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Summer Programs offer opportunities to gain college credit, experience college life, travel, get an internship, meet like-minded peers, learn from experts, develop projects, and much more.
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BUSINESS
In California
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Berkeley Business Academy For Youth |
https://haas.berkeley.edu/businessacademy/ |
Envision Experience: Business Innovations |
https://www.envisionexperience.com/explore |
Bank of America Student Leaders |
https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us |
UCI Investments, Financial Planning and You: Summer Program for High School Students |
https://merage.uci.edu/ciwm-events/investment-financial-planning-and-you.html |
IVC Young Entrepreneurs Workshop |
Info Coming Soon |
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University of Washington- Game Development |
https://game.experienceamerica.com/ |
Economics for Leaders |
Info Coming Soon |
Wall Street 101 Summer Program |
https://www.bentley.edu |
University of Pennsylvania- Young Leaders Academy |
https://wharton.braingainmag.com/ |
LaunchX Young Entrepreneur Summer Program (Various campuses) |
https://launchx.com/summer-program/ |
HUMANITIES & ARTS
In California
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UCI Health: Music to Heal |
Info Coming Soon |
UCLA Mock Trial Summer Institute |
https://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/MockTrial |
Pratt Institute: Pre-College Summer Program |
https://www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing-education-and-professional/pr... |
UCLA Model United Nations Summer Institute |
https://summer.ucla.edu/institutes/ModelUN |
Model United Nations Institute (Various Campuses) |
http://mun.bestdelegate.com/high-school-programs-locations-dates/ |
UC Berkeley: embARC Summer Design Academy |
https://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/ |
UCI: Summer Institute in Law |
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FIDM'S Signature Summer Program |
http://fidm.edu/en/calendar/summer+programs/signature+summer+program |
Out-Of-State
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Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Summer Journalism Institute |
https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-college |
William and Mary National Institute of American History |
https://www.wm.edu/as/niahd/ |
NYU: Tisch Summer High School Program for the Arts |
https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/high-school-programs |
Boston University Summer Journalism Institute |
https://combeyond.bu.edu/workshop/bu-summer-journalism-institute/ |
Grammy in the Schools |
http://www.grammyintheschools.com/ |
HEALTH & MEDICINE
In California
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UCI Pre-Med Program |
https://www.som.uci.edu/summerpremed |
UCI Physician Shadowing Program |
Info Coming Soon |
UCI School of Medicine Summer Research Program |
https://www.som.uci.edu/student-research/tuition.asp |
UCI Health High School Volunteer Program |
http://www.ucihealth.org/volunteer/high-school-students |
UCI School of Medicine High School Outreach Program |
http://www.som.uci.edu/high_school_outreach.asp |
UCI Summer Surgery Program |
http://www.urology.uci.edu/education_summersurgery.shtml |
UCLA Pre-Med Summer Scholar Program |
https://www.uclahealth.org/volunteer/pre-med-summer-scholar-westwood |
UCI Cancer Research Institute Youth Science Fellowship Program |
https://cri.bio.uci.edu/sample-page/youth-science-fellowship-program/ |
Stanford Institute of Medicine Summer Research Program |
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UCI Student Research Programs |
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UCI Brain Camp |
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Stanford Cardiothoracic Summer Program |
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Eve & Gene Black Summer Medical Career Program |
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Stanford Clinical Neuroscience Immersion Experience (CNI-X) |
https://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/special-initiatives/CNIX.html |
CHOC Hospital: Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI3) Summer Internship Program |
https://www.choc.org/medical-intelligence-and-innovation-institute/mi3-summer-internship-program/ |
Rosetta Institute Biomedial Summer Camps (UC Berkeley, UCSD) |
https://www.rosettainstitute.org/biomedical-summer-camps/applyfinances/ |
Stanford EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research |
https://explore.stanford.edu/ |
Out-Of-State
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National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine |
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Camp Cardiac |
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University of Pennsylvania: Biomedical Research Academy |
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/high-school/biomedical |
PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS
In California
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Stanford High School Summer College |
https://summer.stanford.edu/ |
Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program |
https://atdp.berkeley.edu/ |
UCLA Summer Sessions |
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UCI: Experience University Research |
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UCSD Academic Connections |
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Cal State LA Early Entrance Program |
http://www.calstatela.edu/eep/eep-open-house |
UC Santa Barbara Research Mentorship Program (RMP) | https://www.summer.ucsb.edu/pre-college/research-mentorship-program-rmp |
Out-Of-State
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Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth |
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Model United Nations Institute |
https://mun.bestdelegate.com/high-school-programs-locations-dates/ |
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Boston College Summer Journalism Institute |
http://studentprograms.necir.org/pre-college-summer-institute/ |
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Carnegie Mellon University Summer Pre-College Programs |
https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/summer-pre-college-programs |
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Harvard Summer School |
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Emory College: Pre-College Program |
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Barnard High School Summer Programs |
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Columbia University Programs for High School Students |
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Cornell University Summer College |
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Telluride Association: Summer Program for Juniors |
https://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/high-school-students/summer-program-juniors-tasp/ |
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Summer Discovery |
Info Coming Soon |
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Ross Mathematics Program |
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University of Washington: Math Academy |
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Middlebury Interactive Summer Language Immersion Program |
https://www.middleburyinteractive.com/summer-language-academy/summer-language-immersion-teens |
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Concordia Language Villages |
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Emory College: Pre-College Program |
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Barnard High School Summer Programs |
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Columbia University Programs for High School Students |
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National Student Leadership Conference: Pre-College Programs |
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Cornell University Summer College |
STEM
In California
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iD Tech |
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UCLA Engineering: High School Tech Camp |
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UC Santa Cruz Internship Program |
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COSMOS UC Davis- California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science |
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COSMOS UC Irvine- California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science |
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COSMOS UC San Diego-California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science |
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COSMOS UC Santa Cruz-California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science |
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EPIC: Engineering Possibilities in College |
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UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts |
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UCI:ASPIRE |
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Stanford RISE Summer Internship |
https://oso.stanford.edu/programs/39-rise-summer-internship-program |
Applied Medical High School Leadership Week |
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Cyber Math Academy- Math, Coding, Robotics, Gaming and College Prep |
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Amazon Future Engineer Program |
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Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation Summer Program at CSU,Fullerton |
https://ei.jhu.edu/apply/application-materials/ |
Youth IncYOUbator STEAM Summer Program |
Out-Of-State
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EDGE: Educating Girls for Engineering |
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University of Pennsylvania Summer Engineering Academy |
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Michigan State University: Intro to Robotics |
https://www.egr.msu.edu/future-engineer/news/introduction-robotics-engineering-recap |
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Notre Dame Intro to Engineering for High School Students |
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MIT Research Science Institute (RSI) |
https://www.cee.org/research-science-institute | |
AwesomeMath Summer Program | https://www.awesomemath.org/ | |
Summer Science Program (SSP) | https://summerscience.org/ |
MISCELLANEOUS
In California
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California Youth Think Tank |
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Student Leaders |
Out-Of-State
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Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth |
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NYU: High School Academy- School of Professional Studies |
https://www.sps.nyu.edu/high-school-academy/programs/career-edge.html |
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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University |
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Global Scholar |
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Tufts Summer Program |
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National Student Leadership Program: Summer Programs |
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Global Youth Village Program |
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Junior State of America |
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World Affairs Seminar |
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Unitarian University Global Justice Summer Internship |
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