College
Counseling Resources: Summer Opportunities
General
academics (these programs offer academic
courses in a variety of subjects, usually including arts, humanities,
social sciences, and sciences, as well as some specialized subjects)
Barnard
College Summer in New York (coed)
Boston
University
Brown University
Summer Programs
Carnegie Mellon
University Pre-College Programs
Columbia University Summer Program for
High School Students
Cornell University
Davidson College
July Experience
Excel Pre-College Enrichment
George Washington University
Summer Scholars
Georgetown University
Pre-College Program
Harvard Summer
School
Johns Hopkins
University Pre-College Program
Northwestern
University Pre-College Program
Sarah Lawrence College Summer in the City
Stanford Summer
College
Summer Focus at UC Berkeley
Syracuse Summer College
Tufts Summer Study
UCLA: Summer Discovery
University of Chicago Summer
University
of Pennsylvania PreCollege Program
University of Rochester: Rochester Scholars
Washington and Lee Summer Scholars
Yale
Summer
Science, Math, Engineering—Courses and Internships
Astronomy Camp
Boston
University Research Internship Program
Duke
University Pre-Collegiate Program in Astronomy
Embry-Riddle Summer Aeronautics/Aerospace Program
Environmental
Studies Summer Youth Institute
Hampshire College Summer Studies
in Mathematics
MathCamp
Med/Vet
Summer Program at St. George’s University (Grenada,
West Indies)
MIT/Caltech: Research Science
Institute (RSI) free and very competitive
National
Youth Science Camp free, competitive—only for
students finishing 12th grade
Oceanology
at Occidental College
Program in Mathematics for Young
Scientists (PROMYS)
Rockefeller University:
Rockefeller Science Outreach Program lab internship in NYC
Ross Mathematics
Program
Rutgers Young Scholars
Program in Discrete Mathematics
Smith
College Summer Science & Engineering Program (girls only)
Stanford
University Mathematics Camp
Summer
Math and SEARCH at Mount Holyoke College (girls only)
Summer Science Program math,
astronomy, computer science—free and very competitive
Academic
programs for low-income/minority students. These programs
are generally free or very inexpensive. See websites for eligibility
requirements.
General Liberal Arts:
Carleton College Liberal Arts Experience
Science/Math/Engineering:
Caltech YESS program
Carnegie Mellon Summer Academy for Mathematics + Science
MIT MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science)
University of Delaware: FAME/UNITE/MERIT
Summer Camps
Leadership / Government / Politics / International Affairs
Programs
Georgetown
International Relations Program for High School Students
Global Scholar Summer
in International Affairs
Junior
Statesmen of America
Washington Workshops Diplomacy
and Global Affairs Seminar
Arts
Programs (General) (these programs offer a
variety of visual and performing arts courses)
Carnegie
Mellon Pre-College Program
Center for Creative Youth
Idyllwild
Arts Camp
Interlochen Center for
the Arts
Sarah Lawrence College Summer Arts Programs
Spoleto
Summer Abroad (Italy)
Putney School Summer Programs
Walnut Hill Summer Programs
Visual
Art (Painting,
Drawing, Sculpture, Photography, etc.), Architecture,
Design, Crafts
Residential:
Catholic University Experiences in Architecture
Columbia College
Chicago High School Summer Institute
Maine
Photographic Workshops
Maryland
Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art
Ringling College
School of Art and Design Pre-College Perspective
RISD: Rhode Island
School of Design
Snow
Farm Summer in Arts (crafts program)
In NYC:
FIT
Summer Live
The
Jewish Museum: SummerArts
Parsons
School of Design Summer Institute
Pratt
Institute PreCollege Program
Performing Arts (Drama, Music, Dance, Film)
American
Academy of Dramatic Arts
British
American Drama Academy (in England)
Eastman School of Music Summer
Institutes
Institute for Television,
Film, and Radio Production at BU
Northwestern University: National High School Music Institute
The New York Summer Music Festival
Tisch
Summer High School Programs at NYU (Also offers programs in
Paris and Dublin)
Writing
Bryn
Mawr College Writing for College (girls
only)
Fir Acres Workshop in Writing and
Thinking
Iowa Young Writers'
Studio
The
Juniper Institute for Young Writers at UMass
Sewanee Young Writer's Conference
Simon's Rock College of Bard Young Writer's
Workshop
Summer Writing Program at Carleton
College
Susquehanna University
Writers' Workshop for High School Students
University of St. Andrews (Scotland): Creative Writing Summer Program
Writing & Thinking Workshop
at Lake Forest College
Young Writers at Kenyon
Young Writers Program at
UVA
Outdoors / Wilderness experiences/ Adventure
travel
Broadreach
Deer Hill Expeditions
NOLS National Outdoor Leadership School
Odyssey Expeditions Tropical Marine
Biology Voyages
Outward
Bound
Student Conservation Association—free
volunteer conservation experiences, all over USA
The Road Less Traveled
Language Learning (in the US)
Beloit Summer Language
Concordia Language Villages
Summer
Foreign Language Institute at UVA
Travel / Cultural Exchange (including language
programs)
American
Institute for Foreign Study
Experiment in International
Living (all over the world)
Glimpses of China
program in Shanghai
Greek Summer
Green Across the Pacific Environmental Program in China
Nacel
Open Door (Argentina, China,
Germany, Japan, Mexico, Spain)
Oxbridge Academic
Programs (England, Spain, France)
Putney Student Travel Living (all over the world)
Visions Service Adventures (all over the world)
Where There Be Dragons (China,
India, Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam)
World Horizons International Living (all over the world)
Programs offering Community Service Opportunities (USA and abroad)
Broadreach
Deer Hill Expeditions
Experiment
in International Living (all over the world)
Landmark Volunteers
Putney Student Travel
Student Conservation Association (free)
The Road Less Traveled
Visions Service
Adventures
World Horizons International
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