<p>Please only mention the best ones. Let's make a rank for these programs, here it goes:
1. RSI</p>
<p>Feel free to add more programs and rank them respectively.</p>
<ol>
<li>RSI</li>
<li>Jackson Lab</li>
<li>Simons Summer Research Program</li>
<li>HSHSP</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>RSI</li>
<li>Jackson Lab</li>
<li>Simons Summer Research Program</li>
<li>HSHSP</li>
<li>Clark Scholars</li>
</ol>
<p>I’m not sure about the rank tho</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of this program or attended it in the past? What type of research
are they doing?</p>
<p>I’m leaning towards the following rank:</p>
<ol>
<li>RSI</li>
<li>Jackson Lab</li>
<li>NIH Summer Biomedical Research</li>
<li>Clark Scholars </li>
<li>Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program </li>
<li>Drexel Med High School Summer Research Internship (HSSRI) Program</li>
<li>Stony Brook University (SBU) Simons Summer Research Program</li>
</ol>
<p>For summer science research no programs can beat the above seven programs, all of them are ultra selective and they all have stipends!!! RSI, Jax and NIH are obviously the toughest. Then I ranked Clark 4th because I was shocked by how active some past clarkies were advocating the program on CC, thus I ranked them above Stanford, Drexel and Stony Brook.</p>
<p>What about this program? It is 10 weeks, $1500 stipend and only 10 applicants are selected?</p>
<p>I have been accepted to HSHSP at Michigan State and YSTP at University of Chicago. I haven’t been able to find out much information about YSTP; any thoughts, suggestions?</p>
<p>HSHSP is also on par for selectivity and nationally renowned; may not be at the same level of RSI but definitely others. So is IOWA SSTP</p>
<p>^Parent62</p>
<p>I have 4 friends at HSHSP got rejected from RSI or Clark, I don’t think HSHSP is at the same level with the seven programs which I’ve mentioned.</p>
<p>Clarks has less number of seats (less than 15) compared to HSHSP (24). While that makes it look like more competetive, the fact is that in this country- thankfully- there are more than 15 qualified students who could fit in Clarks program. Simons awards scholarship but has more regional appeal even though nationally people apply .HSHSP is the oldest running program.</p>
<p>What I was saying is leaving RSI which is the clear leader, HSHSP, Simons, IOWA SSTP,SIMR are all very good programs. Ranking them may not even make sense - for example, SIMR is only medical science focused whereas others may have wider desciplines to choose from. </p>
<p>My son was debating among Iowa, simons and HSHSP and decided on one. That does not make one program better than the others.</p>
<p>Was still wondering if anyone has heard of the program at University of Chicago?
YSTP Young Scientist Training Program.</p>
<p>Hey, you all seem to know a lot about summer research programs. Have you ever heard of the University of Chicago, Young Scientist Training Program? They accept 10 applicants and pay a $1500 stipend? I am deciding between this program and HSHSP. Would appreciate your insight. Thanks</p>
<p>YSTP selects 10 people and the duration is 10 weeks … favors minority students.
non residential , meaning you have to be a local Chicago resident else the stipend doe mean not much. - Medical focused</p>
<p>HSHSP - 7 weeks - residential - have to guess more comptetive because of national level admission - not restricted to medicine</p>
<p>The quality of both the programs will be comparable. It should come down to your interests and location preferenece more than any other ranking biases that we would attach to each of them. For example, my son decided on HSHSP solely on the basis of a remote possibility to continue to work with the prof after the program due to proximity , say compared to SBU - Simons.</p>
<p>I can’t really take YSTP into account because it targets specific groups of people, in a sense making it less competitive. Just like YESS and WTP. </p>
<p>^payo6262
If I were you I will go to YSTP for the sake of the stipend and UChicago!</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of the competitiveness of the Boston University Summer Research Internship? I am accepted there but am not sure how it ranks in prestige compared with the other programs. Has anyone ever heard of, or even better, participated in this?</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve heard of this program. You have to pay a lot for this research internship, it might still be competitive, but definitely not the same tier with the programs I mentioned above.</p>