<p>Does anyone have any experience with the Summer Study in Paris program at the Sorbonne? My high school aged daughter is interested...</p>
<p>Summer</a> Study</p>
<p>I thought I knew just about every summer study program offered in France, and I've never heard of this one. Research it carefully. The website look glossy, but seemed to me a little short on details. I also didn't see how long the company had been in business. Hopefully, someone here will have had firsthand experience with it. Good luck.</p>
<p>Have you looked for it on the Study Abroad Forum? Maybe someone there has experience with it.</p>
<p>Wow, that seems expensive. And I wasn't even able to find out how many hours of instruction one gets. Given it's with a group of English speaking teens, I question the value of the 'immersion' (no more than when we travel to another country together as a family).</p>
<p>The program I thought was very cool was Nacel. They've been around since the 50s. They charge hardly anything (its nonprofit). They connect teens with a volunteer host family in france who you live with, do things with on weekends and evenings, or offer you tutoring each day (or you can take classes for 3 hrs every morning and can sign up to go on daily excursions with your french tutor and your small class of 4-5 students). The price was incredible- in Canadian dollars (so quite a bit less in USD!) for 3 weeks it ranged from $1700 to $3000</p>
<p>What I like is they cut all the glossy stuff that looks good in a brochure, and just give you the goods. I also like that it becomes real immersion since you live with a family (vs your American friends).</p>
<p>Starbright - thanks for the suggestion - I'll pass it on to her to investigate.</p>
<p>I did look in the study abroad forum but most of the programs there were for college aged students - my daughter would be going between her Junior and Senior year. </p>
<p>She found this program in the pre-college issues summer programs forum - but the OP there has not responded to my PM or my followup post - so I thought I would raise it over here.</p>
<p>Tango 14 - do you have any other names she could investigate?</p>
<p>Oxbridge has a program in Paris for high schoolers: Oxbridge</a> Academic Programs - LAcadémie de Paris. D did their program at Oxford the summer after 11th grade, and loved it. It's expensive, though.</p>
<p>D was able to do the Columbia program over the summer before freshman year. Required a bit more paperwork, but she got credit for her courses and major. This is not a supervised program, so requires a fairly mature pre-college student, but they do provide housing.</p>
<p>Thank you for posting the Oxbridge program - that looks like a great alternative....</p>
<p>Nacel and Oxbridge are both reputable. There's also an immersion program for teenagers in Belgium called Ceran Lingua.</p>
<p>Here is a great all-inclusive sort of website, for pretty much everything summer program-like, but here is the link that is just for highschool summer french language immersion programs. There are 48 of them. </p>
<p>I think I would look into how well the students would be supervised. I may be speaking out of turn, but depending on how mature your daughter is I am not sure if studying abroad at such a young age is a good thing. We travel abroad with our girls often, D1 has been approached (bothered) by men since she was 13. It's only recently (at 19) she's been comfortable in dealing with it herself. I think I would feel more comfortable if the program is through the school, with a chaperon from the school on site. Maybe I just worry too much.</p>
<p>Another option- much cheaper- is Montreal. My D spent 5 weeks at the International Language School of Canada (ilsc.ca). They have various programs depending upon age. She lived with a host family that spoke very little English. You MUST speak French at the school. Her French improved tremendously (if that is the goal).</p>
<p>Ditto to oldfort's comments about checking out supervision, particularly for high school students. My D studied in Paris last summer between soph and junior years in college through study abroad program at her university. Group went with instructors from her university. D was approached by an older man while she and a female friend were painting in a local park. At first, she thought the man was just being friendly and making conversation but he began to speak in a very inappropriate aggressive manner to her. D was really frightened and she's mature for her age.</p>
<p>While I agree that high school students should have more supervision than those in college, that sort of thing can happen in the US as easily as abroad, and young women should be taught how to deal with it no matter where they are. She should say, very loudly, "leave me alone!" And if that doesn't work, yell "Police!" (or "Fire!" if you're indoors), in the language of whichever country you're in.</p>
<p>^ I agree. France is likely quite a lot safer than most US cities actually. I know every parent is different so they have to find their own comfort zone, but just as I let my teen take the bus and go to activities with her friends in various locations without an adult in our city here in Canada, I would easily let her do so in Paris or most European cities too.</p>
<p>Hi,
My son just came back from a course in Grenada Spain , with NACEL. Very well organized & established in Europe. Am sure they are much cheaper, too.</p>
<p>Thank you one and all for the suggestions. She is going to do the Oxbridge program. I'll report back afterwards for future potential attendees.</p>
<p>Well DD came back home last night having had a incredible time. </p>
<p>My wife asked “was it everything you expected?” </p>
<p>Her response - “Everything - and much more”</p>
<p>Everyday was absolutely filled with activities - she would be up at 7 and back in bed at midnight everyday. Highlights included Fireman’s Ball, Bastille day fireworks over the Eiffel Tower, and the Tour de France. </p>
<p>Thanks for the tips everyone - happy to provide guidance for anyone in the future on Oxbridge in Paris.</p>
<p>thanks for the update!</p>