Summer Enrichment Opportunities
This page provides a list of summer programs across colleges and other organizations. Some you apply for and it's paid for by the program. Many others you register and pay to attend. You will gain great experience at any of these though colleges will not put more weight on the paid experiences in the college application review. Getting a job for the summer is also a great way to strengthen your experience and college application. There are Virginia specific ones on a blog post below this national list.
National Summer Programs:
Adelphi University; Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat - https://www.adelphi.edu/high-school-students/young-writers-retreat/
AI Research Project Mentorship Program with Stanford/MIT Mentors: https://inspiritai.typeform.com/to/j4W1ydjK?typeform-source=www.inspiritai.com&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=211520084&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_qtNIF5uoeu7UifIuXF4QA3GpKENOWLpFyCu7RhBlRDQjA8ZdEzq3FgKgZbHe0GacxDiAWkePH_Pa6jJWTJQUceHw4iA&utm_content=211520084&utm_source=hs_email
Alfred University: Institute for Women Leaders of Tomorrow. For rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. For more information, see https://www.alfred.edu/about/community/summer-camps/index.cfm
American University School of Communication: Discover the World of Communication, a hands-on experience in communication for high school students. Programs in journalism, film, photography, and communication. One to four-week programs. For more information see http://www.american.edu/soc/
American University: Running Start encourages high school girls from across the country to channel their leadership into politics. Free of charge and travel scholarships are available. For more information see, http://www.american.edu/summer/
Army Educational Outreach - https://www.usaeop.com/program/high-school-apprenticeships/
ASA Summerfuel Pre-college and Cultural Immersion Programs: Pre-college programs at UMass/Amherst, UC/Berkeley, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Study Abroad in France, Spain, Italy, Costa Rica; College Admissions Prep at Columbia, Tufts, UC/Berkeley. For more information, see https://www.asa.edu.py/index.php?cod=summer_enrichment_programs&pag=1&ms=13
Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking: Three week writing and thinking workshops offered at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Lewis and Clark College, Lake Forest College. For more information, see http://www.simons-rock.edu/young-writers.
Barnard Pre-college Program: One and four-week coed liberal arts programs, one week Young
Women’s Leadership Institute. For more information, see www.barnard.edu/pcp
Boston University Summer Term: Six-week high school honors program offering college credit courses and scientific research projects. Two-week summer challenge program to preview college life and coursework. For more information, see www.bu.edu/summer/highschool.
Brandeis BIMA Summer Arts Program: Arts program with a Jewish focus for students finishing grades 9-11. For more information, see http://www.brandeis.edu/bima/
Bradley University Summer Enrichment Camp: An exciting learning experience by participating in one of our programs: Game Development & Design, Hospitality Leadership, It's All Business, Leadership Development or Pre-Law. For more information see, https://www.bradley.edu/academic/cio/stem/programs/k12-students/
Berkeley Career Explorations: UC Berkeley summer internships in various careers (including architecture, fashion, medicine). Four and six-week programs. For more information, see https://career.berkeley.edu/Info/CareerExp
CDC Disease Detective Camp (DDC): FREE. Campers will take on the roles of disease detectives and learn how CDC safeguards the national health. For more information, see https://www.cdc.gov/museum/camp/detective/index.htm?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fmuseum%2Fcamp%2Findex.htm
Carleton Liberal Arts Experience: FREE. One-week program. For information see https://www.carleton.edu/admissions/visit/clae/
Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Programs - https://apply-precollege.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/apply/
Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Programs: Wide range of courses offered. Rolling admission. For more information, see www.choate.edu/summerprograms.
Colorado College Summer Programs: Three sessions offering a wide range of credit and non-credit courses. For more information, see https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/summersession/pre-college/
Concordia Language Villages: Coming to the Language Villages for a summer language immersion program is just like entering a new country! For more information, see http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/youth-village-life
Cornell Catalyst Program: Summer residential program for high school students from severely underrepresented groups who excel in math and science and want to learn more about careers in engineering. For more information see https://sites.coecis.cornell.edu/catalystacademy/
Cornell Curie Academy: One-week residential pre-engineering program for current sophomore or junior girls who excel in math. For more information, see https://sites.coecis.cornell.edu/curieacademy/
Cornell University Summer College Programs for High School Students: One, three, four, and six-week programs for 10-12th graders, earning college credits. For more info, see www.summercollege.cornell.edu.
