Summer Programs for High School Students
Many wonderful summer opportunities are available for high school
students. You can study on a college campus, participate in a foreign
exchange program, explore volunteer service or other interests.
Peterson’s Summer Opportunities for Kids and Teenagers includes
information on 3,200 summer programs in the United States and abroad.
This comprehensive book is a great resource.
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Academic Summer Programs
UC Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program http://atdp.berkeley.
edu
Cal Poly Summer Career Workshop in Architecture http://www.calpoly.
edu/~arch/events/scw/scw.html
Stanford University Summer College http://summersession.stanford.edu
Cornell University Summer College for High School Students www.
summercollege.cornell.edu
Georgetown University http://summer.georgetown.edu/
Harvard University www.ssp.harvard.edu
Northwestern University National High School Institute
www.nwu.edu/nhsi
USC Summer Seminars for High School Students summer@usc.edu
Academic Study Associates Pre-College Programs www.asaprogram.com
Education Unlimited www.educationunlimited.com
Summer Discovery Pre-college enrichment www.summerfun.com
Washington Workshops Foundation Advanced Congressional Seminars 1-
800-368-5688
Adventure
Visions Community service and outdoor adventure www.visions-
adventure.com
Outward Bound Adventure-based courses www.outwardbound.org
Foreign Exchange Programs:
American Institute of Foreign Study www.pre-college.com
Experiment in International Living www.usexperiment.org
Rotary Exchange Programs Local Rotary Chapter
Youth for Understanding www.youthforunderstanding.org
AIFS Foundation www.academicyear.org
ASSE International Student Exchange www.asse.com
AYUSA Study Abroad www.ayusa.org
Engineering/Technology
Santa Clara University Summer Engineering Seminar
Stoney Brook University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Summer Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania Technology and Business http://www.upenn.
edu/fisher/summer/apply.html
Film/Video
California State Summer School for the Arts Innerspark Program www.
innerspark.us
Northwestern University National High School Institute www.northwestern.
edu/nhsi
UCLA Dept. of Film, Television & Digital Media http://www.tft.ucla.edu/dof.
cfm
School of Cinema & Performing Arts Tribeca Film Center New York
http://www.socapa.org
Government/International Relations
Global Scholar at Washington & Lee University www.globalscholar.org
Georgetown University http://summer.georgetown.edu/
Julian Krinsky Model UN www.jkcp.com
Washington Workshops Foundation Advanced Congressional Seminars 1-
800-368-5688
Journalism
Northwestern University National High School Institute www.northwestern.
edu/nhsi
Georgetown University http://summer.georgetown.edu/
Language
Concordia Language Villages www.Concordialanguagevillages.org
Science
Brandeis Summer Odyssey Courses in Science & Engineering www.
brandeis.edu/odyssey
UC Davis Young Scholars Program http://ysp.ucdavis.edu
COSMOS www.ucop.edu/cosmos
Smith College Summer Science & Engineering for girls www.smith.
edu/summerprograms/ssep
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program http://smysp.stanford.edu
Writing
Carleton College Summer Writing Program www.carleton.edu/summer
Choate Rosemary Hall Writing Project www.choate.edu/summer
Education Unlimited www.educationunlimited.com
Northwestern University National High School Institute www.northwestern.
edu/nhsi
UC Santa Barbara Pre-College Programs www.summer.ucsb.edu
Summer Programs for High School Students
