Specifically, Pratt, Cooper Union, Parsons, SVA -
1) how selective are they? Or all applicants are pretty much accepted?
2) how helpful are they for building portfolios?
I'm asking because my son was accepted to both Pratt and Cooper Union summer programs. Haven't heard back from SVA, and has not yet applied to Parsons. He did not get the scholarship for Pratt, and without it, it's a bit more than we wanted to spend, especially since they encouraged students to stay on campus, with activities for residential students, and I didn't want him to feel left out if we couldn't afford the housing, on top of the tuition. We live in NJ, and he would just have to commute or stay with relatives in Queens. Cooper Union is $1K less and is only for commuter students, so housing is not an issue. He has applied to SVA and its scholarship but their announcements of offers will not be out until after Cooper Union's deadline. So, I started wondering which programs are worth it and how competitive it was in the first place to be accepted. Anyone know someone who was NOT accepted?
I liked that Pratt and Cooper Union offered a more comprehensive program, not just focusing on one media/technique for the entire duration of the summer program. Pratt's program includes art history, foundation class, portfolio development, and a concentration, with visits to local art museums. Students receive 3 college credits at the end, I think. Cooper Union's program includes a course on contemporary art issues and creative writing component, a drawing class, and a concentration class, with visits to museum and concentration-specific field trips (like, for graphic design, it might include a visit to a center specific to graphic design). No college credit. SVA and Parsons are a one-course only program, with a portfolio review/presentation at the end, and include some field trips too. I think those two are college credit. I'm not concerned about the college credit thing, because wherever he ends up going, they may not take it or they may take it as elective (and he might want to use elective credit on something else anyway).
I would rather he go to a program that will help him build a portfolio (he is a junior and is fairly new this art-as-a-career thing and has only taken formal art classes starting last summer). It would also be great if he could list the program on his application and have it seem like it was a big deal (hence, the question of whether these programs are actually selective or just pay-to-play kind of thing). And finally, if he can use this summer program to get a taste of college life immersed in art to confirm his desire to do this for the next four years after high school, that would be great, which is why I thought a more comprehensive program like Pratt and Cooper Union would be good.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
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Summer Pre-College programs for Visual Arts - how selective/competitive/productive are they?
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Mississippi Startalk 2019
Anyone else applying? The due date was today, but I'm worried my teacher recommendations didn't make it. It seens like a really good program. Do any of the recent alumni have anything to say?
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Army HSAP 2019
Hello, did anyone else in high school apply to the Army HSAP program for this summer? I read that the placement rate in 2017 (haven't seen anything for 2018) was 9%, so I won't get my hopes up too high. Just posting this thread to discuss the program.
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Medill Cherubs 2019
Hi! Did anyone else apply to the 2019 Medill Cherubs Journalism summer program? If so, has anyone heard back yet?
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Ask questions about summer programs here!
Hi CC,
I am currently a senior and have been accepted to some of the best summer programs in the nation. I encourage anyone to ask questions!
Here's my credentials (it's a chance thread :P )
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/2100728-chance-me-for-top-cs-schools.html#latest
Here is a list of the programs I have been accepted to over the past three summers:
COSMOS (attended)
SIP (UCSC one)
SIP (the other more well known one)
SIMR
UCSB RMP
Awesome Math
USA/Canada Math Camp
MITES
HSHSP
BU RISE
SAMS
TASP (attended)
Ross (attended)
SUMaC
Beaverworks
LaunchX
Simons Research Program
Was an alternate for RSI (sad boi)
PROMYS
EPGY (Stanford)
I hope that I can help everyone get into their summer programs! I will gladly look over any application essays. Just PM me. Keep in mind that I cannot guarantee anything, but I will try my best to help. Also, I am just a student with college apps so I may be late responding to y'all.
MODERATORS' NOTE: Anyone is free to ask or answer questions in this thread.
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Caminos Al Futuro 2019
Any current applicants?
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Results for RSI 2019
Hi guys, I'm an international applicant for RSI 2019. I saw on the other post that some other international applicant already got their result on the 27th last month, but I didn't get anything yet. Does anyone know what the dates for decision releases are (or were)?
