Advice on Summer programs for a CHS Junior archived

Lots of colleges have summer programs for high school students. My daughter went to Cornell Summer College after her sophomore (3 week program) and junior (6 weeks) years at CHS. She got college credit for the courses she took. She met students from all over the country.

What type of program do you have in mind? There are so many possibilities. Summer pre college programs can be one option.
My daughter also attended a 3 week college program at Cornell. She received college credit and had a great experience.
Not inexpensive but well worth it. The program is very well run,

And very old -- I went to it.

Of course we studied by candlelight and the courses were in Latin.

Franklin and Marshall Hosts the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth...
Here's a blurb from F&M's web site.....worth looking at (I am college alum).

"The events include Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer program, which has operated at F&M for more than 30 years. F&M hosts the highest number of participants in CTY's summer program for school-age children among its sites around the world, with 1,200 participants and 150 staff staying at the College during two three-week sessions."

Those programs sound very interesting, but definitely a bit pricey, even with the college credit. Think we're leaning towards something that will be service-oriented and globally broadening - something that will be eye opening about how other cultures live.

Any ideas there?

A high school junior is too old for CTY.

"Service-oriented" trips don't necessarily mean that they are less expensive. The ones that I know of are just as or more expensive than trips that are purely for tourism. But you may want to contact one of those summer program consultants who match students with programs.

How about looking for a job as an intern at a non-profit that fits your kid's area of interest? Last year when we were at the Transit Museum in Brooklyn, they said that they like to hire high school interns for the summer. I know that AMNH does the same. Many other smaller non-profits do, too.

Also, there's the NJ Governor's school.

i know a family who sent their high school aged children here...: http://www.rusticpathways.com/

This should be enough for ya! (taken from Columbia's Counseling Ctr. weekly newsletter)
SUMMER PROGRAMS 2014
Summer Discovery http://www.summerdiscovery.com/

Lehigh University – Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship http://www.iacocca-lehigh.org/Iacocca/psge/


Columbia University Summer Programs for High School Students http://ce.columbia.edu/high-school/nyc

Washington University in St. Louis High School Summer Experiences http://summerexperiences.wustl.edu

Oxbridge Academic Programs http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com

U of Southern California Summer Programs http://summer.usc.edu

NJIT Early College Preparatory Programs http://www.njit.edu/precollege

Yale Young Global Scholars Program http://globalscholars.yale.edu/

CAP21 Summer Pre-College Musical Theatre Training Programs http://www.cap21.org

Harvard Secondary School Program http://www.summer.harvard.edu/ssp

Summerfuel Programs http:///summerfuel.com

Northfield Mount Hermon Summer Session http://www.nmhschool.org/summer

Phillips Academy Summer Session http://www.andover.edu/SUMMERSESSIONOUTREACH/SUMMERSESSION/Pages/default.aspx

Lebanon Valley College Health and Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp http://www.lvc.edu/health-bio-summer-camp

Short Term Youth Exchange Program to Japan http://rrstye.rotarydistrict7470.org

Northeastern University Summer College http://www.cps.neu.edu/college-summer-programs/index.php


Summer at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) http://www.scad.edu/admission/admission-information/pre-college/scad-summer-seminars

Susquehanna University Leadership Institute for Entrepreneurship http://www.susqu.edu/LIFE

FIDM 3 Days of Fashion Http://www.fidm.edu/go/summerprogram

Wharton: Pre-College Programs at the University of Pennsylvania http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/academics/pre-college-programs.cfm

Hollins University Summer Programs http://www.hollins.edu

Summer of Art at Otis College of Art & Design http://www.otis.edu/soa

Summer Study Programs (Various Locations) http://www.summerstudy.com

Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts Summer Programs http://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/extension/summer-programs

Drexel University Lebow College of Business Summer Institutes http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/camplebow

W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute at Princeton University http://www.duboisscholars.org

University of Southern California/Chevron Frontiers of Energy Resources Summer Camp http://cisoft.usc.edu/uscchevron-summercamp/

Sarah Lawrence Pre-College Programs http://www.sarahlawrence.edu/highschool

Hispanic Center of Excellence Summer Youth Scholars Program http://njms.umdnj.edu/education/hcoe/sysp.cfm

Summer Program in Early American History at the College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/niahd

Barnard Pre-College Program http://www.barnard.edu/summer

Baruch Summer Leadership Academy http://www.baruch.edu/leadership

Summer College at Caldwell http://www.caldwell.edu

ActionQuest Summer Programs http://www.actionquest.com

Boston University Summer Term http://www.bu.edu/summer/highschool

Cornell University Summer College http://www.summercollege.cornell.edu

Cleveland Institute of Art http://www.cia.edu/precollege

High School Summer College at Stanford http://summer.stanford.edu

Summer Institutes at Drexel University http://www.drexel.edu/summer

Colorado College Summer Session http://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/summersession/
Marist Summer Pre-College Program http://www.marist.edu/precollege

Boston College Summer Experience http://www.bc.edu

Julian Krinsky Summer at Penn in Architecture and the Arts http://www.jkcp.com/architecture
http://www.jkcp.com/artsatpenn

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Summer Science Scholars Academy http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/osap/s3a.html

Fordham University Pre-College http://www.fordham.edu/academics/summer_session/welcome/special_programs/precollege_program_19637.asp

Summer Leaders Experience at West Point http://admissions.USMA.edu/summer_program.html.

The Summer Video Institute at DeSales University http://www.desales.edu/svi

The Hun School of Princeton http://www.hunschool.org

NYU Poly Summer Programs http://www.poly.edu/highschoolsummer

Saint Peter’s University Summer Scholars http://www.saintpeters.edu/summer-scholars

Summer Sessions at Seton Hall http://www.shu.edu/go/summer8

Summer Institute at the NYU School of Continuing & Professional Studies http://www.scps.nyu.edu/hssummerinstitute

Summer College at Syracuse University http://www.summercollege.syr.edu

Wagner College Pre-College Program http://www.wagner.edu/pre-college

William Paterson Summer Youth Programs http://www.wpunj.edu/cpe

Sail Caribbean http://www.sailcaribbean.com

Rutgers University Summer Session Lab Course http://www.summer.rutgers.edu/highschool

Volunteer at Camp Hope http://camphope.org/volunteers

from houses to homes is a wonderful organization that builds homes in Guatemala for rural poor
http://www.fromhousestohomes.org

I am interested in this too for a student entering 10th grade over the summer. He is not academically strong so wondering I fthese above programs offered as college credit have minimum GPA requirements? Other ideas that are more team-building, self-development, volunteerism focused rather than academic. Thoughts?