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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Programs that charge participants may be fun or informative, but they are not seen as prestigious (because only rich kids can participate and they are often money makers for the host organization).

Check out the National Park Service, and maybe NOAA.[/quote]

[b]Fact is, if you aren’t coming from TJ, the free research programs are tough.  The TJ kids I know send out dozens of letters to every scientist in their area of interest, often with research abstracts and papers they have co-authored. [/b]

I disagree on paid isn’t prestigious or valuable.   My humanities kid NIHAD through WM and it was a great, very high quality program.  He earned 4 college credits and worked hard. Was admitted to WM but did go because “it’s too hot” (in July, no kidding  :roll: ).  Doing Middlebury immersion is work the price for a foreign language kid.  Although in a normal year, STARTalk in the US and NSLIY are overseas are free.  Kenyon has an excellent (but not free) program for writers. CTY has good programs (but $$$), Etc.  IDK the STEM ones as well.  You just need to vet the programs.

Also, look at the Explainer Program at the Air and Space Museum, especially if you can make the Chantilly Museum work. Your kid volunteers to do the demos on the floor of the Museum or work on the website, answer questions. Etc. after a certain number of vounteer hours, they get paid.  And have a toe in the door for future Smithsonian gigs.

Not research, but consider applying to Governors School. There is also a new,  very prestigious summer program and scholarship for underrepresented demos in engineering. I don’t remember the name, but I know a couple of kids who have done it and gone on to a full scholarship. Not for white or Asian males though. [/quote]

I can't get over that line. What a full of BS. [/quote]

Are TJ kids really that smart? Is TJ more competitive than the MCPS magnet schools?[/quote]

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