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Ross Math Program 2019
Hi! so I found that no one else made a discussion thread for 2019. Anyone applying? Does anyone know the usual acceptance rate as well?
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Liberty Science Center Partners in Science 2019
Hello everyone applying for this program, we can use this forum to talk about it!
To start I have a question. Does this program highly favor people with pervious research experience?
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NIH High school Summer Program 2019
DId anyone hear from NIH summer program?
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WISCI 2019
Has anyone from College Confidential applied for WISCI ? Wanted to connect with anyone who applied! Please post.
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Different Fields
Anyone can suggest what different fields are out there which can use a creative mind and interest in science and technology
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FSU YSP 2019
Hey, I am creating this to get a clarification on other applicants who either got accepted or waitlisted, and if they got an email to confirm either standpoint because I have not received anything in my email...and I thought that they would at least send out a rejection email
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Ashbrook Academy
Has anyone been who can share their experience? Does anyone know how this looks for college? I've never heard of it before...
Thanks in advance
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Garcia 2019
Did anyone else apply this year? If so, has anyone gotten a confirmation email yet?
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Stanford China Scholars Program
Kid was accepted. Has anyone done this program? It's relatively new. We're trying to explain it to the school guidance counselor. I'm wondering if the format includes completion of a paper by December, or if you attend the lectures through December and then write the paper afterwards. Also, it sounds like it's graded? There is not much description on line about the details. Anyone who participated last year, information would be greatly appreciated.
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Christian residential camps Summer High schooler
Most of the posts are about elite summet programs.
Curious about Summer Christian residential camps for a High schooler.
Child needs a less driven summer after a grueling school year.
Past summers she volunteered at local church camps but she wants to go away to learn life away.
Any recommendations?
Also open to a camp she can go work at, the ones we found have an 18yr old minimum requirement.
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Disney Dreamers Class of 2020
Hi guys! I started this thread to discuss the application and admittance process of the Disney Dreamers Academy.
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Chances for RSI 2019?
Hey everyone, I'm looking to apply to RSI 2019 (rising junior rn). Please give some feedback!!
State: Missouri
School Type: Large Public High School
Demographics: Indian Male, Upper Middle Class
ACT: 35 (E 36/M 36/R 33/S 35) with 10 on writing
SAT: N/A (taking in October)
PSAT/NMSQT: 1500 as a sophomore (no study)
SAT II: World History 800
APs: Calc BC (5), World History (5), Physics 1 (5), Comp Sci A (5)
Junior Year APs: Chemistry, Lang, Stats, Spanish, Physics 2
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.52 W (4.7 if all A's junior year)
Clubs/Extracurriculars:
Outside school
1. Student researcher in neuroimaging at Washington University in St. Louis under a major consortium under key professor for national project; writing paper (second author) and will be submitting by the end of this semester (around November/December)
2. Current summer intern (and continuing into school year) at a neuro-opthalmalogy lab at the University of Pennsylvania on neuroimaging and visual connections with brain; writing paper (first author) and will be submitting by end of semester (October/November)
Note: This is was my summer internship for this year, this was an independent project that I secured by emailing the PI and getting a rec from my professor at WashU. He doesn't actually take High School interns, but he made an exception because of my unique background and experience. He basically paid for me to come to Philly and it's also a paid internship, so it's quite substantial. It's also a great experience to be at Penn (alone) for the summer bc it's my dream school!
3. Working with an NYC-based neuroinformatics startup on PET imaging analysis as a collaborator
4. Founder and CEO of a global youth-driven consulting agency that works with small-scale high-potential startups in emerging markets like West Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of Latin America. Currently working on major deals with companies in countries across the world, and also have a team stationed in many different countries. We have already secured close to $2-3K in corporate deals with over 4-5 companies in the first month.
5. Started a small company that collaborates with STL startups to build partnership networks of biotech and medtech companies. This wasn't something I did for profit, more to help establish connections between companies in the community. I am no longer working on this as I began my other startup.
6. Midwestern Outreach Administrator for a youth-driven national non-profit educational equity startup seeking to provide more academic opportunities for students of all backgrounds across the US.
