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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don't necessarily help with an admission. But there are so many benefits. I did one. I made lifelong friends, enjoyed the rigorous classes, loved living on a college campus, made connections with professors, etc.[/quote]

Yes. I think there are benefits. But all the info I've found says they generally don't help with admissions. Not everything has to be about admissions, though. I'd really like my kid to go to a college program this summer because he's not really been away from home before. Did not do sleepaway camp, and the last two years were total washes. He was going to go to CTY 2 summers ago and that got cancelled. So he's just done online summer school two summers in a row. I've been doing a lot of research on which programs actually seem to have some merit with colleges + what he wants and will enjoy + what he might get into. He's applying to some math and science programs. [/quote]

Similar for rising jr. We just think he should have the experience of being away from home before going to college and we think that it may help him do a better job of assessing schools on college visits. We also think that it may help in rule in/rule out potential majors.

We are trying to identify ones that seem at least somewhat selective or at least not run by done outside for profit type entity. I don’t expect any program to help him get into a particular school.

Like another PP, the GMU research program looks great but we want DS to make friends and have fun as well rather than working a 9-5 type job without other  same age peers. [/quote]

Anyone here whose kid has done GMU program comment on their kid's experience?[/quote]

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