<p>For those interested in a terrific summer language program, I highly recommend Concordia Language Villages Concordia</a> Language Villages, which offer 15 different languages, at camps mostly in northern Minnesota, but also other locations. Best value for a sleep-away camp, great campers, dedicated teachers, balance of fun and learning, they facilitate travel arrangements. My kids attended for up to 7 years, beginning at 8 years of age, also offer one-month summer high school credit program, study abroad. One of the best educational experiences my kids had, inspired them to continue their language study, travel and live abroad, and become fluent in their languages. Highly recommend.</p>
<p>Icypineapple, I couldn't agree more.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.msu.edu/%7Ehshsp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.msu.edu/~hshsp/</a></p>
<p>the ones I found:
SSP
WTP
CMU Summer for Diversity
Wharton LBW
HSHSP
Clark Scholars</p>
<p>I have to agree with nave about harvard. SSP was amazing and was by far the best summer of my life, now with that said, The summer I spent at JSA was terrible. If I were to choose again I would certainly not spend my last summer at JSA. To be honest, almost every aspect of the JSA program is bad. The academics are quite ugly, I mean you can get actual college credit at a program like Harvard but instead, at JSA you get an overpriced AP course. The speaker program is terrible at JSA, they advertise many big ticket speakers, but the fact of the matter is... the program is unable to real in the big names.(they even admitted when they had Colin Powell as a speaker it was both by luck and because the State department made a mistake). The "debate" program at JSA is terrible, this aspect of the program should not be an attraction because it is simply a bias debate style that doesn't exist anywhere outside of JSA. If you are an LD, Policy, or PF debater you will want to puke when you see this style. Lastly the people you meet at Harvard will be much better. The majority of the kids at JSA, believe it or not, know little about politics and just simply that they have a love for politics. It seemed that most of the students had no logic to back up their political beliefs, but instead, they just were liberal or conservative because their parents were liberal or conservative. </p>
<p>So please please dont make the same mistake I did, DON'T GO TO JSA!!</p>
<p>XxAzurewrathxX congratulations on making USAMO twice, but really it isn't as easy to make as you make it out to be. Most people say that being accepted to RSI (5%) or TASP (8%) is hard, then how could making USAMO not be hard as less than 0.1% of the people who take the AMCs qualify for it?</p>
<p>As far as Ross and PROMYS go, Ross is generally considered a much bigger thing than PROMYS due to the rigorous nature of the program. In some higher level math circles students that attend Ross are known as Ross-1s and students that attend PROMYS are known as Ross-2s (students that study under Ross-1s).</p>
<p>I agree with BJMc2008...Harvard SSP is the way to go. I also attended JSA and it was a total waste of time. The brochures promised great speakers, but the program didn't deliver. To their credit, there were a few entertaining speakers (not to put down any of the others). For the most part though, the other speakers just put you to sleep. </p>
<p>To add to this, the program administrators treat all of the students as if they were at kinder-care. They don't let any of the students out of their sight. This is not the case at SSP. At Harvard, your free to roam the campus, cambridge or even boston without having to hold the hand of a program director. </p>
<p>That's just my take. I really urge you to go with SSP though. You'll have a great time.</p>
<p>Can maybe someone elaborate on this "governor's schools" ? I never heard of it. I found several on google, which one are you talking about?</p>
<p>To the questions: I attended the Harvard Summer School Secondary Program and it's really awesome! If you get a chance to take it, take it. Real professors, great students, lots of trips, good activities (though you basically have to pay extra for anything you do). However, it DOES NOT AT ALL help in college admissions. Well, at least it does not help significantly. Don't attend because you think it helps, because it doesn't. Attend because you're interested in the subject / in the location / want to experience college life / meet interesting people / see another city / ... :)</p>
<p>SSTP at UF was one of the best experiences ever. definitely try to go.</p>
<p>tebow is right. I went the same year as him. The program is well organized and your doing research in the lab 5 days a week from 9:00 - 5:00 . Also, depending on your proffesor you can stay longer but for me 8 hours was more than enough. While there you also take a course from the ones they provide. I took Introduction to Virology. bad idea. It was the hardest course there and since i was doing it for high school credit I really had to work my ass off for the A. The program if i remember correctly is 7 weeks long and costs 3000 dollors. I know of kids who were able to get scholarships from local companies. Nonetheless it is worth every penny. The program is very flexible and you will make plenty of friends that you will keep in touch with after the program. Just like my friend tebow15. I LOVE YOU TEBOWWWW. lol haha no homo</p>
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<p>balla102 i have absolutely no idea who you are. creepy much?</p>
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Just like my friend tebow15. I LOVE YOU TEBOWWWW.
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balla102 i have absolutely no idea who you are.
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OMG LMAO HAHAHAHHAHAHAAH good job guys</p>
<p>Any summer programs that I can still apply to? it's kind of late I know..
I was rejected from RSI, got into Stanford EPGY (but omg so much $$$), and am applying to UChicago's YSP (I went the last two years).</p>
<p>But yeah, I think my mom's gonna make me go to epgy, but it's so expensive, gah.</p>
<p>Anyone ever do the Biotechnology or Nanotechnology courses @ U of P pre-college summer engineering program? Which of the 2 courses has more "normal" (< nerds ) attending...applied and wanna know the "411" ab. the students who attend. Did anyone else apply to this summer prgrm. for 2008, or has ever done in the past? How are the social activities, food, campus security, etc. in the summer. Would like 2 hear from all of u who have applied or done in the past. Thx. :<).</p>
<p>Check out these prestigious summer programs, science fairs, olympiads, ect. which are all recommended by MIT! Even though they seem highly competitive, I definitely urge anyone who is interested to explore these amazing oppurtunities.</p>
<p>Here's the links: </p>
<p>Berkeley's Haas School of Business Summer BASE program:
Undergraduate</a> Program - BASE - Haas School of Business</p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass, has a fine summer program that includes computer science and liberal arts options. My offspring did this program, and is now a computer science major in the engineering school at UC Berkeley. Believe this program strengthened his app.</p>
<p>"The program is for minorities but it doesn't hurt to apply"--according to a student who posted re the minority program MITES at MIT. Students who are not minorities or women should not bother applying to programs, such as MITES (and NASA SHARP used to be in this category) that are targeted for minorities and/or women. They (the non-minorities and males, in the case of programs targeted for women) will not get in and they will waste their time. If they (the non-minorities) ask the people who run these programs whether they should apply anyway, and whether they accept non-minorities, the people who run the programs will encourage the non-minorities to apply anyway, because they cannot say "we do not accept Caucasians," and while they might occasionally accept a Caucasian, the programs are targeted to minorities and women. I speak from experience. If you are Caucasian, do not waste your time applying to programs that are targeted to minorities, if you are male, do not apply to programs that are targeted to females. A couple of years ago one of the JHU Imagine magazines had a complete issue with a list of summer programs in engineering, and I counted, two-thirds of them were targeted to minorities and women. It doesn't matter what one thinks about the philosophy behind these programs, it matters that you don't waste your time trying to enter doors that are closed to you. Face this reality and move on.</p>
<p>Check out these prestigious summer programs, science fairs, olympiads, ect. which are all recommended by MIT! Even though they seem highly competitive, I definitely urge anyone who is interested to explore these amazing oppurtunities.</p>
<p>Here's the links: </p>
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people refer to their children as "my offspring"? 0.o
haha interesting :)</p>
<p>Glad I could provide you with a moment of amusement.</p>