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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are over estimating how much time the mentors have available to speak with a high school student.  It is nothing like taking a course or at least it was not for mine.

And there are more structured programs available in the summers at some colleges but they cost a fortune.  A very few are funded but those are too competitive to get access.  I don't think my high school has ever gotten a child into one of the funded programs.  They seem to take students from the same old high schools every year....there must be some connections or something.[/quote]

So on the one hand, mentoring by university professors is incredibly important for helping a kid into an ivy league school, while on the other hand it's hardly any time at all (so all hype on a CV)?[/quote]

I am not sure if it is "incredibly important".   A small number if kids do it at our public high school and some have been admitted to ivy league schools.  But so have some musicians, and athletes, and robotics kids and writers.

I do know it it a valuable and challenging experience as are many other pursuits.[/quote]

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