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For Other Summer Activities Check Out http://www.enrichmentalley.com http://www.studenteducationprograms.com http://www.collegelists.pbwiki.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carleton College The Carleton Liberal Arts Experience Summer program for the best and brightest college-bound African-American students. The Experience will introduce students to the strengths of a liberal arts education through a spectrum of courses in science, art, social sciences and technology. Students accepted into the program receive FREE room, board, tuition and travel costs. Nominations from high school principals, guidance counselors, teachers and students themselves. www.carleton.edu/admissions/CLAE Columbia University Biosphere 2 Biosphere 2 is a 250-acre campus near Tucson, Arizona devoted to understanding Earth systems. It houses the renowned Biosphere 2 Laboratory - a 3-acre greenhouse of ecosystems - and an observatory for exploring the sky beyond Earth's atmosphere. Cornell Summer Honor Programs for High School Sophomores Students take two three-week sessions or one six-week session which include courses earning up to eight credits. Duke Duke University Talent Identification Program Duke PreCollege offers small classes in college courses taught by Duke University faculty, plus seminars and workshops on a range of topics. For each class completed, students earn grades and Duke University credit applicable toward a degree at Duke if a participant applies and is accepted into a degree program. Exeter Five weeks of academic study, athletics and exploration for 470 rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in Exeter, New Hampshire. Over 100 courses offered in art, computer studies, drama and dance, English and writing skills, history, social sciences, foreign languages, math, music, psychology, and science. Georgetown University Available programs include "Summer College for High School Juniors", "College Prep Program", "International Relations Program", and "School for Summer and Continuing Education". http://www.georgetown.edu/ssce/ Harvard Harvard Summer School will offer 1,000 qualified high school juniors and seniors into its eight-week session. Students must be in the upper 15% of their class and contributing members of their school or community. Mississippi State University A summer engineering program for outstanding rising high school seniors. Students take college courses for full credit. Pratt Institute Pre-College program in Art, Design and Architecture. Open to high school sophomores, juniors and graduating seniors. Rhodes College Young Scholars Writers Camp Explore an exciting academic subject at the college level while developing practical writing skills. Rising Junior and Seniors may apply. $1,275 includes tuition, room and board. www.rhodes.edu/writingcamp/writingcamp.html Sewanee Bridge Program in Math and Science The bridge program in Math and Science is a three-week program, for rising high school seniors, designed to encourage minority students who are interested in math and science. e-mail Mary Priestly at mpriestl@swanee.edu; (931)598-1997; www.sewanee.edu/MinorityStudentAffairs/BridgeProgram. Summer Discovery At UCLA, UCSB, University of Michigan, Georgetown University, University of Vermont, Cambridge University and UC San Diego Students experience college living and learning before they actually attend college. University of Dallas Rome Campus Three weeks of concentrated study of Latin while living in Rome and traveling abroad. Earn 3 college credits. $3,300 + airfare. Interested students must have completed their junior year or be a graduating senior with at least three years of high school Latin. Essay transcript, and two letters of recommendation required . www.udallas.edu/udtravel; e-mail: udsummer@acad.udallas.edu University of Mississippi Lott Leadership Institute for High School Students Program for rising high school seniors who will earn six hours of college credit while participating in discussion groups, panels, and debates on issues confronting the leaders of the 21st century. Students will travel to Washington, DC, to participate in discussion with state and national leaders. Cost is $500 plus books, weekend meals, snacks and spending money. Some full scholarships available. Up to four students may be nominated from each high school. Students must have at least a 3.2GPA and 15 academic units. Students will be selected on the basis of demonstrated leadership and involvement in the local school and community. Twenty students will be chosen. Summer College for High School Students The summer college includes the PACE program, the Pre-Engineering Program, the Pre-Health Progressions Program, the Art Institute, the Music Institute, the Journalism Institute, the Theatre Arts Institute, the Spanish Immersion Institute, the English Renaissance Revisited Institute and the Junior Varsity for Rising High School Juniors. See College Counselor for more information. University of Tennessee Knoxville Participants will have an opportunity to experience an interdisciplinary curriculum providing an introduction to the excitement and methodology of scientific research while living on the UT campus. Participants include rising 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students who have demonstrated interest and aptitude in math and science and who want to go to college. Participants are students whose parents do not have a four-year college degree and students whose taxable family income meets Title IV Federal eligibility guidelines. Selection is based on information obtained from a completed application, teacher recommendations, high school transcript, and a personal essay. (865)974-4466; http://web.utk.edu/~msrc University of Wisconsin 1,000 young people from North America in association with 250 foreign exchange students from throughout the world will spend a week studying and discussing world issues. The purpose is to provide a forum for future international leaders to be introduced to some of the most perplexing global problems and, hopefully, this will contribute to future world peace. Fee is $350 for domestic students and $125 for international students. www.uww.edu/conteduc/world.htm; (888)404-4049; was@mail.uww.edu Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth Vanderbilt University offers an intensive, enriched, three-week summer residential program for academically talented youth who are currently in grades 7 - 11. http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/pty Washington and Lee Summer Scholars consists of two components: Academic - Students select one of eight curricula for the four-week period. Each curriculum consists of three courses and is limited to 20 students. Each course has a one-hour class period each day, Monday through Friday, and requires additional preparation and assignments outside of class. Co-curricular - The Summer Scholars program provides daily intramural activities and offers sessions on college admissions procedures, financial aid, and lectures about other areas of interest to the college-bound student. Cost is $2,000 plus textbooks and personal spending money. Limited scholarships are available. Certificates will be awarded; no secondary or college credit for classes taken. (540)463-8727; summerscholars@wlu.edu |
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