oaktree Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My daughter, a rising senior, is very interested in attending one of these, specifically at either Boston University or Emory University. They seem rather unstructured and expensive, particularly the one at Emory which offers only 4 hours of college credit. Does anyone have any experience with either of these programs or a similar program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 No experience just yet. ;) Previously my ds has done summer study programs through Duke TIP and EPGY but neither of those were for credit. This summer he is attending the Summer Scholars Program at WashU in St. Louis. It is pricey, but he will earn 6 hours of credit. This one is structured by housing all the high school students together without college students and planning social activities on weekends for them. However, the classes he is taking are just regular, summer school classes. Five weeks long and commingled with college students (I believe). He has thoroughly enjoyed the programs that were not for credit. We shall see what it is like this year. I do think all his programs have offered him a nice taste of college life - living with a roommate, living in a dorm, doing his own laundry, being on a college campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaktree Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Thank you for the insight. I am not sure she has considered that she will have to do her own laundry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn in Ohio Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My daughter did a 6 week program the summer between her jr and sr years. They housed all the high school students together, and had structured activities planned just for them, but they had a wide range of courses to choose from and the classes all had regular college students as well. She took 2 3 credit classes, and really enjoyed it. Her big complaint was the cost of doing laundry ;) It was a great experience for her. As a parent, I was really pleased. The students got a taste of college dorm living and all the freedom that involves, but they did keep an extra watchful eye on the high school kids and were very responsive to any parent concerns. Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My daughter, a rising senior, is very interested in attending one of these, specifically at either Boston University or Emory University. They seem rather unstructured and expensive, particularly the one at Emory which offers only 4 hours of college credit. Does anyone have any experience with either of these programs or a similar program? My daughter has done one every year in high school, and enjoyed them all. The deadlines have already passed for many. She will be going to one in Pennsylvania this summer. One cool one we really considered was at a college in California, where the focus was on the Great Books. She decided against that one, since she had already read several. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 No experience just yet. ;) Previously my ds has done summer study programs through Duke TIP and EPGY but neither of those were for credit. This summer he is attending the Summer Scholars Program at WashU in St. Louis. It is pricey, but he will earn 6 hours of credit. This one is structured by housing all the high school students together without college students and planning social activities on weekends for them. However, the classes he is taking are just regular, summer school classes. Five weeks long and commingled with college students (I believe). He has thoroughly enjoyed the programs that were not for credit. We shall see what it is like this year. I do think all his programs have offered him a nice taste of college life - living with a roommate, living in a dorm, doing his own laundry, being on a college campus. We seriously considered that program for this summer. Let us know how he enjoys it. She decided on a two week program instead, as she is just returning from a trip and wanted to be home at least some time this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdreeves Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 We got lots of invitations to those programs, but they were so far out of our price range it was laughable. For us, it didn't matter, dd got in to her best school and had no summer academic programs on her resume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Another idea--look at Hillsdale's overseas classes. The offer three--one on Churchill and WWII, one in Rome and one on Language and Lit of England. We've done the first two. They were wonderful! They give 3 college credits. That sounds awesome. My daughter loves to travel, and hasn't been to Europe yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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