pre-college programs- which were good experiences for your humanities focused child?

[Anonymous]

I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

William and Mary summer history program on campus for three weeks. Graded. Rigorous.

[Anonymous]

Where are you located? State "Governor's Schools" tend to have programs across a wide range of subjects including humanities subjects and students live on campus for the program. The student does have to apply and get accepted and it's pretty competitive and rigorous in many programs but it can be a fantastic experience. Full disclosure, my DC didn't ever go for Governor's School due to other summer programs and commitments (none in your history/poli sci areas), but had close friends who did attend, and who loved it (this was in VA).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

William and Mary summer history program on campus for three weeks. Graded. Rigorous.

NP. Second this. Fantastic program.

[Anonymous]

My son, who loves math/stats, liked the data science program at Georgetown. It's only a week, so it was a brief introduction but he enjoyed it and is now in college pursuing a related major.

https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS02/introduction-to-data-science-academy

[Anonymous]

Skidmore has a fantastic program and it was a great way to experience a college campus for the first time. Downtown Saratoga Springs is just a mile down the road, so they would just walk if they didn’t want to wait for the bus. My daughter took two classes, and it’s a standard college set up…dorms, dining hall, get yourself to your classes on time, complete your assignments, hang out with your friends at night, etc.

[Anonymous]

No direct experience. But a relative sent their child to Yale international scholars. You could research that one.

If you google, you might find lists of similar programs. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Alot of these are outrageously expensive.

[Anonymous]

Columbia. But has to be 16+ to stay on site and partake in after class activities for the duration of the course (1 wk or 3 wks in the Summer).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

William and Mary summer history program on campus for three weeks. Graded. Rigorous.

NP. Second this. Fantastic program.

My DC also had a great experience with this program.

[Anonymous]

$4500 this summer, just FYI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

To what extent are these programs just income generators for universities? I am trying to understand whether worthwhile or not. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

To what extent are these programs just income generators for universities? I am trying to understand whether worthwhile or not. Thanks.

+1 Does participating in these programs help students get into these universities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

To what extent are these programs just income generators for universities? I am trying to understand whether worthwhile or not. Thanks.

+1 Does participating in these programs help students get into these universities?

On the W&M program it helped DC get a scholarship to a competitive academic program the following summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read about so many amazing stem programs on college campuses in the summer.

I know most have humanities/liberal arts offerings, too, but we are having trouble distinguishing among the programs.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a history/political science focused teen? He likes math/statistics, too.

We’d like him to have an experience living on a campus for a week or 2, if possible.

Thanks for any suggestions.

To what extent are these programs just income generators for universities? I am trying to understand whether worthwhile or not. Thanks.

+1 Does participating in these programs help students get into these universities?

I have heard that these are total cash cows for the schools.

Striver-parents think they will give some leg up (at an age when there is little to put on a CV) but they do not.