Pre-college summer programs: which are high quality, merit-based, and not pay to play?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so nobody here has pointed to a list of high-value, high-reputation, no-fee summer programs. Is there such a list?

google. it works.

https://www.crimsoneducation.org/us/blog/pre-college-summer-programs/
https://ingeniusprep.com/blog/summer-programs-that-count/
https://ingeniusprep.com/blog/arts-summer-programs/
https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/summer-programs-for-high-school-students
https://insidetheadmissionsoffice.podbean.com/e/the-top-summer-programs-for-high-school-students-and-how-to-gain-admission-to-them/
https://www.summerapply.com/blog/top-10-most-selective-summer-programs/
https://blog.collegevine.com/most-prestigious-summer-programs-for-high-school-students
https://empowerly.com/applications/best-summer-programs-high-school/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The how pay to play doesnt necessarily mean bad quality.

My son is at Princeton now and he spent 2.5 weeks at Sciences Po summer program. It was an amazing program and experience for him.
High Quality: check
Recognized by top schools: check
100% Merit Based? Not quite. Sure there is an application process, but I’m not sure it is very selective. The only 4 kids I know that went there were accepted.

What does “recognized” mean? What Sumer program would not be “recognized”?

NP. It's a polite way of saying the AOs are aware that Sciences Po is one of the most prestigious schools in France without having to look it up. It's a name brand place.

That probably was a big draw on the app. Because it's an elite marker. Random middle class bright American kids don't randomly decide to go abroad to Harvard-level foreign schools for summer programs. Because they and their parents haven't heard of them.

I only know about the school because I was a French minor and I took a class on comparative EU government in government. It's a school that French politicians graduate from. Most countries have schools like this.

AOs are more familiar with foreign schools because they have to be familiar to do their jobs.

It's nice of PP to share a tip about the school's summer program as some lucky and determined parent or kid may find out about it who wouldn't have otherwise known to look.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sciences po is 6000 euro for two weeks, doesn't include expenses, you have to be 18.

I dont think that (or the Oxford etc ones) are very prestigious, and that your kid got into college for other reasons

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You are wrong. My kid was in the program. This is a summer pre-college program. You do not have to 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so nobody here has pointed to a list of high-value, high-reputation, no-fee summer programs. Is there such a list?

google. it works.

https://www.crimsoneducation.org/us/blog/pre-college-summer-programs/
https://ingeniusprep.com/blog/summer-programs-that-count/
https://ingeniusprep.com/blog/arts-summer-programs/
https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/summer-programs-for-high-school-students
https://insidetheadmissionsoffice.podbean.com/e/the-top-summer-programs-for-high-school-students-and-how-to-gain-admission-to-them/
https://www.summerapply.com/blog/top-10-most-selective-summer-programs/
https://blog.collegevine.com/most-prestigious-summer-programs-for-high-school-students
https://empowerly.com/applications/best-summer-programs-high-school/

If the no-fee part is important, there aren’t many. The links above list lots of high cost programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so nobody here has pointed to a list of high-value, high-reputation, no-fee summer programs. Is there such a list?

google. it works.

https://www.crimsoneducation.org/us/blog/pre-college-summer-programs/
https://ingeniusprep.com/blog/summer-programs-that-count/
https://ingeniusprep.com/blog/arts-summer-programs/
https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/summer-programs-for-high-school-students
https://insidetheadmissionsoffice.podbean.com/e/the-top-summer-programs-for-high-school-students-and-how-to-gain-admission-to-them/
https://www.summerapply.com/blog/top-10-most-selective-summer-programs/
https://blog.collegevine.com/most-prestigious-summer-programs-for-high-school-students
https://empowerly.com/applications/best-summer-programs-high-school/

If the no-fee part is important, there aren’t many. The links above list lots of high cost programs.

Ofc. You have to do that work yourself and filter it out.

It also is highly dependent on interest. As you can see, it’s segmented out by area/major..