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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid put all their eggs into one basket, which was a residential summer program at a university.  If they had not been accepted, they would have been very late into the year without a summer research assignment.  So for parents of younger kids, I'd strongly advise you to make sure your student is reaching out to multiple people and apply to multiple programs.  (To be fair, I'm sure they were told this in class, but my kid did not follow through.  And they're usually pretty self-sufficient, so by the time we realized they hadn't applied anywhere else, it was so close to the notification date for the summer program that they just waited it out.)[/quote]

How is a residential summer program that you pay for an internship? Did this meet the criteria for the Blair magnet? I thought most of those programs were cash cows only and usually unaffiliated with the prestigious institution where they are located.[/quote]

Ok, that was a lot of assumptions.

First, I don’t think the requirement is an “internship,” I think it is that the kids do some kind of research that they can report on.

DC found this program through the Senior Research course, on a list of possible summer programs.  The teacher gave them a recommendation, and knows they’re going, so I feel pretty confident in saying that it is SMCS-approved.

I don’t know about programs you pay to attend. I’d assume some of them offer research opportunities. This program is free for students, including transportation to the university, and the students receive a stipend.

Does that answer your (very weird and judgmental) questions?[/quote]

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