Summer programs for 9th graders who are interested in Maths and Computer Science

Parents Forum
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Hi all,

Can you advise me on summer programs that are good for rising sophomores interested in math and computer science?

I have heard about following:
Stanford pre collegiate institute:

Cosmos:
Science Internship program
Texas State University Honors Math Camp
The Ross Program

The problem is - these programs primarily consider rising juniors, or rising seniors and are very selective in admission process.

Don’t want to bank on a few highly selective programs. Are there any other good options for rising sophomores?

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Here’s a program at the University of Wisconsin - Accelerated Learning Program
http://www.prgms.wcatyweb.com/index.php/summer-camps/2014-09-02-19-05-23

What else is your student interested in? We always used summer programs to develop interests that were not related to school academic subjects.

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Electric Car design would probably use both those skills http://futurestudents.mst.edu/summercamps/formula/

Design and build a micro satellite http://futurestudents.mst.edu/summercamps/spacefrontier/

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http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/

Look there…a whole forum about HS summer programs.

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Rising sophomores are accepted into Stanford but you are right, very competitive. Also try the other UC summer programs, like UC Irvine and UCSD Academic Connections - they have rolling admissions so it’s easier to plan. Good Luck!