Duke University Summer Session: Our course offerings include the tried and true – think biology, chemistry, physics, math, and statistics – as well as the novel and innovative. Select a traditional 6-week term to focus on one or two classes or immerse yourself in a single course in a 4-week intensive term. https://summersession.duke.edu/
The Emory Pre-College Program: A summer academic program for high school students. It gives college-bound rising juniors and rising seniors an exciting glimpse of academic and residential life at a top-ranked national university. For more information, see http://precollege.emory.edu/
Furman Summer Scholars: The Summer Scholars program is an academic enrichment program that engages rising juniors and seniors in small group settings under the direction of Furman faculty members. For more info, http://www2.furman.edu/admission/EngageFurman/SummerScholars/Pages/default.aspx
George Washington University: Science and Engineering Apprenticeship program for students over 16 yrs with an interest in science and math. Department of Defense laboratories for an 8-week paid apprenticeship ($2,000). For more information, see http://www.usaeop.com
Georgetown Summer Programs: High school students participate in college classes and advance their academic skills through a variety of challenging learning experiences lasting from eight days to ten weeks. For more information, see https://summer.georgetown.edu/
Harvard Summer Programs: 200 credit and non-credit courses, special courses in drama math and writing. For more information, see https://www.summer.harvard.edu/high-school-programs
Hillsdale College Summer Travel Course: Rising high school juniors and seniors are invited to earn college credit with Hillsdale faculty in an intensive two-week summer travel seminar. For more information, see https://www.hillsdale.edu/admissions-aid/high-school-study/
Howard University Summer Enrichment Programs - https://business.howard.edu/office-student-affairs/high-school-summer-enrichment-programs
Indiana University Young Women's Institute - https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/undergrad/pre-college/ywi.html
INSPIRIT AI: AI Scholars Live Online is a 10 session (25-hour) program that exposes high school students to fundamental AI concepts and guides them to build a socially impactful project. Taught by our team of graduate students from Stanford University. For more information, see https://www.inspiritai.com/liveonline
Junior Statesmen Summer School: Three and four-week summer courses at Georgetown, Stanford, Princeton, or Yale for rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have a passionate interest in politics, government, and current events. For more information, see www.jsa.org.
Keio Academy of New York: US-Japan Summer Cultural Experience. Through group-oriented projects, participants communicate in both Japanese and English and develop a cross cultural understanding that can contribute to international goodwill in the future. http://www.keio.edu/page.cfm?p=556
Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program: Two 2-week sessions feature small, intense math and science courses. For more information, see https://lsa.umich.edu/math/centers-outreach/mmss---michigan-math---science-scholars-summer-program.html
Mississippi State University Design Discovery: The College of Architecture Art + Design (CAAD) is offering an eight-day summer workshop that is intended to answer many of the questions about architecture and interior design as a field of study and as a profession. For more information see, https://www.caad.msstate.edu/academics/camps/architecture
MIT: MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) Six-week program that prepares promising rising seniors for careers in engineering and science. For more information, see http://mit.edu/mites/www
Morehouse College: School of medicine summer pipeline programs. For more information, see https://www.msm.edu/Education/PipelinePrograms/summerprograms.php
National Student Leadership Conference: Select from 19 different summer programs across a wide variety of disciplines and careers, Business, Government & Law, S.T.E.M., Leadership, Performing & Media Arts. For more information, see http://www.nslcleaders.org/
National Space Club Scholars Program: It is open to students 16 years old who have completed the 10th grade by June 2009 and have demonstrated high academic success and have an interest in space science or engineering as a career. For more information, see https://www.spaceclub.org/education/scholars.html
NIH - Biomedical Research - https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/hs-sip?fbclid=IwAR1d68EiJ1UOvgvC95YVnHMn-L_CIDIibyLNwBK-nFsTdAYPLX9hXS82LIY
Northwestern University School of Communications Summer Programs for High School Students: Programs in film and video, speech, theatre arts, and policy debate. For more information, see www.northwestern.edu/nhsi.
Notre Dame Seminars: African American Scholars, Latino Community Leadership Seminar, Global Issues Seminar. For more information, see http://precollege.nd.edu.
