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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

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

I work at a university that offers these programs, and they are absolutely a cash cow—[b]not being able to have them during the pandemic[/b] was a huge source of lost high-margin revenue—but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have value. I would assume they count as “demonstrated interest” for schools that consider that in admissions, and I’m sure other schools would see the decision to participate in a rigorous academic program during the summer as a plus when evaluating a student.

To me, though, the value is the experience of living away from home on a college campus for a couple of weeks. It seems like a great way for a teenager to get a taste of what that’s like. I would not send my kid to one of these programs for admissions purposes.[/quote]

What are you talking about?
they went online - many of them still offer online.[/quote]

I’m talking about the fact that the in-person programs didn’t happen; the dorm rentals are where schools make a lot of money. Online means you still have to pay a professor to teach the class, and people aren’t willing to pay nearly as much because their kids aren’t getting the full “experience.” Dorms are unoccupied in the summer but still have to be maintained at a basic level; costs increase minimally when you have HS students staying in them, but the schools can charge a fortune. [/quote]

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