<p>Did anyone else here attend Harvard SSP this past summer? Just wondering if I might have met you. =)</p>
<p>If any sophomores/juniors/seniors’ plans are undecided for the upcoming summer, I would definitely recommend SSP 110%. It was the best experience of my life.</p>
<p>snuff, what did you take & how was it? I'm considering applying for this summer as a commuter. :)</p>
<p>I went. I lived in PennyPacker.</p>
<p>Any of you guys meet a guy named Sean from long island? Kinda short, with longish hair?</p>
<p>glowingamy - I took Psychology and Biomedical Ethics. It was amazing. I don't know if it was the atmosphere, students, professors, poison in the food, or what, but I fell into the whole "I'm a nerd who loves to learn!" kind of attitude, which I've never really experienced before. Academics weren't a big deal at all except for finals week, when everyone went into a meltdown and locked themselves up for hours upon end. Classes were only 2.5 hrs and twice a week, so you basically just chilled and explored Boston the whole time. It was incredibly diverse, too - there were more people from other countries than from the U.S.</p>
<p>Commuters don't get to have the roommate experience or the food (lucky for you) but I knew a bunch and they loved it just as much as I did.</p>
<p>I don't know how well it represented the actual college experience, but we'd stay up til 6 or 7 in the morning partying or just chilling, if we slept at all. Probably not the best thing for your health but hey, who wants to go to sleep when there's all of Boston at your fingertips?!</p>
<p>stanmaster - Lucky, you got a modern dorm. I lived in Grays West - Natalie Portman's freshman room actually. She's one of my role models so that was sweet..</p>
<p>just<em>forget</em>me - I didn't know him, sorry. What classes did he take?</p>
<p>Hey I took Biomedical Ethics too. What did you get in the class?</p>
<p>Wow, really? I guess I did "know" you then, since our class was so small.</p>
<p>I got an A-... I expected a B though so that's pretty good. What did you think of the class? I thought the papers were hard but I loved the material, so I'd recommend it 100% as the most interesting class I've ever taken.</p>
<p>Yeah me too. It was a really great class and our professor was amazing. I got an A- also.</p>
<p>Hey did you sit in the front row all the time? I think I know who you are...my friend was friends with you or something like that. And did you ever get your final essays and 4th quiz in the mail? I didn't, even though I provided a self-addressed envelope. =(</p>
<p>Yeah I did always sit in the front row. But I didnt provide the envelope. Who were you friends with?</p>
<p>ooo! I'm considering going to the SSP this summer. That or Brown's program. I'm probably going to take Creative Writing and Biology 1. But if I take AP Bio this year, and I pass, shouldn't I just go on to the next bio course? Then again...Ap scores come in very, very late. </p>
<p>Also, what extracurricular visual(drawing,painting,etc) programs do they have?</p>
<p>The Brown + Harvard summer programs are VERY different. Harvard is more expensive and a lot more work. Brown (at least the shorter programs, I don't know anyone who did > 3 weeks) is pretty easy and casual. Both have very few restrictions on what you can do, but Brown is known a little more for kids drinking/using drugs (not that it's common, or that everyone does it). My friends have loved both of them, but I just wanted you to know the difference between them.</p>
<p>Heh, I did Duke's Creative Writing program this summer, and one of our girls got caught for smoking. I don't think it really matters what school you go to, teens are bound to do some crazy stuff given an atmosphere where their parent's aren't included.</p>
<p>Some programs are more strict about it than others (just like some colleges are more strict than others). I was at Cornell a couple summers ago, and they made a BIG deal out of how they sent kids home every year for drinking. I'm not sure if, say, Brown has the same emphasis (Harvard might not either, I don't know).</p>
<p>One kid was sent home from harvard this summer. His last night there he was actually under guard!</p>
<p>I did the EPGY program at Stanford this summer and it was so much fun! I took Pre-Cal and am going to apply to Harvard and Stanford's PreCollege programs this summer to take Multivariable Calc. Anyone who is a sophomore and considering going to EPGY should definately do it! Everyone that went there loved it!</p>
<p>I second that. If you're planning to go all out with the drugs next summer, then Harvard is most definitely NOT for you. They had a policy that the day you get caught with alcohol in your possession (in your blood, in your hand, or in your room) is the day that you get sent home, on the next airplane.</p>
<p>I'm guessing that as many as 50 kids were sent home this summer... definitely no fewer than 15, seeing as I knew/heard about 15 of them myself. It wasn't just drugs, but drugs was a lot of it. Seven kids got sent home the same day because they were all retarded and drank god knows how much alcohol (sadly I had to witness this because I was calmly strolling out of Felipe's and this girl barfed at my feet! They called the EMS and she had to get her stomach pumped - craziness).</p>
<p>Then a couple got sent home for cheating...my friend for smoking in the dorm..my other friend for attending a frat party and having a relationship with the proctor...etc. PSedrish- do you know what that kid did?</p>
<p>Don't let all this deter you from attending though! There are still virtually no rules, there's no curfew, and really it's not any work at all. There were tons of ECs, mostly_sane, like intramurals, salsa classes, and a whole bunch of clubs/groups that you learn about when you attend the Activities Fair on opening weekend.</p>
<p>stanmaster- I can't remember exactly who it was, but it might have been Kevin (half Viet guy)?</p>
<p>oh ok yeah he live on the first floor and i lived on the 3rd. i think i might remember you.</p>
<p>Okay question: Commuters can register for a proctor & a group of students for social/athletic events. what does the proctor/group do, exactly?</p>
<p>Course list is coming out "after Nov. 23"! I want to do lingustics and the Latin course! I wonder what that will be this year! :D</p>
<p>Ah, that's alright. I'm not into that stuff : D</p>
<p>But how hard is it to get into the program? I imagne the earlier, the better, but are there any other competitive things besides filling slots earliest? Duke's program had basically nothing.</p>
<p>I'm guessing there are some requirements, I think I saw some teacher recs needed, but i'm not sure.</p>