Summer Programs
Summer programs can be popular pursuits for high school students. As there are many options available, you might simply Google "summer programs for high school students" to find programs that appeal to your interests. TeenLife's blog post might be a useful starting point. You can also find a database of summer programs for high school students here.
Colleges and other organizations sometimes email counselors with information about summer programs; these are listed below. Westlake counselors do not specifically endorse any summer program and remind you that participation in these programs is purely optional and not an expectation for college applications.
Academies @ Home by Harvard Student Agencies
Accelerate: Baylor University Pre-College Program
Adelphi University Summer Pre-College Program
Babson Summer Study for High School Students
Baylor University Summer Accelerate Program (for rising juniors and seniors)
Boston University Summer Programs
Boston University Academy for Media Production and Summer Journalism Academy
Business is Global summer language program (through Indiana University's Center for International Business Education and Research)
Carnegie Mellon Precollege Programs
Charis Hills (summer camp for children with Autism, Asperger's, ADDADHD, and learning differences)
Clark Scholars Program at Texas Tech
Columbia University Programs for High School Students
Cornell University Precollege Summer Programs
Emory & Henry College Summer Scholars Institute and Leadership Program
Fir Acres Creative Writing Program at Lewis & Clark College
From the Fire Leadership Academy for high school male students of color
Gettysburg College Summer Programs
Loyola Marymount University Summer Precollege Programs
Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) at MIT
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Institutes
Penn Summer High School Programs
Rhodes College Summer Writing Institute
Rice ELITE Tech (created by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership)
Rustic Pathways travel programs
Rustic Pathways Leadership Lab: Global Youth Climate Summit
Sewanee Young Writer's Conference
Smith College summer programs
Stephens Institute of Technology Summer Pre-College Programs
Texas A&M Student Leaders of Tomorrow
US Naval Academy Summer STEM (8th-10th graders) and Summer Seminar (11th graders)
University of California-Berkeley Pre-College Scholars
University of California-Santa Barbara Research Mentorship Program and Summer Research Academies
University of Chicago Pre-College Programs
University of Michigan Joy of Coding
University of Southern California Summer Programs
University of Texas Computer Science Academies
University of Texas Summer Design Camps
Wake Forest University Summer Immersion Program