to a village in Costa Rica and then goes on a mission trip to Costa Rica will have more traction on a college app than the student who signs up to go to Costa Rica with her youth group. A debater who attends NDF and is president of his debate team and nationally competitive looks better than the occasional debate member who attends to bolster his app. etc. It’s a matter of context. </p>
<p>In that sense, I think students should look beyond the name brand of the program to the quality of the experience. For example, I attended Interlochen Arts Camp for creative writing the summers between my sophomore and junior years. I doubt that the camp itself boosted my app–its name isn’t quite as big as some other writing programs (though its music programs are well-known). But it put me in contact with some truly fantastic fellow writers and writing instructors, and over the course of those two summers, my writing developed exponentially. This meant that when I entered the contests those same instructors encouraged me to enter, I had pieces that were competitive. Now I have awards to show for it and a name in my community back home for being a writer (which in turn led to offers to read in public and to a writing mentor from a local college…). </p>
<p>My point is that developing a skill, regardless of the brand name of the program, can be a huge boost to your app even if the program is not.</p>