<p>Do attending summer programs to Stanford and UCLA help your chances of getting in to these schools? I live in north carolina, therefore a hassle and expensive to attend the program. But if it really worth it I may consider it (especially since i'll need anything to help me since UCLA barely takes any out of staters)</p>
<p>Well, both universities state that there is no real advantage, but plainly that's ridiculous.</p>
<p>Think about it: You go to Stanford or UCLA and take college credit classes at that university with their professor, and guess what? You do well in them. You've basically demonstrated to the admissions committee that you are capable of not only doing college work, but doing well in their respective classes. They no longer need to "guess" whether you would do well at their university or not. </p>
<p>Plus, going to these summer programs look great on an application; it shows that you're not just laying around in the summer time doing absolutely nothing and that you're trying to advance yourself intellectually and socially. </p>
<p>For UCLA, there's a great program called Summer Discovery @ UCLA. It is not run by UCLA, but by a company called Summer Discovery, which is part of the Musiker companies. I went there and had a blast. I took two college credit classes with UCLA professors (one of them with Professor Wortham, the Chair of the Dept. of English at UCLA). Summer Discovery also takes you out to Disneyland, Universal Studios, Six Flags, many beaches, trips to San Diego and Santa Barbara, and many other places. It's great for someone from out-of-state to see Southern California. The entire program costs $6,999 for six weeks, not including application fee and your own spending money. Meals on campus are covered (if you eat in the dorm hall) and transportation and tickets to these places are also covered. Go to <a href="http://www.summerfun.com%5B/url%5D">www.summerfun.com</a> and go to the Summer Discovery at UCLA portion. Enrollment is almost over so you need to move quickly.</p>
<p>Stanford has it's own program which you can directly check out at the Stanford Admissions Website: <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga%5B/url%5D">www.stanford.edu/dept/uga</a></p>
<p>Still, being out of state is going to hurt you. The upside is that if you do come to UCLA for a summer program, you are showing a level of interest above and beyond that of the average out of state applicant.</p>