<p>I want to do something over the summer before I start college.</p>
<p>Im a senior in HS now.</p>
<p>summer@brown maybe?</p>
<p>they all have good ones</p>
<p>what about princeton or columbia?</p>
<p>bumpmmmmmmmm</p>
<p>Yale and Princeton have Junior Statesmen summer schools. They're fabulous programs, check it out at jsa.org.</p>
<p>probably hardto get into</p>
<p>Dartmouth does not. Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Columbia and Penn (and I think Yale) offer real, college courses to high-schoolers.</p>
<p>Yes, Columbia has one as well. </p>
<p>What I recommend doing, however, is emailing a professor to see if you can do some sort of laboratory/internship work. Don't email just one though. Try emailing many.</p>
<p>One of my friends emailed about 300, and received Yeses from two.</p>
<p>*Emailing profs is fine; spamming profs. is silly.</p>
<p>It's obvious to profs. when one gets 'spam' requests of various sorts (I know from experience that it's shockingly common). Professors have lots of undergraduates to select from; for you to compete with them, you'd have to at least show you know about and have interest in the particular lab or research of the professor (spamming 300 doesn't allow that; and cutting and pasting a few key words into a form email doesn't cover it either). Keep in mind too these stories are always about a friend of a friend....</p>
<p>Ivy leagues have summer programs because they are an excellent profit center. Any empty classroom, dorm or staff person (or staff spouwe) an be put of use during the slow summer session. </p>
<p>Because of the prestige quotient, they can draw from the best. </p>
<p>Harvard, for instance, has a night/weekend program for adults. Its kind of like a community college night school, taught by grad students - but because of the Name, they can charge double and nobody blinks - its Harvard!</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong - the Ivy summer programs are excellent. But its a business that helps with the overall bottom line. </p>
<p>Did you really think that the spring break tour lead by your swim coach was altruistic - its about the bottom line.</p>
<p>Do any of the Ivy League programs provide the tuition so it's free? Because all of the information packets they send me seem to have at least 500$ at their cost.</p>
<p>When I applied for JSA Yale, I spoke with their main office in D.C. and they said that they accept students on a "rolling basis" (accept ppl. until all spaces are filled). Plus if money is a factor, apply for scholarship. Of course certain campuses accept larger number of students than others, it just depends which university (Georgetown, Stanford, Yale, and Princeton) you want to visit.</p>
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<p>It’s obvious to profs. when one gets ‘spam’ requests of various sorts (I know from experience that it’s shockingly common). Professors have lots of undergraduates to select from; for you to compete with them, you’d have to at least show you know about and have interest in the particular lab or research of the professor (spamming 300 doesn’t allow that; and cutting and pasting a few key words into a form email doesn’t cover it either). Keep in mind too these stories are always about a friend of a friend…
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<p>Has this actually worked for anyone else? E-mailing a prof and getting a research spot for the summer? I’d e-mail a bunch of professors, but I’m not really into Science, I’m thinking of majoring in something like Political Science or Economics, is there still something I could do?</p>
<p>I did the Harvard SSP last year and it was great. It really gives you an idea of how you’ll handle a college class, especially at a high level (my class was split between high schoolers and undergrad/grad students). I would HIGHLY recommend it anyone!</p>