<p>summer programs don’t necessarily help your chance of admissions to that particular school. however, they do give you a chance to learn a lot about that school, the types of students that are there and you get to meet a lot of great friends.</p>
<p>it depends on the program and what you accomplish. they might just take it as you have the $$ to get in the program as most of these programs have high acceptance rates.
my friend did a summer program at Georgetown and got rejected.</p>