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FindingBestFitColleges&Universities
LifeextendsfarbeyondDavidsonDay Forourfuture-readygraduates,thecollege searchprocessisasempoweringasitisexpansive
ForUpperSchoolfamilies,thecollegesearchprocessbeginsfromthemomentthey joinourcommunity WeprepareourPatriotsforsuccessinthecollegesearch, admission,andenrollmentprocess,andforsuccessintheirchosenmajors, leadershiproles,andsocialexperiences
Summer Overview
HowtoSpendYourHigh SchoolSummer
“DuringsummerswhenIwasinhighschool,Ioftenfelt torn Inthispost,I’mgoingtoassumethatyou’ve wrestledwithsomesimilarquestions.AndI’mgoingto walkyouthroughsomeofwhatIwould’velovedto haveunderstoodbackthen,tohelpmedecidehowto spendmyhighschoolsummers”-AndrewSimpson ReadthefullpostbytheCollegeEssayGuyhere
5WaystoSpendYourHighSchoolSummer
A Pleasant Summer
Travelsomewhereyou’veneverbeen before,jumponAtlasObscura,getoutof yourroomandintotheworld,justkeep doingthethingyoulovetodo,butdoit more
A Relational Summer
Joinanin-personclassthatinterestsyou, findagroupofpeoplewithshared interests,ask!andreconnect
An Accomplished Summer
Takeaclassatalocalcommunitycollege, dowhatKevinMcMullinfromCollegeWise suggests,takeanonlinecoursein somethingthatfascinatesyou,create yourownonlinecourse
An Engaged Summer
Readsomelong-formarticles,explore someTEDtalks,Duolingo,readupon8 waystocreate“flow”
A Meaningful Summer
Doonegooddeedadayfor30days, explore15waystofindpurpose,useyour ValuesExercise,raisemoneyanddonate it,joinanorganization/campaign
Understanding this Guide
Summerisatimetoresetandrest,butalsoto exploreinterests,developnewskills,andprepare forfutureacademicandcareerpaths Thisseason offerscountlessopportunitiesforenrichment, whetherthroughreading,summerjobs,AFAR projects,familytrips,academicprograms, internships,workopportunities,serviceprojects,or more.
StartExploring
Tohelpstudentsstartexploring opportunities,we’vecreatedthisSummer EnrichmentGuide Inside,you’llfindarange ofleadershipandacademicprograms,both in-personandvirtual,categorizedbyinterest withlinkstoprogramwebsites Whilenot exhaustive,thisguideservesasastarting pointtodiscoverexperiencesdesignedto helpstudentsgrowaslearnersand individuals
Theseenrichmentopportunitiesmirrorthe valueofextracurricularexperiencesduring theschoolyear,allowingstudentstoexplore interestswhilegaininginsightsintopossible post-secondaryoptionsandcareerpaths CollegeEssayGuyofferssomehelpful adviceonnavigatingthesechoicesinthis article
Studentsareencouragedtospeakwiththeir teachersortheCollegeCounselingOffice forguidanceinselectingprogramsor navigatingtheapplicationprocess However, itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytobeaware ofandmeetapplicationrequirements,fees, anddeadlines
Welookforwardtosupportingourstudents astheyplanforameaningfulandproductive summerahead Lettheexplorationbegin!
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Theprogramsbelowareclickabledirectlinks,althoughpleasebemindfulthatprograms updateannually HowtoUse
LeadershipOpportunities
AnytownSummerLeadershipCampFocusedonInclusion&Advocacy RedHatSheltonChallengeatNCState AndoverPhillipsAcademy:SummerSession BroyhillLeadershipConference
CooperativeCouncilofNCLeadershipCamp
EnvisionExperienceinMedicine,Law,BusinessInnovation,National Security,Engineering,STEM,&Leadership HotchkissSummerPortals
NationalStudentLeadershipConference(NSLC)Pre-CollegePrograms MissPorter’sCenterforGlobalLeadershipforGirls PublicSpeakingInstitute
SeminarontheUnitedNationsandInternationalAffairs(SUNIA)
SniderEnterpriseandLeadershipFellows(SELF)Experience
UnitedStatesAirForceAcademySummerSeminar
UnitedStatesCoastGuardAcademyAIMSummerProgram
UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademySummerLeaderSeminar
UnitedStatesNavalAcademySummerSeminar
University/CollegeSummerPrograms
AmericanUniversity(AU)SummerPrograms
BarnardCollegeSummerinNewYork
BerkeleySummerSessions
BostonUniversitySummerTermHighSchoolPrograms BrownPre-CollegeProgram
CarletonCollegeLiberalArtsExperience(CLAE) CarnegieMellon:SummerofExploration CenterforTalentedYouthInstituteatJohnsHopkins ChamplainCollege’s2-weekresidentialPre-CollegeSummerPrograms
Theprogramsbelowareclickabledirectlinks,althoughpleasebemindfulthatprograms updateannually
University/CollegeSummerPrograms
ClemsonUniversitySummerScholars
ColumbiaUniversitySummerProgramsforHighSchoolStudents
CornellSummerPre-College‐AcademicPrograms
DartmouthBound
DavidsonCollegeJulyExperience
DukeSummerCollegeforHighSchoolStudents
