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University of Missouri at St.
Louis
STARS Students and Teachers as Research Scientists
Science Education Programs
239 Research Building
One University
Blvd.
St. Louis,
MO 63121
(341) 516-6226
http://www.umsl.edu/~sep/programs/stars.html
Summer Programs: The STARS Program offers
academically-talented students who are entering their junior of senior year of
high school a rare opportunity to work within a laboratory research setting
with top scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant
Science Center,
St. Louis University, Washington
University and the host institution, the University
of Missouri – St. Louis.
See the article in the St. Louis Record, High-Schoolers Get Taste of Scientific Life,
Carleton College
Summer Academic Programs
One North
College Street
Northfield,
Minnesota 55057
http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/
Summer Programs: Science Institute, Teaching Institute,
Liberal Arts, Writing Program
Harvard Summer School
Secondary School Program
51 Brattle
Street
Cambridge,
MA 02138-3722
www.ssp.harvard.edu
Summer Programs: Harvard offers a wide variety of
accredited courses. Special writing,
drama and math courses are offered as well as summer seminars. This is a great way to experience campus and
academic life on one of the most prestigious universities in the U.S.
Junior Statesmen Summer School
The Junior Statesmen Foundation
400 S. El Camino Real Ste 300
San Mateo,
CA 94402-9853
www.jsa.org/summer
Summer Programs: For students interested in public service,
political science or world affairs, programs are offered on the campuses of Georgetown, Princeton,
Stanford and Yale. Interactive sessions
are offered with prominent politicians, journalists, academicians and other
leaders.
Duke University
Duke TIP
Talent Identification Program
1121 W. Main
Street
Durham, NC 27701
www.tip.duke.edu/fsi
Summer Programs: For Students in grades 9-12 Duke offers
courses in leadership, the law, the arts, sciences and a scholarship exchange
program with Germany. This program fills up fast, so apply early.
University of Rochester
Pre-College Academic Enrichment Program
127 Lattimore hall
PO Box
270358
Rochester,
NY 14627-0358
(585) 275-2344
www.rochester.edu/osp
Summer Programs:
Rochester Scholars, Rochester
Scholars Jr., Rochester
on Campus and Taste of College are pre-college enrichment programs offered for
students from middle to high school.
Various times and programs are available to suit your interest and
schedule.
Cornell University
Cornell
Summer College
820 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-2801
www.summercollege.cornell.edu
Summer Programs: Experience college life at an Ivy
League university taking real college courses with Cornell’s world renowned
faculty. High school sophomores, juniors
and seniors are eligible to apply. They
offer 1, 3, 4, or 6 week programs.
Carnegie Mellon
Director of Pre-College Programs
Office of Admission
Carnegie
Mellon University
5000 Forbes
Avenue
Pittsburgh,
PA 15213-3890
www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college
Summer Programs: Available to high school juniors and
seniors, this is a six-week opportunity to take pre-college courses in
architecture, Art, Design, Drama, Music, National High School Game Academy or
take college credit courses in engineering, computer science or humanities.
Brown University
Summer@Brown
Box T
42 Charlesfield
St.
Providence,
Rhode Island 02912
(401) 863-7900
www.brown.edu/summer
Summer Programs: Experience what life is like on an Ivy
League campus. Choose from over 100 courses in a wide variety of academic
interests. Also check out the Leadership
Institute which offers leadership development and a program in environmental
studies focusing on sustainable environments and field ecology.
University of Pennsylvania
Office of Academic Program
School
of Engineering and
Applied Science
220 So. 33rd
Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19104
(215) 573-2575
www.seas.upenn.edu/saast
Summer Programs: Penn’s school of engineering and
applied sciences offers and three-week course in biotechnology, computer
graphics, nanotechnology, robotics. Get
hands-on experience in their state-of-the-art laboratories while living on
campus.