<p>I would say yes on both counts, based on my student's report. She had more calculus before she went (AB), but only general chem and physics, and no biology. The level of intellectual rigor seemed about right to her. She did complain that her particular counselor seemed to want to impose rules and curfews that would have been more appropriate for a younger or wilder group of kids. The counselor in question was attending the program for the first time, and apparently the other counselors didn't do that.</p>
<p>anyone here went to NASA SHARP?</p>
<p>toblee, i was in Daiman, were u there jun.27-jul17 or whenever it ended, what dorm were you in?, and send me a pm with ur name if u dont want to post it here.</p>
<p>texas, thank you! I'll pass on the information.</p>
<p>i went to NASA SHARP</p>
<p>airforce1- just wondering, was there time/place to practice tennis? yeah, weird question, I know. I play for a team and don't want to get too out of practice, but I'd also like to get some research experience...</p>
<p>I'm interested in attending a program in Oxford. Has anyone gone or know of any info?</p>
<p>oh sheeet its the tobesta. tobez was my roommate.</p>
<p>does anyone know of any summer program at UPENN???</p>
<p>if so, please email me or send me a pm. thanks!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I don't know how much of a response this question is gonna get (considering how crowded this thread is), but I'll ask anyway: Does anybody know of any good creative writing/screenwriting summer camps/programs in California? The closer to the Bay Area, the better. Thanks...</p>
<p>Hey, did anyone here participate in NASA SHARP. I was in it at the University of Michigan this past summer...best experience of my life!!</p>
<p>Here's a list of some summer programs.
<a href="http://www.stjohnsprep.org/downloads/pdfs/Summer_Programs_2004.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.stjohnsprep.org/downloads/pdfs/Summer_Programs_2004.pdf</a></p>
<p>here's another list, mostly math and science camps:
<a href="http://www.ams.org/employment/mathcamps.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ams.org/employment/mathcamps.html</a></p>
<p>Here are two more lists:</p>
<p>I am just a freshman.... does anyone know any good summer programs?</p>
<p>Check out all of the links above. These are some of the best lists of programs I've seen, and a lot of the programs listed are available for freshmen. You can also google for programs.</p>
<p>I went to NASA SHARP this summer. I posted a long message in that huge rsi topic ..... i will copy it in here if anyone wants me to. </p>
<p>NASA SHARP was great. I went to the best program at CSULA, not the nicest college but it does have the nicest living arangements and the best workplaces guaranteed. </p>
<p>The person that asked about tenis.... you have no free time at NASA SHARP. Weekends for me were spent all over the entire Socal. We covered from North part Six Flags/Magic Mountain, SOuth Part San Diego, East Edwards Air Force Base 90 min away from Vegas, West part Multiple beaches and I spent most of my time at Boeing Satalite Systems right next too LAX.</p>
<p>If yo are already being heavly recruited for tenis then go with that , but if you arent that probably means tenis isnt goin to take you very far and so u should try NASA SHARP</p>
<p>Im going to post the long message right now</p>
<p>NASA SHARP residential program- where you live 8 weeks at a college and then go to work at the college or comute to major buisnesses like Boeing
Well the chance of getting accpeted was around 12%
140 PEOPLE ACCEPTED OUT OF 1100 APPLICANTS</p>
<p>ALSO for this program f you are a white, asain, indian male your cahnces decease to probably 6% since they like to accept URM's and females. Mnay of the groups of kids have around 12 girls and 8 boys. </p>
<p>CSULA is the best residential program by far,
If you are there you get to work for Northrop or Boeing
It has the best location, LA.
in 8 weeks on fridays and the weekends we covered all the museums, theaters, and hot spots in all of Southern CA. We traveled as far south as San Diego. North as Six Flags, And East as Edwards air force base, like 1.5 hrs away from Las Vegas.</p>
<p>I was the only one at CSULA from California, so if you live in CALi the chances are even more slim to get the best spot. The main director, a CSULA EE professor will keep you on your toes all the time and will always have you bussy, or she will get on you case. During the summer she made many girls cry and almost one guy. She demands that the CSULA NASA SHARP program is the best.</p>
<p>if you go here</p>
<p>you can see all of us.</p>
<p>I worked for Boeing Satallite Systems and my project was Thermal and Dynamic Validation of a New Thermally Conductive Gasket Process for Space Use. </p>
<p>The days are packed</p>
<p>normal Mon thru thursday was </p>
<p>wake up 6:15
out of the apartment at 6;45 and commute to BSS
get to BSS at 730-745
leave work at 400
get back to the apartment at 445-500
sleep for 45 min( yes i did sleep, powernaps are what kept me going)
5;45 go to a 2-2.5 hr class at night to learn stupid stuff we already know such as mircosoft office, websites, excel,etc.( this was a time to play online games and aim)
get to the apartment about 8-830 and cook dinner, shower watch tv, hang out and do work. Yes work, we had to do projects for NASA SHARP and online debates, plus work on our reports, and presentations.
