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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think they help at all at a particular school but if the program is in marine biology or whatever and the application makes the case that you have an abiding interest in marine biology I think it can be a minor positive, the same as volunteering in something related to marine biology. But that would be at any school not the school where the kid did the program in particular. [/quote] This right here. The summer program can be a valuable piece of a kid's application narrative. It shows an interest in a field and a desire to learn more about it. Remember this anecdote from Jeff Selingo's book "Who Gets In and Why" about a pre-med applicant to Emory: "The original readers gave him a score of 2 out of 5 in that category, observing he wants to major in pre-med, 'but we don’t see activities to support that.'" https://www.marketplace.org/2020/10/05/college-admissions-is-a-business-and-the-pandemic-could-upend-it/[/quote]
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