<p>Hi everyone!
I had a quick question about summer programs :D so i was wondering if i should attend harvard ssp or julian krinsky internships in business at penn? I'm torn because I think the harvard ssp would be a lot of fun and so cool but the internship would be so awesome and such a great experience! Which is better in terms of prestige and which one is more impressive to a college?</p>
<p>The summer programs that are most impressive for college admissions are the ones that are competitive to get into as opposed to ones that can be attended if you have the money to afford them.</p>
<p>i know that now, but since i have those two options, which is the best one?</p>
<p>entomom is correct, but not every summer program is competitive. You should go to the one you are most interest in because then you will get the most out of it. D2 went to a paid summer program last year, she took a course on law/litigation because she is considering pre-law. It was so interesting to her and she got a lot out of it. This year when she was applying to a competitive summer program, she wrote about her experience and what she got out of it. The paid summer program tied in very well with the summer program she competed in this year, and she got in (out of the whole state, they selected 40 students)</p>
<p>If you are a junior, I would go to the program where you are considering applying to next fall. Even though those top tier schools do not care about interest (or love), but by spending a summer there would definitely show your interest, especially if you do well and are able to connect with some professors.</p>
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<p>That’s a pretty expensive way to show the interest that top schools don’t care about.</p>
<p>What’s $5000 compared to $250K? OP is doing a summer porgram some where.</p>
<p>If you’re just looking for prestige, then probably whatever’s most competitive to get into.</p>
<p>That being said, I agree with oldfort in a way–it might be beneficial to check out what’s most interesting to you just to make sure it’s actually as interesting as you think it is. I did a program that wasn’t competitive just out of sheer interest, and I’m really glad I did. Prior to attending, I thought I might want to do forensics as a career… turns out I hated it. It was way better finding that out over the course of a summer as a high schooler than while in college.</p>