7. Taekwondo athlete for ~10 years. Instructor at my local dojang and state/national level competitor (gold medalist at Missouri and Illinois state, silver medalist at Kansas state)
Inside School
1. Founder/President of Students for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Science, a club/organization that aims to explore and educate students about the alternative opportunities one has outside the traditional clinical medicine or hard bench science. We explore different career paths that integrate these aspects of science into different fields like business, marketing, law, etc. It's actually based off a similar student society I learned about at UPenn, so I got the help of the Penn student to found this in my local community.
2. Founder/President of Investment and Economics Club, where we explore the nature of investing in different types of securities like different types of stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrencies. We utilize a lot of simulations.
3. Regional chair of the STL Model UN. Administer 2 conferences every year with over 20 schools and 500+ students.
4. Member of Science National Honor Society (SNHS) and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
Comments: As you can probably tell, my application is split between and also integrates two quite separate fields together: science research and business/economics. I have a passion for both of these fields and I seek to integrate them greatly in an interdisciplinary career path. In the future I hope to do some healthcare consulting for some time, get a Ph.D. or MD Ph.D., and then pursue a career in Pharmaceutical R&D and administration (like MD, CMO, CSO positions in pharma). I really want to focus on my research passions in my career and also integrate them with my passion for leadership and changing the world through business/entrepreneurship.
I hope my kind of "split" personality won't pull away from my chances in RSI. It's basically my dream summer program! Especially because MIT is one of my top choice schools (because neurosci AND Sloan!).
Will appreciate any feedback!
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RSI 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), SAT IIs: Math 2 (800), GPA: 4.61, APs so far: AP Art History (anticipating a 5)
Junior year APs:
-Calc AB (will be taking BC exam, my school isn't one to encourage taking classes ahead)
-APUSH
-Physics C:Mech
-Lang
-self study Physics C: E+M
ECs:
-zero research experience sadly, although currently trying to find a mentor before the summer starts
-also trying to secure an internship at a local uni robotics lab
-beginner's experience in Java, Python, HTML, and CSS (boohoo CSS sucks)
-mechanical experience from robotics
-IT experience from Help Desk
-Mu Alpha Theta VP
-Treasurer of Girls Who Code
-Treasurer of Youth and Government
-Past Art Historian of school JCL
-will be resurrecting our long-dead Amnesty International Club junior year! im so excited for this )
-Intern (about to start working ) at my school's computer help desk
MUN x2 yrs
Youth Leg x2 yrs
FIRST Robotics x2 yrs
JCL x2 yrs
MAO x2 yrs
Beta x1 yr
-Winner of Mu Alpha Theta state convention, of nearly every regional tournament since freshman year, and two year state winner in a game
-6th at 2018 Junior Classical League state convention, placing overall in creative arts and academics
-15th in Gemini,at MAO nationals last year, hoping to place in top 10 indivs this year x
-150+ volunteer hours at various organizations, namely Girls on the Run and my local council on aging center
Hobbies:
-artsy! I love painting with watercolor especially
-a big fan of politics and government, so i've been a repeat offender at Youth Leg and MUN, having my bill on light pollution pass through both houses and being a lobbyist the year before
-math. math. MATH. my classes don't show it, because my school's really restrictive with classes in general (up to 2 APs soph year and I ditched one for doubling my maths to take AB next year), but i honestly enjoy reading math textbooks...it's pretty nerdy ik
-i meme Latin references on the regular
-obsession with electronic music. i'm pretty much a curator at this point. EDC is raging on this weekend and i'm freaking out over the lineup. i really want to DJ a school party or something! or learn how to DJ for the matter...but DJing is a pretty expensive hobby...
Uh yeah, this is my overly long, too detailed profile of me. I truly want want want to get into RSI! I have always wanted to do research, but I could never find a way to at my local university (I'm trying rn lol). I've always been fascinated by discovering something new and I've always wanted to be involved in that kind of effort. I looooooooooooooove astronomy and want to pursue aerospace engineering with a specialization in space technologies in my life. Sorry for being loquacious!
TELL ME ABOUT YOU! LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS IN ANTICIPATION FOR RSI!
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