Summer Programs for High School Students

 

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Stanford University

Academic Discovery Institute

3 week programs

Juniors/sophomores

(650) 723-3109

www.summerinstitutes.stanford.edu/

Media Workshops at UCLA

TV, movie, print journalism workshops

Meet actors, directors, writers

1-800-223-4561

or email to

mworkshop1@aol.

www.mediaworkshops.org

Univ. of St. Andrews (Scotland)

Scottish Studies

4-week pre-college based on Scottish studies

011 44 1334

Email: mish@st-andrews.ac.uk

www.st-and.ac.uk/services/admissions/admisform-summer.htmlog.html

 

College Visits (Guided Tours)

College tours by region

Travel w/ students via plane & bus --see colleges

Cvisits@aol.com

Fax 843-577-2813

1-800-944-2798

www.college-visits.com

Choate Rosemary Hall

Various programs on campus and abroad

Connecticut boarding school

Fax 203-697-2519

www.choate.edu/summer

Abroad www.crhsummerabroad.org

USC

Pre-college seminars (academic)

College introductory courses

(213) 740-5679

www.usc.edu/admin/provost/summerprogram/

USC Film and Television

Cinema-Television, screenwriting and music video

Hands-on learning at prestigious film school

213-740-1742

www.cntv.usc.edu/programs_f.html (click on academic/summer program)

The School of the Art Institute of  Chicago

Architecture, art, drawing, ceramics, film photography

(3) 10-day sessions offered in June and July

312- 629-6534

ecp@artic.edu*

www.artic.edu/saic/programs/continuing/ecp/index.html   (download application)

Workshops in Writing and Thinking @ 5 schools (sponsored by Bard College)

Young Writers

Students ages 16-18 participate in writing seminars for college prep English

(740) 427-5207

 

www.kenyonreview.org/youngwriters.phtml 

Nat’l Student Leadership Conf.

(@American U.)

Leadership, Govt., Law and Advocacy, Medicine, International Diplomacy, and Business and Tech.

High school students interested in leadership

 

www.nslcinfo.org/home.html

 

ASA Summer Programs

College Prep and Study Abroad

Sophomores – seniors

(800) 752-2250 xt 100

www.asaprograms.com/choose.html

 

Harvard Summer School

A variety of academic and fine arts programs

Juniors and Seniors

(617) 495-3192

Hewitt@hudce.harvard.edu

www.dce.harvard.edu/ssp

 

Where there Be Dragons

Worldwide community service activities

Summer months in Asia only

800-982-9203

info@wtbd.com

www.wheretherebedragons.com

Parsons School of Design

 

Programs at L.A. campus + out state

Multi-media, visual arts, production – all

 

www.artinstitute.com

Penn State University

Paris Study Abroad, and summer enrichment

3 week and 6 week Programs

800-666-2556

precollegeprograms@summerstudy.com

www.summerstudy.com

Sea-mester Programs

Experiential/educ-ational voyages for graduated seniors

80-day and 35-day sea-mesters world-wide

(800) 317-6789

www.seamester.com

 

Georgetown Univ.

Various program for Juniors

Juniors- International Relations or College Prep & Foreign Language

Harringe@georgetown.edu

www.Georgetown.edu/ssce/

Mt. Holyoke

Math for Female Students

Programs for young women in mathematics

High school girls to work on math, computers

Summermath@mtholyhoke.edu

www.mtholyhoke.edu/project/summermath/appinfo2.html

University of  Penn

Various academic programs for high school students

Summer Youth Penn

2 and 4 week sessions

Summer@sas.upenn.edu 

www.upenn.edu/summer

University if Penn

(Wharton Business)

Wharton Leadership in Business

Highly selective based on GPA

Mullholls@wharton.upenn.edu  or call (215) 898-7608

www.upenn.edu/summer

 

Barnard College

Pre-college academic classes

Completed 10th or 11th grade

(down load a brochure on website)

www.barnard.edu/pcp/summer.html

Oxford Advanced Studies Program

Magdalen College academic programs

(one-to-one tutorial)

Oxedge@inetmail.att.net

www.oasp.ac.uk/

Pratt Institute

Art, graphics, fashion, design, photography

4 week sessions

prostudy@pratt.edu

www.pratt.edu/precollege

Rein Teen tours

Summer travel & activities plus college tours

July – August, all ages

Summer@reinteentours.com or (800) 831-1313

www.reinteentours.com

 

American Trails West

Summer travel & activities

Summer water sports, camping, biking, etc.

