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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Will a summer internship at UVA help my kid get in? DS did it this past summer and plans on coming back again next year[/b].[/quote]

I doubt it - most of those summer programs are ways for universities to make some big bucks.  The Harvard Stanford and Yale programs are famous for taking $12K of parents' money but no one actually gets in from that "summer class" the next fall (the students create Facebook pages so stay in contact and know who actually gets in - there's a lot of grumbling about these expensive programs on College Confidential).  Some summer programs aren't even affiliated with the University - say, ID Tech just rents a lab and rooms and then doubles the charges on the parents.  But check the name of the summer internship/UVA on College Confidential. [/quote]

W[b]e didn't pay for him to attend; he received a small stipend/paycheck from UVA for his two weeks there and was "unofficially" invited to come back next year for three weeks.[/quote][/b]

Great! Sounds very useful.  If the internship has a name, run it through College Confidential.  I know only of the internship and externship opportunities at the undergrad level, not high school.  https://career.virginia.edu/internships/2017-18-university-internship-program.  Best of luck!  How are DS's grades and test scores?  Over the weekend, President Ryan said that the new mean SAT for the class of 2022 is a new high of 1397.  94% of the accepted class of 2022 are in the top ten percent of their high school class.  Do you know how to access the SCHEV statistics for all colleges in VA?  Are you in NOVA?  Obviously, your son's chances increase the further west and south in the state you live (assuming you are in-state).[/quote]

He will be taking his SATs in 2019/2020, since he is just a HS sophomore this year. DS grades for freshman year were within 10-11% of his class and we're in Western LoCo. I do not know how to access the SCHEV stats.[/quote]

http://research.schev.edu/
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