Guide/02 Grades 9–11
Summer Programs: What's Worth It
The highly selective (and often free) summer programs that carry real weight, the expensive ones that mostly don't, and great summers that don't involve a program at all.
There's a huge difference between a summer program that's hard to get into and one that's easy to pay for. The most respected programs are highly selective, and many are free. Most expensive "pre-college" programs, by contrast, carry little weight in admissions.
This chapter lists the selective programs worth applying to, how to spot pay-to-play programs, and what to do if you don't get into one (which is most people)...
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What’s in this chapter
- 1The selective programs that carry weight
- 2Pay-to-play: what to be careful about
- 3Great summers without a program
- 4How to write about your summer