When you have 20 teens living by themselves basically its going to be chaoss and your goin tohave a fun time.</p>
<p>We did got to JPL, this is the place that they tape almost everything on the NASA CHANnel on tv, also you may know of it from all of the research it has done. We didnt work here but we went there a few times. The kids that worked there were commuters, so they lived within 50miles ofthe place, went to work on the weekdayas and then went back home every day and on the weekends. Commuter is no where as good as any residential place. </p>
<p>All of us that were at NASA SHARP CSULA are basically guaranteed an internship at either Boeing or Northrop during a summer at college. Its great because the internships are normally left for top students college seniors or graduate students.
One kid had a nice set up $20 an hour 40hrs a week, free hotle room to stay at plus free rental car for the summer. He was a previous Sharpie. </p>
<p>RSI is still a more prestigous program and more competitive than NASA SHARP
I'd say apply to both and see what you get, and either of the programs beats out any other high school program by a ton, they are also 10 times better than taking a college class at some top college.</p>
<p>Im sure i forgot some things , so hopefully anthonmj or any other SHARPIE will read thisand add some more too it.</p>
<p>the money sucks </p>
<p>5.15 an hr. or whatever national min wage is at the time</p>
<p>i spent few hundred dollars on regular stuff, and then lunches, movies, etc.
we were able to pack ourselves lunches but most people didnt, just because it took too long and a old sandwich isnt as good as a new one. you learn to spend money. I spent more money on food than anything else. Movies were also pricey about 10 a pop in LA and i saw a movie every chance i had, </p>
<p>The money shouldnt be that bad since you should really want to do the program no matter if you get paid or not. JUSt saying you did it and for your future its priceless.</p>
<p>Side note- i remember one kid that spent 40 dollars on food at disneyland. what a funny day, then we went up to a ton of people selling ballons, candy, etc asked how much something cost( a ballon cost $6) and then after they told us we would just laugh super loud right in their face, and then we would take pictures of it. it was great, maybe you had to be there</p>
<p>CSULA program looks interesting. Are there any other good computer programming summer programs for 13 to 15 kids?</p>
<p>WELL!!! Last summer was the best summer of my life. I signed up to talk to kids who have questions about the place and therefore have a giant letter about it that I sent to people when they ask, haha, so i'll post that. OK! This place is in Cap D'ail, France, about 15km from Nice and Italy, it's on the water, and about 250 kids stay there at one time, only about 35 of them were american when i was there, but most people spoke english anyway. it was amazing. it was more of a youth hostel because only about 7 people actually worked there. My dad is a pilot so I got the almost free airfare hookup there, which was the only reason i go to go, so yea! haha. it's about $1600 for 2 weeks and about $400 for every more week you want. this letter is mostly for parents, but yea, you can get any drink you want because anyone is allowed to buy drinks in europe(or at least here) and me being the 14 year old that i was, looking like i was 12 bought a bottle of vodka and the person just scanned it through, haha, no questions. i don't really drink that much, i'm a reponsible drinker ;), but yea, haha the rest of the americans went crazy, they were about the only ones though...them and some finns, haha. also, the "classes", i only went to...like 7 i think. their only 4 days a week but they dont care if you dont go. and you can come and go when you please, at night you have use an "alternative exit" though because they lock the gate when it gets dark. but it's always doable!</p>
<p>Hey ___<em>! Here's the website for the place:
The teenage one:
<a href="http://www.monte-carlo.mc/centremed/centremed">http://www.monte-carlo.mc/centremed/centremed</a></em>english/index_en.htm
The acutal place in general: <a href="http://www.monte-carlo.mc/centremed%5B/url%5D">http://www.monte-carlo.mc/centremed</a>
I signed up through like this agent thing, here's that website it has
more information about it:
<a href="http://teenagersabroad.com/countries/teenagermontecarlo.html%5B/url%5D">http://teenagersabroad.com/countries/teenagermontecarlo.html</a></p>
<p>Ok, and 2 weeks there is 1180, which today is $1569. It's pretty
expensive to get there so I hear though so keep that in mind also. And
you fly into Nice in case you wanted to check prices, or you can take
the TGV there, there's a TGV station in the Paris airport incase you
wanted to take that instead, I flew but I wish I took the train, you
get to see a lot on the way there from like....looking out the window.
It's 64 round trip to take the train from Paris airport to Nice, so
that's cheaper then flying that.</p>
<p>Ok, so about the place. It was REALLY nice, it had a great
Mediterranean view just from your front door. The place is on like a
slope, because that whole area is just like 1 just mountain range.