NYU Precollege Program: Students get to choose from 30 academic areas. All courses are taught by NYU’s prestigious faculty. For more information, see http://www.nyu.edu/admissions/high-school-programs/precollege.html
Penn State Business Opportunities Summer Session - https://www.smeal.psu.edu/diversity/business-opportunities-summer-session-boss
Phillips Academy: This summer session is five weeks of study in Andover, MA. This program encompasses classes (of your choice), recreational afternoon activities, engaging trips to colleges, social and cultural opportunities. There is financial aid available for the bright motivated student who has real need. For more information, see http://www.andover.edu/SummerSessionOutreach/Pages/default.aspx
Pratt Institute: Students are immersed in a program of art, design, architecture, or creative writing, modeled after Pratt's undergraduate offerings. For more information, see http://www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing_education_and_professional/pro_credit_programs/precollege/summer_programs/
Princeton University: Summer Journalism Program for low income sophomores or juniors with at least a 3.5 GPA. Cost is FREE including travel. For more information, see www.princeton.edu/sjp
Sarah Lawrence College Summer Program: Three and six-week courses in writing, film, visual arts, and music, and a six-week program composed of three two-week courses in history, theatre, and literature. Filmmaking intensive available to current juniors and seniors. For more information, see https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/pre-college/
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) Pre-college Summer Studio: Six-week program offering rotations in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, video, digital photography, and sound art. For more information, see www.smfa.edu.
Smith College Summer Precollege Programs: Girls who will be in high school (grades 9-12) in fall 2017 are eligible. Science, Engineering, Writing, History and Sustainability. For more information, see https://www.smith.edu/academics/precollege-programs/summer-programs
Snow Farm High School Summer in Art: Two two-week residential sessions offering workshops in drawing and color, glassblowing, ceramics, textiles, welding, flameworking, photography, and metals. For information, see www.snowfarm.org
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: Camp for boys is a one-week introduction to the world of technology and engineering. For information, see https://www.sdsmt.edu/SummerCamps/
Stanford University: High school Summer College offering current high school juniors and seniors (and mature high school sophomores) courses in sciences, humanities, arts, and languages for college credit. For more information see http://spcs.stanford.edu/explore
Stanford InspiritAI: AI Camp for High School Students by Stanford Alumni and Graduate Students. For more information, see https://www.inspiritai.com/
Stony Brook University Simons Summer Research Program - https://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/
Summer Discovery Pre-college enrichment for High School Students: Programs at UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, Michigan, Georgetown, Northeastern U., Cambridge, and various locations in Spain and Italy. For more information, see www.summerfun.com.
Syracuse University Summer College: Six-week, credit-bearing courses, and two-week, non-credit programs in art and music. For more information, see www.summercollege.syr.edu.
Taft Summer School: Academic courses and school year abroad. Rolling admissions. For more information, see www.taftschool.org/summer.
University of Maryland, College Park: Women in Engineering. For more information, see https://eng.umd.edu/women/6-12-programs
University of Maryland Young Scholars Program: Targets rising juniors and seniors who have a strong academic record and a desire to excel to experience college life. For more information, see http://www.mtech.umd.edu/educate/ysp/
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture: Career Explorations in Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture Workshop. This camp offers a unique experience to investigate issues surrounding design, learn more about the design professions and what it's like to be a college student. For more information, see https://architecture.unl.edu/high-school-camp
University of Tennessee Business Program - https://haslam.utk.edu/diversity/bets
University of Tennessee Intro to Engineering - https://tickle.utk.edu/diversity/pre-college/hites12/#:~:text=HITES12%20provides%20an%20opportunity,compete%20in%20daily%20engineering%20challenges.
The University of Tulsa Summer Residential Camps in SCREENWRITING and FILMMAKING: For high school students, from entering freshmen to graduating seniors. For more information, see https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/film-studies/filmmaking-camp/
Tuskegee University: Veterinary Science Training, Education and Preparation Institute - https://www.tuskegee.edu/programs-courses/colleges-schools/cvm/cvm-vet-step
US Performing Arts Camps: Offering many locations across the country presenting over 25 specialty training programs in the fields of film, television, theater, dance, and other digital media. http://www.usperformingarts.com/
Vanderbilt University Pre-College P.A.V.E. Program: Six-week course designed to strengthen the academic skills of students who are planning to enter a college engineering, pre-med, science, or technology program. For more information, see http://www.vanderbilt.edu/
Wentworth Institute of Technology: The Department of Architecture has a four-week “design and build” program for high school students entering grade 10 and above, called summerFAB. For more information see, http://legacy.wit.edu/summerfab/
Wesleyan Center for Creative Youth: Summer arts residency for students entering 10th-12th grades, includes concentrations in theatre, musical theatre, technical theatre, music (instrumental or vocal), dance, creative writing, filmmaking, visual arts, and photography. For more information, see http://www.crec.org/ccy/
Yale Young Global Scholars: Meet a talented community of fellow students, engaging with world-renowned professors, and interacting with extraordinary visiting practitioners. For more information, see http://globalscholars.yale.edu/
