STEM girl in ALA Girls State
How big of a boost is being the delegate for the ALA Girls State, (I'm the first person of our school to participate) If I'm going into STEM, does this still help? Would it be like a "what is her...
View ArticleBUTI Workshops
My D is deciding whether to attend one of the 2-week brass workshops at BUTI this summer. I know the BUTI YAO program is considered to be highly prestigious, but how about the workshops? Do they accept...
View ArticleAdvice from people who have taken summer courses?
I had a rough 18 course fall semester, and I was hoping to still squeeze in some me time. I’m taking 6 credits this summer but one of them is intermediate algebra. Unfortunately math and I have never...
View ArticleIs the Global Leadership Summit from UNA USA worth going to?
My parents are becoming desperate and want me to do something over the summer so they are making me go to this thing. Will this actually do something for my college application? Or is it just a waste...
View ArticleColumbia 3-week Summer Immersion Program
Hey everyone, I'm attending the Columbia 3-week Immersion Summer Program for High School Students this summer. I decided to take the Introduction to Business, Finance, and Economics class (Session 2)...
View ArticleTASP 2019
Hey guys! I'm starting a new thread for people applying to the TASP program in 2019, seeing how applications are out and nobody has made one yet. I'm applying for it myself, and I was hoping to create...
View ArticleSummer Programs Hosted at the Ivies
I recently got admitted into the Columbia 3 week Creative Writing and Journalism programs, as well as the Summer@Brown course program. Both programs look amazing from the website (except the prices),...
View ArticleWhich one to choose?
Hi, I am going into my junior year summer this year. I was accepted to the Girls Who Code summer Immersion Program and the Cornell Summer Program for Animal Husbandry. I am interested in both fields...
View ArticleSummer options for rising 9'th grader
Hello, I am a rising 9'th grader and was wondering if there are any summer options/programs/volunteering that you have done or wish you would have done ? I am interested in the STEM fields and any...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) and AP/EA 2019
the SAMS application for 2019 has 5 essays - is this more than last year?
View ArticleSAMS vs SSP
I recently received an acceptance to the computer science track of the Summer Academy for Mathematics and Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I have already been accepted to the biochemistry program...
View ArticleembARC Summer Design Academy Review
Hello everyone, I just completed embARC this summer and I'm here to share my program experience. Before I give a review I would like to share my pre-program intentions and goals. I am a rising senior...
View ArticleNIH 2019
My son was planning to apply for NIH, but seems like they changed the age requirements to participate in SIP. Earlier it used be 16 and seems like now it is 17. Any one noticed?
View ArticleKenyon Review Young Writers 2019
Hey! Decisions just came out yesterday. Anyone else accepted?
View ArticleUCSC SIP 2019
Hey everyone, I know applications hasn't started yet but anyone else already planning for this?
View ArticleRising Senior Summer Plans: Am I doing enough?
It is the summer before my senior year and I am worried I am not doing enough to fill the time. I will be traveling a good amount, including spending a month in Paris watching my younger cousin, among...
View ArticleNASA SEES 2019
I'm really curious about people's experiences at the NASA SEES internship program. Is it all work and no play? How much autonomy/responsibility do you feel you were given on your project? What's the...
View ArticleRSI 2019
Like last year, we're starting ahead of tha curve...what's your thoughts? Stats, maybe? I'll start with my stats. Louisiana, from a conservative Catholic school Asian Female ACT: 35, PSAT:1440(10th),...
View ArticleCSHL Partners For the Future 2019
Anyone else get into the interview round? Are there any alumni around who've been here? Anyone have general interview tips lol? Don't know what to expect or how to prepare
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