SSTP vs EPGY

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>I recently got accepted into University of Iowa SSTP 2012 but had also filed an application for EPGY. Which of the two is better in terms of value-for-money, prestige, faculty, experiences and future college admission? Moreover, how selective are both of these programs?</p>

<p>Should I wait till April 4 for results to come out or accept SSTP straight-away? And what's the real difference between these two programs? I've chosen Engineering as my first preference in both.</p>

<p>Eager to know. :D</p>

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<p>Can’t anyone help me out with this? And moreover, what kind of research am I gonna do with Engineering as my preference?</p>

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<p>We already started a thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1299919-iowa-sstp-2012-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1299919-iowa-sstp-2012-a.html&lt;/a&gt;, there are quite a few of us there.</p>

<p>FYI…I went to EPGY many years ago, and EPGY is something that almost everyone can go as long as you have $$. So definitely SSTP, I am going…</p>

<p>There are lots of good reviews online if you look hard enough, here is one that went to SSTP years ago and now she is working on her PhD.</p>

<p>[Candace</a> S. Brown](<a href=“http://www.geron.org/Membership/member-spotlight/1106]Candace”>http://www.geron.org/Membership/member-spotlight/1106)</p>

<p>there is also this other kid that went years ago and he put a journal together.</p>

<p>http://*************.com/summer/sstp/selection.php</p>

<p>And this program is recommended on MIT’s website, [Juniors:</a> MIT and other summer programs | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/juniors_mit_and_other_summer_p]Juniors:”>Juniors: MIT and other summer programs | MIT Admissions)</p>

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