<p>If you enroll in a summer program for high schoolers at a selected college (lets say Brown)...would that help you even in the smallest way when applying to the school later on?</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure answers in similar threads indicated that there isn't much of a bump when youattend a non-competitive summer college program...</p>
<p>what if you won a scholarship that paid for tuition and room and board for an ivy summer program?</p>
<p>i think that would be good</p>
<p>From what I've heard, taking a summer course at many colleges that are ivy-quality (including Brown) does not help you much in actual admissions. However, as an alumni of the Brown summer program, I can tell you that it was amazing and one of the greatest experiences of my life. So, even if it won't help your application, it's definitely worth attending.</p>
<p>Summer programs are administered by a completely separate office from the regular admissions office. Admittance into such a program, with aid or not, will not be a tip in regular admissions.</p>
<p>However -- showing interest, possibly getting a teacher rec out of a professor there, being able to speak about the school in an essay, etc can be a nice boost for you application.</p>
<p>I went to a summer program at Brown last summer. My prof said he reguarly wrote recs for kids who were in his class.</p>
<p>I ended up at Columbia. But their summer program is AMAZING.</p>