Youth About Business Summer Program

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>So I'm currently seeking interesting summer program ideas for summer 2011. I'll have just finished my sophomore year and will be going into my junior year.</p>

<p>I found this website through this forum via a suggestion in a thread. I'm highly interested in participating in a summer program based around business, so even if you don't have information regarding this program please suggest a different program!</p>

<p>Anyways, I have a few questions;</p>

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<li><p>How prestigious is this program?
I get that this is a two-tier program, you go for a first year in order to be able to attend the more prestigious second year. Does the first year have a high acceptance rate? Is it even application based? Also, is this program something application worthy? I wouldn't just be going solely for that purpose, but it doesn't hurt. </p></li>
<li><p>Cost
Is it worth it? How much is it? Money isn't a deciding factor, but I want to know what is covered and such.</p></li>
<li><p>Admission
I'm a white male who attends a public school. They say that they seek students from public schools, but do they have racial preferences? I know LEAD is a minority program. They also mention the percentage of kids who come from low-income families, which I'm not. Does any of this matter?</p></li>
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<p>Anyways, thanks for taking your time to read this and please post if you have any information. I live in the Midwest and would prefer to go to the Chicago based program.</p>

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<p>Lol i did the program this summer, </p>

<p>it makes a huge difference if your doing it with a group from your school or if youll be the only one from your school, I was miserable i mean MISERABLE worst experience of my life the people I had to deal with on my team, but i do reccomend the program it was a great learning experience</p>

<p>1) Extremely high acceptance rate, compared to the other summer program i did, LEAD SBI</p>

<p>2) its like 300 dollars or something like that</p>

<p>3) They do have racial preferences but you’ll get in , besides , minority programs have been exploited big time by whites ( not to sound racist or w/e lol )</p>

<p>Its not as prestigious as LEAD SBI but i mean its at Columbia University so that cant sound bad</p>

<p>Hope this helped</p>