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[b]There is no admissions advantage[/b]. There can be an acclimation advantage, if you think your child has a fighting chance of getting into that specific college and you're ready to pay thousands of dollars for it... Your child may also enjoy the courses. But please don't do those programs for a perceived admissions boost!
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No admissions boost whatsoever.  Shows that a) student is interested in whatever subject and b) family has money.  That's it.  Most of the programs are renting space from the university they are housed at and are 100% unaffiliated with that university. [/quote]

My DD attended two pre-college programs that were run by the university and staffed by the department.  While there is no guarantee my DD will get into the college she wants, the programs put her in their sights in terms of how hard she works, listens, takes feedback, etc., as well as gives her an idea of what the college is like.  It’s better than going into the application as a complete unknown.[/quote]

Unless it’s a very specific major that requires an audition most department faculty don’t have much, if any, say in what applicants are admitted to an undergraduate program. Departments usually have full say in graduate programs but major changes are so common in undergrad that it falls to the admissions department and sometimes deans to decide. Chances are the people your daughter met will have little to no say in her application being approved or not.[/quote]

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