Summer programs
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Anonymous
| Do summer programs help with admissions? Obviously maybe not the pay-to-play but I saw on reddit today some kids discussing that they wish they had summer programs and that may have helped? |
Anonymous
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This has been discussed many times on this board. The consensus is they don't directly help. In fac, most schools stress that they don't give an advantage.
But they indirectly help if the program is in a major that DC wants to study, so they have something to write about or a way to show they're serious about the major. And there's a sense colleges know which ones are competitive to get into and which ones you just sign up for. So there's some who say there's a potential disadvantage for the ones sign up classes, but I don't know how much I agree with that. |
Anonymous
| Usually the competitive ones (typically free or give FA) are really great. But spending the summer at a program is better than nothing. Educational enrichment is always valuable, and something, like a new project or initiative, may come out of it. |
Anonymous
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What do you think about Premiere Research Academy? They advertise high school student publishing paper on prestigeous journals. For example, this one:
https://www.eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejgeo/article/view/16476 |
Anonymous
I have absolutely zero direct experience but as a hiring manager for entry level research jobs, when I see names like "premiere research academy" on a resume without an institutional affiliation, I'm not impressed. If you have to tell me it's "premiere" in the name, more often than not, it's not. |
Anonymous
barf |
Anonymous
That was published in the "European Journal of Environment and Earth Sciences." 
Not exactly Science or the New England Journal of Medicine. 
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Anonymous
I had to laugh. You're not wrong. |
Anonymous
Scam: https://www.reddit.com/r/summerprogramresults/s/3WwTxxnKW2 |
Anonymous
competitive-entry programs such as governor's school, auditioned fine arts programs, other non-pay-to-play programs that require an application and LOR, help to a degree. |
Anonymous
scam and raises more concerns than anything, if it is on a resume |
Anonymous
Can someone who has done this describe your experience at this "Academy"? |
Anonymous
What more do you need? The Reddit link has a quoted response of a man whose name was attached with a paper that he didn’t write. He seems pretty mad at the “shit” writing. |
Anonymous
Which Reddit link |
Anonymous
Good lord. Of course this is a scam. |