<p>Just wondering how competetive it is.</p>
<p>I think it is easier to get into the summer programs for HS students than it is to get into the school as a freshman. Nevertheless, it can be pretty competitive. The summer program at Cornell is competitive. On the other hand, some summer programs are not competitive at all. They are like signing up for summer camp. So it depends.</p>
<p>Which program are you interested in?</p>
<p>Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern interest me. I have a 3.5 unweighted 4.06 weighted and a 1900 SAT (520 math 670 reading 710 writing) Cross Country and Trach each season sportsmanship award 3 times. 160 volunteer hours a lot of work experience</p>
<p>Do these summer programs at top universities really bump up your college app by a fairly large margin?</p>
<p>Not at all. Since only really wealthy kids can afford it, not all kids from the broad socioeconomic spectrum can take advantage of it. Harvard SSP costs upwards to of $4200 dollars for tuition alone, not to mention $10K-$12K for meals and housing plan.</p>
<p>I've done Harvard SSP, Adcoms says that since not all kids can take advantage of this expensive program, it doesn't bump your app up at all.</p>
<p>Shizz, even if it did bump up my app, I wouldn't spend that kind of money.
The things I could buy with that money...oh lawdy.</p>
<p>Don't you save money in the end by getting credits?</p>
<p>Oh right..these are college credit classes.
Well, to be honest, the competitive public school I'm in offers all the possible AP's there are, so it's all good.</p>
<p>We're what many ppl would consider affluent and I can't justify the cost of a summer college program for my kids. They've both been in JHU CTY since ever, but don't do the summer stuff. </p>
<p>We use summer for community service, sports training and - get this - FUN!</p>