<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm currently looking for some fun some programs to attend, that would also look good for colleges (MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Harvard, etc.)</p>
<p>The issue is that my family will not be able to pay, so, I will be paying myself and also keeping in mind that I will be paying for college, I can dish out about $1.5-$2k at most. And, I live out in the middle of nowhere in the Midwest, so, there are no local programs I can attend that have much meaning.</p>
<p>I love STEM, I was an ISEF finalist, I'm a pretty good programmer (see ECs below), I really like debate and I really love math/problem solving.</p>
<p>Do you guys have any suggestions for summer programs? </p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>PSAT: 200 (I think this will be my biggest drawback - everyone at school told me that it doesn't matter at all sophomore year, so, I didn't try very hard at it. I'm regretting this now)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9
School doesn't do weighted</p>
<p>Freshman schedule:</p>
<p>Multivariable Calculus (EPGY)
Ap Statistics
AP World History
Honors Spanish 3
Honors English
Honors Chemistry (typically taken by juniors)
Orchestra
Gym</p>
<p>Sophomore schedule:</p>
<p>Linear Algebra (EPGY)
AP US History
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
Honors English
Honors Spanish 4
Symphony Orchestra
Gym</p>
<p>AP Scores:
AP Calc BC - 5 (taken in 8th grade)
Ap Statistics - 5
Ap Computer Science A - 5 (taken in 7th grade)
AP World History - 3 (I'm kicking my self for this one)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (this is where I am hoping to do well):</p>
<p>I lead an open source project with a team of about 30 people that's been covered in TED talks
I am a paid blogger for a programming-related blog
I run a software startup
I made ISEF
AIME qualifier
President of Robotics Club
I do fundraising for a nonprofit working to handle preventable blindness
I run a very popular technical blog, with 1000's of pageviews a day</p>