There were 3 different kinds of rooms. The nice apartment complex,
that fit like 150 people I think, it was 3-5 to a room and it was like
a brand new building and was really nice, it was like 4 stories high,
but it was cool because the doors were on the outside and stuff, oh!
here's a picture my friend took of it! Oh and each of those rooms has
a really nice bathroom, and a really nice door(inside that green one
is a giant glass door, haha)
<a href="http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/anythnbutordnry4/detail?.dir=accc&.dnm=de4e.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/anythnbutordnry4/detail?.dir=accc&.dnm=de4e.jpg</a>
Ok! So that was that building. Then there's the second quality
building, the one that I was in! I'll bring in a picture of it
tomorrow. It fits 50 people. It was 5 people to a room, and had the
best view of the Mediterranean. It was really simple just beds, haha.
And a shower and bathroom and sink.</p>
<p>Then, if god really hates you you'll be in the Bungalo's, haha. It's
2-3 to a room and about 20 to a building there and there's like 8
buildings of them I think. All it has is 2-3 beds and a sink. haha,
then there's public bathrooms and showers for them to use. But
sometimes other people will let you use their bathrooms and showers
and whatnot because the public ones aren't the cleanest.</p>
<p>Ok, laundry, NEVER GIVE THEM YOUR LAUNDRY!!! You will not get it back!
SO! My suggestion is, do like I do and fill the sink with washing
detergent and then let the clothes dry on the roof! OR go the
laundromat down the street, both excellent option, haha.</p>
<p>Oh, let me tell you know the program is set up there. On your first
Monday there all the new people gather in the amphitheater and take a
short placement test, like so:
<a href="http://images.zimoblog.com/Blog/GetImage.aspx?imgid=5626&blogid=354%5B/url%5D">http://images.zimoblog.com/Blog/GetImage.aspx?imgid=5626&blogid=354</a>
(That was during my test time! I just barely got cut off from the
picture!!! damnit!! haha. Anyways, you take that, it's like 15
minutes, then you have a 5 minute oral conversation and then you're
done for the day! Then the next day you start class in whichever level
they put you in, and the classes go by really fast because their a lot
of fun. It's 3 hours with a 30 minute break in the middle. But it goes
by really fast you barely notice it. So I'm pretty sure that it goes
from 9-12, but I'm a little it's been a while and I might be an hour
off. I forget. After that you eat lunch and can do whatever you want
really. There's a bus station right next to the place down the stairs
of hell(you will find out when you go...haha) and it will take you
anywhere you want to go. There's also a train station in the middle of
Cap D'ail, just follow the Gare SNCF signs. After that just be back
before "6"<<they say that but it isn't enforced, seriously just be
back before 8 if you don't feel like climbing a wall or slipping under
a fence. It is doable, I've been out till 11 there are ways I'll get
more specific if you go, hahaha. Oh, and on International Fireworks
Night in Monaco they let you go to that so with that you're out till
11 or 12. It's really fun, there's a big carnival and stuff. Then the
second week your there your classes get switched to the afternoon, so
that sucks, but it means you get to sleep in and go out to the
boulagerie for breakfast(you can do it the first week, just wake up
early...haha). That week you mostly just stay near the the place.
You'll go into Cap D'ail(the town it's in) a lot and buy stuff, you
can walk to Monaco and get lunch of just walk around and stuff too.
Also at night almost everynight they have a discotheque, their a lot
of fun, haha, some nights they go to 12 some nights they go to 3 or 4
it depends what the people who work there feel like that day.</p>
<p>The food there is ok, it isn't like amazing, but it's pretty good. The
breakfast is like, hot chocolate in a bowl, hahhaa and you j ust drink
it. And there's baguettes at every meal, like baguette's gallor, haha.
Most people ate 1 or 2 meals a day there and the rest they either
ordered a pizza or went to a restaurant.</p>
<p>What else...oh! Every Saturday they drop you off in either San Remo,
Italy or Cannes. That's fun! I went to San Remo Italy the week I was
there.</p>
<p>OHH!!! People there are SOOO friendly, like it's unbelievable. There
are 250 kid(ages 13-17, mostly 15-16) who stay there, about 25-30 are
American/Canadian. About 195 of them are European and the rest are
from the middle east(Kuwait, Iran, Turkey), the far east(Japan, the
Philippines, China), or north Africa(Egypt, Morocco). By the first
night about 50 people had already introduced themselves to me, it was
so cool. Everyone there is really nice and it's a lot different then
here, it's not like here where these kind of people talk to these kind
of people, in Europe it's more, everyone talks to everyone and it's
even cooler if you aren't like them. haha. Everyone there can speak
English, and it's like the most commonly used language there. But
there are French kids staying there too trying to learn English, I was
really good friends with one of them and roommates with another one
and I spoke French with them, and there are people who go just to have
fun who already speak French who you can practice with also.</p>
<p>You bond with everyone there so quickly because it's like you already
have something in common, and nothing is awkward or anything, and
you'll never be bored and stuff because there's always something to do
there.</p>
<p>hahahaha wow, I have never written an e-mail this long in my entire
life!!! haha...woah...</p>
<p>--jake</p>