<p>What summer programs are good to apply to for this summer? Please post any summer programs that you might consider. Thanks!</p>
<p>well depends on what kind of program you want, how much you're willing to pay, what you're interested in, etc.</p>
<p>if you're interested in a certain college it's a great idea to look around its website and see if it offers a summer program for high school students (i did one at cornell last summer and i'm looking at doing one at carnegie mellon this summer)</p>
<p>and then there's always RSI, SHARP, and other competitive research/science oriented programs.</p>
<p>I just wrote a long message.. than my aol froze. ANYWAYS.. ill sum it up.</p>
<p>Like techie said there are soo many differnet programs out there so by just saying a summer program the choises are very broad..</p>
<p>Last summer i went to peru for amonth and did of hiking, seeing the culture, and soo much other stuff. i cant tell you more in detial if you im me or email me. i love to talk about my trp! anyways i went through a program called visions and it was absolutely amazing and i hda the best month of my entire life...</p>
<p>I went to a summer program at the University of Chicago studying American Law and Litigation.</p>
<p>the Summer@Brown program at Brown is the greatest ****ing thing ever. I took a 3 week class on forensic science, i had class from 9-12 and was free the rest of the day (having no hw helped) u live in the dorms at Brown and have NO RULES!!!!! Well ok, there r three rules, but i broke 2 of them, the 3 rules are no drugs, no drinking, and no spending the night in someone else's room, and i broke the latter two, and if i wanted to break the first one, i could have, but i dont do drugs. Trust me, Summer@Brown is the best way to spend ur summer. They have prgms from 1-7 weeks, in all sorts of classes. It's the greatest.</p>
<p>no drugs @ brown. hah! what an oxymoron</p>
<p>Here are some excellent free/low cost programs.....</p>
<ol>
<li>Engineering summer program (university of wisconsin-madison)</li>
<li>Clark Scholars (texas tech university)</li>
<li>Telluride summer seminar (various colleges_</li>
<li>Summer Science Institute (university of wisconsin-madison)</li>
<li>NASA sharp (various colleges)</li>
<li>Pre-college enrichment program (mississippi university for women)</li>
<li>upward bound (various colleges)</li>
<li>research summer insitute (mit)</li>
<li>Minority introduction to engineering (mit)</li>
<li>washu's science scholars (washington university-stl)</li>
</ol>
<p>Washington and Lee's Summer Scholars Program is good, especially if you are interested in attending W&L.</p>
<p>Telluride Association Summer Program (<a href="http://www.tellurideassociation.org%5B/url%5D):">http://www.tellurideassociation.org):</a> it's the best there is! Trust me.</p>
<p>--2004 Michigan TASP alumnus</p>
<p>how selective is the Washington and Lee program?</p>
<p>The program is not very selective. I know someone who got in with a 24 on the ACT. There is a lot of variety though among the students. Some are very smart and spend all of their time doing homework and studying because they want to go to W&L and want good reccomendations from the teachers. You also have an opportunity to have an interview with an admissions counselor while you are there. A lot of the students end up applying early decision. However, some of the students are there to have a good time and every year someone gets kicked out for having too much fun.</p>
<p>the brown one sounds really interesting, especially since its a ivy school and all. but im just wondering - are there any summer programs that DO NOT require essays to write? although i can get good recs and my grades seem decent, essay writing is one of my weakest strengths</p>
<p>If you're into math go to MMSS (U of M Science/Math Camp), HCSSIM, PROMYS, USA/Canada Math Camp, or ROSS. The first is much less selective while the last 4 are pretty difficult to get into.</p>
<p>anyone doing governor school?</p>
<p>"anyone doing governor school?"</p>
<p>I am, with any luck.</p>
<p>The Breakthrough Collaborative. I did that last summer and it rocked my socks...sure it was a 60 hour work week for 8 weeks...but teaching does that to you.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of a residential program where I can take AP Biology? It has to be in the second half of the summer, however.</p>
<p>Last summer I did Summer Study (summerstudy.com)'s program at the American University of Paris. I was there for the five week program and took International Business. The academics were a joke: nobody was there for them, and the courses were not taken seriously despite being college credit classes. I had a great time however and am extremely glad I did it, it was the best summer I've had and I got to see so much. It's just anyone going there primarily for academics will be disappointed.</p>
<p>I'm looking for a program either in the US or elsewhere (I'd love to go to Oxford/Cambridge but those programs don't seem to fit these criteria) that is more serious about academics and has college credit courses. Also I don't want to go somewhere with lots of ridiculous rules, paris had them but they weren't enforced and the freedom to essentially go anywhere we wanted and do whatever was nice... Going somewhere where we're treated like babies wouldn't be fun. I'm looking for a longer rather than shorter program too.</p>
<p>I'm looking at Harvard's summer program and from this thread it sounds like Brown is like this too. Any other suggestions?</p>
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the brown one sounds really interesting, especially since its a ivy school and all. but im just wondering - are there any summer programs that DO NOT require essays to write? although i can get good recs and my grades seem decent, essay writing is one of my weakest strengths
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<p>I wouldn't worry about getting admitted. These programs are essentially money makers for the colleges and the selectivity is minimal. Brown's FAQ avoids a direct answer but basically says "it's not that competitive:"</p>
<p>the summer@brown program did not require an essay. All you needed was a teacher rec and a transcript.</p>