Summer 2009: Yale Summer Session or JSA Yale?

<p>Hmm... I can't decide between Yale Summer Session or JSA Yale. Has anyone been to either of these programs? If so, would you please tell me how your experience was?
Would u recommend it?
What was the worst part about it?
Was it all work and no play?
Tell me a funny memory.ahah
thank uuu.</p>

<p>Based on academic challenge, definitely Yale over JSA. JSA is notorious for being not too challenging and kind of a waste of money.</p>

<p>lol they're both expensive... so i wouldn't want to waste money.</p>

<p>From what I gather, nothing JSA spits out is even considerable as a valuable summer experience.</p>

<p>I have to disagree. I am sure both programs are respectable. I attended the JSA Georgetown session and I was in class over 140 hours during the 3 weeks in a course taught by a Ph.D. of over 30 years. I found the class stimulating and interesting. Do not discount the program until you have first hand experience. JSA is pricey but I received a scholarship. (and most of these programs don't even offer scholarships)</p>

<p>Great experience, doing it again in summer '09 at Stanford.</p>

<p>that's cool. 140 hours per week?! jeez.
did u guys have any free time?</p>

<p>&& an opinion/experience from a yale summer session alum would be much appreciated :)</p>

<p>the 140 hours kindof has to be an exaggeration. If your working that much...
24 hrs in a day*7 days in a week= 168hrs
So your working 140 hours out of 168 hrs? </p>

<p>To put it another way: you were in class 21 and a half hours every single day? </p>

<p>That sounds like poppycock! Gentlemen, Please!</p>

<p>I would have to disagree as well. I attended JSA Yale this past summer 2008 and it was quite rigorous. We had 2 3hr. classes and a 2hr. debate session 6days/week with tests, assignments, a final
4+ page research paper, and an official transcript. I got to meet with Katie Couric, Brian Williams, the Executive Director of UNICEF, and Geraldine Ferraro during Speaker's Day in NYC. Also since the program was at Yale, we were able to meet with the Dean of Admissions. There were a lot of sleepless nights, and the program was no walk in the park, but I'd do it over again in a heart beat. Plus, if the price is a factor, you could apply for scholarship.</p>

<p>2 days ago, I was rejected from Yale but today I was accepted at Harvard SSP. The summer courses at Harvard are much more exciting sounding than the very limited range at Yale. If you're trying the "show my interest in Yale" thing, you should do the Yale Summer Session and if rejected from that, if you have a nearby university/college, do a summer internship with one of those professors. You'll have to find a professor that has a similar interest and then show a similar interest in their material, but expect to be rebuffed by them. I'm considering doing an internship after school with a professor at Hopkins, but anything is better than nothing. JSA really for all intensive purposes is a joke though.</p>

<p>The phrase is "intents and purposes," not "intensive purposes."
Haha oh man. Please learn expressions before trying to sound so worldly.</p>

<p>It depends what you take from your experience and the group of kids that you interact with. JSA Summer School at Yale, for me, was not a "joke" and was quite difficult. A 140hr. academic work week (8hrs./day, 6 days/week) is not easy. Maybe at some of the other branches it wasn't taken seriously, but luckily I had professors that had a lot of knowledge to impart on us and peers that were just as interested in learning and debating as I was. As I said before, there were a lot of sleepless nights since you are being graded and evaluated through tests, papers, and debates. As long as you gained something from a summer program and you are able to share the profound effect that it had on you to an interviewer or on your application they'll take the program seriously.</p>

<p>Hey there </p>

<p>I went to Yale Summer Session and absolutely loved it. It was one of the best experiences of my life. The classes are college level and incredibly challenging. However, you have a lot of free time to study and work on the homework (which there is a lot). Yet if you only choose to take one course, you would have class three times a week. This gives you a lot of free time to enjoy with your friends and explore Yale. Also, you get to meet a lot I made amazing friends that I still keep in touch with on a weekly basis and I highly recommend it.</p>

<p>heyy</p>

<p>I’m going to JSA at Yale this summer, anyone else?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>do you receive a yale email account if you’ve been accepted?</p>