Summer Writing program for rising HS senior

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<p>I have a young friend, a Chinese citizen, who has been going to an east coast boarding school and will be a HS senior next year. He would like to attend a strong, extensive expository/college writing program this summer. </p>

<p>I am familiar with a good program at Carleton College, but they cannot accept international students. Evidently their program is too short (19 days) and there is some sort of law that prevents programs of fewer than 21 days from accepting international students. (Sounds odd to me, but whatever.) </p>

<p>Any other suggestions?</p>

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<p>If the student qualifies, here is a link to lists of courses that still have room at Johns Hopkins’ CTY and CAA programs. </p>

<p>[Summer</a> Programs](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/opencourse.html]Summer”>http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/opencourse.html)</p>

<p>S1 took “Writing the Expository Essay” and learned a LOT! It’s a great skill that is often not taught well in high schools. </p>

<p>Both S’s attended CTY programs for 4 years - at 4 different colleges/universities, and I have not one negative word to say about their experiences.</p>

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<p>A rising senior is probably too old for CTY. The problem here is going to be that it’s after the deadline to apply for many writing programs.</p>

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<p>You’re probably right. One of the criteria is “do not turn 17 before September 1, 2010”, so a “young enough” rising senior would qualify age-wise. </p>

<p>There are also these programs, although not writing, might be of interest:</p>

<p>Programs for Grades 10-12
*CTY offers two programs for students in grades 10-12. The Civic Leadership Institute is offered at site locations in Baltimore, Maryland, and Berkeley, California. At Princeton University, we offer a program focusing on Global Issues in the 21st Century. 2010 catalog information for the Civic Leadership Institute is not yet available.</p>

<p>Program dates for 2010:</p>

<p>Civic Leadership Institute (Baltimore): June 27 - July 16
Civic Leadership Institute (Berkeley): July 18 - August 6
CTY Princeton: June 27 - July 16*</p>

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<p>A friend’s D attended a summer program at Boston University. Writing programs are one of their strengths.</p>

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<p>My daughter was looking at Putney School in Vermont. Looks like a great program.</p>

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<p>Look at Swanee, (University of the Soouth) Young Writer’s Program.</p>

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<p>There is no reason whay a rising high school senior needs to go to a college to learn expository prose - there are some great high school courses available. This skill shold be mastered before setting foot on college campus.</p>

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<p>My daughter attended the Carleton writing program. She already had excellent writing skills, but since she attended a small rural high school she hadn’t encountered many other high achieving students. For three weeks she experienced college dorm life, college level classes and assignments, and a fair amount of independence. Students came from across the country, giving her a taste of diversity. I think it made her less apprehensive about going to an out of state college.</p>

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<p>D attended a 3 week writing program at Brown. Check [Summer@Brown</a> - Pre-College Programs at Brown University | Brown University Office of Continuing Education](<a href=“http://brown.edu/ce/pre-college/]Summer@Brown”>Pre-College Program | Brown University) for info.</p>