Universities offer summer enrichment programs where students can experience college first-hand. This is an opportunity to be curious and creative, visit campuses, learn from professors, and meet new people. Day classes, overnight stays in dorms, and virtual workshops are participation options. These opportunities do not guarantee admission to a particular college and each varies in deadlines, eligibility, and cost. This list is not exhaustive; search for subjects you’re most interested in and see what’s available! Entries that are starred have been attended and recommended by ULS students.
Alabama
Auburn University Summer Programs
Alaska
California
Pomona College Academy for Youth Success
*Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes
UC Berkeley Business Academy for Youth
UC Santa Barbara Summer Programs
USC Summer & Online Pre-College Programs
Colorado
Colorado College Summer Pre-College Programs
Connecticut
D.C.
Georgia
Savannah College of Art & Design Pre-College
Illinois
*University of Chicago Pre-College Programs
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Maine
College of the Atlantic Pre-College Programs
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Massachusetts
Harvard Pre-College Summer School
MIT Summer Programs
Northeastern Accelerate Pre-College Programs
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Ignite
Michigan
University of Michigan Summer Opportunities
Minnesota
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth
University of Minnesota Summer Programs
Missouri
Washington University St. Louis Summer Programs
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Princeton Summer Journalism Program
New York
Columbia Climate School's Pre-College Programs
Fordham's Summer Leaders Academy
NYU Summer Programs
North Carolina
University of North Carolina-Asheville
Wake Forest Online Immersion
Ohio
Denison Summer Tutti Performing Arts Camp
Denison Young Writers Workshop
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Programs
Rhode Island
Salve Regina Summer Institute for Politics
South Carolina
Clemson University Summer Scholars
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
*Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Pre-College
Milwaukee School of Engineering Summer
University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Pre-College
Canada
England
Oxbridge Summer Academic Programs
Other
In collaboration with the Harvard Undergraduate OpenBio Laboratory, we are thrilled to announce our inaugural Student Research Institute (SRI), a virtual research program where students are paired with principal investigators and researchers who are leading professionals in their respective fields, and we have identified your school amongst those that may have a large number of interested students! The SRI, which Harvard will be hosting, is a free program for students to virtually research with Harvard and other Ivy League faculty, publish their work in a Harvard research journal, and potentially earn an all expenses paid trip to Harvard for workshops with prestigious faculty. Our goal is to make the life sciences accessible to all who are interested, and this will be the first time that Harvard is opening up its resources to directly serve high school students for free! For more information on our organization and SRI, please visit our website and our SRI handbook. Applications are now open, and we would greatly appreciate it if you could forward this information to your students interested in the life sciences or to any science teachers you may know with students interested in the life sciences.