Rising Senior Summer Plans: Am I doing enough?
It is the summer before my senior year and I am worried I am not doing enough to fill the time. I will be traveling a good amount, including spending a month in Paris watching my younger cousin, among...
View ArticleAdvice from people who have taken summer courses?
I had a rough 18 course fall semester, and I was hoping to still squeeze in some me time. I’m taking 6 credits this summer but one of them is intermediate algebra. Unfortunately math and I have never...
View ArticleIs the Global Leadership Summit from UNA USA worth going to?
My parents are becoming desperate and want me to do something over the summer so they are making me go to this thing. Will this actually do something for my college application? Or is it just a waste...
View ArticleColumbia 3-week Summer Immersion Program
Hey everyone, I'm attending the Columbia 3-week Immersion Summer Program for High School Students this summer. I decided to take the Introduction to Business, Finance, and Economics class (Session 2)...
View ArticleTASP 2019
Hey guys! I'm starting a new thread for people applying to the TASP program in 2019, seeing how applications are out and nobody has made one yet. I'm applying for it myself, and I was hoping to create...
View ArticleSummer Programs Hosted at the Ivies
I recently got admitted into the Columbia 3 week Creative Writing and Journalism programs, as well as the Summer@Brown course program. Both programs look amazing from the website (except the prices),...
View Article2018 Young Leader's Summit by the Youth Leadership Consortium: Is it a scam?
I recently received an email from the Youth Leadership Consortium inviting me to apply for the Young Leader's Summit. It says it accepts 200 low-income students and will be held at UChicago without any...
View ArticleUCSC SIP 2019
Hey everyone, I know applications hasn't started yet but anyone else already planning for this?
View ArticleWhich one to choose?
Hi, I am going into my junior year summer this year. I was accepted to the Girls Who Code summer Immersion Program and the Cornell Summer Program for Animal Husbandry. I am interested in both fields...
View ArticleSummer options for rising 9'th grader
Hello, I am a rising 9'th grader and was wondering if there are any summer options/programs/volunteering that you have done or wish you would have done ? I am interested in the STEM fields and any...
View ArticleRSI 2019
Like last year, we're starting ahead of tha curve...what's your thoughts? Stats, maybe? I'll start with my stats. Louisiana, from a conservative Catholic school Asian Female ACT: 35, PSAT:1440(10th),...
View ArticleUCSB SERA 2019
I was recently accepted to UCSB SERA for 2019. I was wondering if anybody has participated in the program before, and what the experience was like (was the research done any meaningful?)
View Article2019 City of Hope / Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy
Hey everyone! Have any of y’all been accepted? I got my email earlier this week and I’m so excited!! Can we make a Facebook group or Groupme or something? Also.. does anyone know what their plan is...
View ArticleCOSMOS 2019
Hey Guys! I am currently a freshman interested in attending the math and science summer camp, COSMOS, in 2019. I thought there may be some people out there already eager for next year, who have...
View ArticleSAMS vs SSP
I recently received an acceptance to the computer science track of the Summer Academy for Mathematics and Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I have already been accepted to the biochemistry program...
View ArticleAny summer writing programs still accepting applications?
I'm a freshman who just got rejected from both programs I applied to. Does anybody know if anything's still open?
View ArticleYale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) 2019
Hi I haven’t seen a thread for 2019 yet (sorry if there is!) so I’m starting one. How is everyone getting on with their essays? And is it worth it to go up to the word limit or is less okay?
View ArticleKenyon Review Young Writers 2019
Hey! Decisions just came out yesterday. Anyone else accepted?
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