(800) 645-6260 or atwtours@americantraislwest.com

www.americantrailswest.com

 

Landmark Volunteers

Community service projects from physical to musical activities

 

(800) 955-1178

www.volunteers.com

Education Unlimited

PSAT/SAT prep + pre-college programs

Stanford, Berkeley USD

Headquarters in Berkeley, California

510-548-6612

www.educationunlimited.com/

 

Cornell University

 

Academics for juniors & seniors

Two week sessions in July and August

summercollege@cornell.edu

 

www.summercollege.cornell.edu

Cornell University

 

Honors for sophomores

Emphasizes writing

Summercollege@cornell.edu or call (607) 255-6203

www.summercollege.cornell.edu

Univ. of Notre Dame

Life science, business, literature

Click on Pre college

Bernardine.L.Stein.12@nd.edu or call

 (219) 631-6137

www.nd.edu

Educational Student Travel

 

Students and/or families (teachers travel free!) educational travel

European and East European travel packages

(800) 310-7120 or

info@explorica.com

www.explorica.com

Univ. of Arizona

Honors College in various academic programs

Completed junior year with 3.5+ GPA – June and July programs

(520) 621-2228 or

SOE@honors.arizona.edu

www.honors.arizona.edu

Univ. of Virginia

Language Institute

2 week sessions

summer@virginia.edu/org/casummer/

 

www.virginia.edu

UC Davis

Summer session

High school students who have completed junior year

(530) 757-3305

 

http://summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu/

 

Brown University

Academic “for credit” high school programs

1 to 7 weeks for 9th,10th and 11th grade students

(401 863-7900

www.brown.edu/Administration/Summer_Studies

 

Skidmore College

Writing, language

Math, music

 

(518) 580-5000

jchansky@skidmore.edu

www.skidmore.edu/summer

Carleton Liberal Arts Experience

Academic exploration for African-American sophomore students

 

Tolson@acs.carleton.edu

1-800-995-CARL

www.carleton.edu/admissions/CLAE

UC Santa Cruz

Summer classes (UC level) language, Shakespeare, math, science

(2) 5-week sessions

Spanish intensive also offered

summers@cats.ucsc

831-459-2524

 

www.summer.ucsc.edu

 

 

4-Star Academics

Pre-College Camp

Univ. of Virginia

Grades 10 – 12

Some academics, some enrichment

One week and two week summer sessions

(800) 334-7827 or

info@4starcamps.com

www.4starcamps.com

Johns Hopkins Pre-college

Law, history, computer science, language, etc.

Must have 3.0 GPa  16 YRS.

summer@jhu.edu

800-548-0558

www.jhu.edu/summer

University of the Pacific

Summer scholars – college level program

 

 

cpce@uop.edu

(209) 946-2424

www.uop.edu

 

Boston University

College of Communication (television/film)

Ages 14-18

1-617-353-5015

itrp@bu.edu

www.bu.edu/com/itrp

NYU

NY City and summer abroad (language) for high school students

 

(800) 771-4NYU

www.nyu.edu/2001.sum

Putney Student Programs

Amherst, U Mass, Stanford, Williams

Academic and programs abroad

1-802-387-5000

www.goputney.com

 

AFS Programs Abroad

44 countries for exchange families

Summer and winter

(800)AFS-INFO

www.afs.org/usa

Boston College

College prep

June 25-August 2

(must have completed junior yr.)

(617)552-3800

www.bc.edu/bce

UCSB

Summer Discovery & Commuter Pre college programs

July and August

1-805-893-2315

www.summer.ucsb.edu/precollegeprograms.html

 

Updated 3-11-02