EmoryUniversitySummerPre-College
FurmanUniversitySummerPrograms
Brandeis'PrecollegePrograms
GeorgeWashingtonUniversityPre-CollegeProgram
GettysburgCollegePrograms
GreatBooksSummerPrograms
HarvardSummerSchool
JohnsHopkinsUniversitySummerPrograms
MiamiUniversity,OhioSummerScholarsProgram
MorehouseCollegeSummerAcademy
NorthwesternCollegePrepProgram
NotreDame:Pre-CollegePrograms
NCStatePre-CollegeSummerPrograms
PaceUniversitySummerScholars
SantaClaraUniversityYoungScholarsProgram
SewaneeSummerHighSchoolExperience
SmithCollegePre-CollegePrograms
SpelmanCollegeSummerPrograms
St John'sCollegeSummerAcademy
StanfordPre-CollegiateStudies(Business,Humanities,ArtsandAI)
StanfordUniversitySummerSession
SummeratGeorgetownUniversity
SummerintheHeights
SyracusePre-CollegePrograms
UCBerkeleyAcademicTalentDevelopmentProgram(ATDP)
UniversityofChicagoPre-CollegeSummerPrograms
UNCAshevillePre-CollegePrograms
UNCChapelHillSummerSchoolforRisingSeniors
UniversityofConnecticutPre-CollegePrograms
UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaContinuingEducationandSummer Programs
WakeForestSummerImmersion
OneWellesleySummer
Theprogramsbelowareclickabledirectlinks,althoughpleasebemindfulthatprograms updateannually
Action/Sport,Service&Adventure
ActionQuest
BoldEarth
BroadreachSummerProgram
ElkCreekRanch|WildernessAdventureSummerCamp
Formoreinformation:emailKyleBishop
GoPutney
MoondanceAdventures
PerformingArtsandCreativeWriting
AmericanShakespeareCenter(ASC)TheaterCamp
BardCollegeatSimon’sRockYoungWritersWorkshop
BerkleeCollegeofMusicSummerPrograms
CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts(CCA)Pre-CollegeProgram
CaliforniaStateSummerSchoolfortheArts
EastmanSchoolofMusicattheUniversityofRochester
EmergingJournalistsProgramatElonUniversity
IdyllwildArtsSummerCamp
InterlochenArtsCamp-SummerPrograms
Lewis&ClarkCollegeFirAcresWritingWorkshop
NewYorkFilmAcademySummerFilmandActingCamps
OtisCollegeofArtandDesign:SummerofArt
PRATTPre-CollegeProgram
PrincetonSummerJournalismProgram
RISDArt+DesignImmersion
SCADPre-CollegePrograms
SkidmoreCollegeSummerCreativeArtsWorkshop
TheSchoolofNewYorkTimes:Podcasting,Photojournalism, Playwriting,Reporting
UNCCharlotteSOASummerDesignAcademy
UniversityofNorthCarolinaSchooloftheArts(UNCSA)Summer Intensives
Business&Entrepreneurship
BerkeleyBusinessAcademyforYouth CampBusinessatDrexelUniversity EconomicsforLeadersProgram
HoyaSummerEntrepreneurshipAcademyatGeorgetownUniversity
Various
Theprogramsbelowareclickabledirectlinks,althoughpleasebemindfulthatprograms updateannually
Business&Entrepreneurship
TarHeelBusinessAcademy
TheIacoccaGlobalEntrepreneurshipIntensiveatLehighUniversity UCLASummerSessions
Wharton(UniversityofPennsylvania)Pre-CollegePrograms
Government/Civics/Law
WakeForestSummerImmersioninLaw
AmericanCivilWarCampatGettysburgCollege
William&MaryPre-CollegiateSummerPrograminEarlyAmerican History
CivicEngagementCampatGettysburgCollege
International
AmericanForeignAcademicResearch(AFAR)Projects
Forovertenyears,theAFARProgramatDavidsonDaySchoolhas pioneeredpre-collegiatearchaeologicalresearchprojectsathistorically significantsitesacrosstheglobe Overeachsummer,DavidsonDay Schoolstudentsteamupwithprofessorsandspecialistsinthefieldof archaeologyandhistorytocarryoutauthenticresearchatmultiple culturally-significantsites Formoreinformation:emailMatSaunders ActionQuest
BusinessisGlobal:SummerLanguageProgram
OxBridgeAcademicPrograms‐AcademicPrograms
SchoolYearAbroad:5-weeklanguageandculturalimmersion
WoffordCollegeStarTalk
UtrechtAcademicprogramsintheNetherlands
TheTASISSummerPrograms
WorldAffairsSeminar
NC PA CA PA
NC PA VA PA
Spain,Portugal,Belize
BVI IN UK,Europe China,France,Spain SC NL Switzerland,England,France WI
Theprogramsbelowareclickabledirectlinks,althoughpleasebemindfulthatprograms updateannually
STEM
AcadiaInstituteofOceanography(AIO)SummerMarineCamp
CalPolyArchitectureSummerCareerWorkshop
DukeUniversitySTEMAcademy EngineeringPossibilitiesinCollege(EPIC)
FutureAchieversinScienceandTechnologyatHarveyMuddCollege iDTechCamps
IllinoisAerospaceInstitute(IAI)SummerCamp
JohnsHopkinsUniversity,WhitingSchoolofEngineering MaristCollegeSummerPre-CollegeProgram
PennEngineeringSummerAcademyinAppliedScienceand Technology
NCStateEngineeringSummerPrograms
RensselaerPolytechnicInstituteSummerPrograms
RochesterInstituteofTechnologySummerPrograms
SmithCollegeSummerScienceandEngineeringProgramforHigh SchoolGirls
StevensInstituteofTechnologyPre-CollegeSummerPrograms
StanfordUniversityMathematicsCamp(SUMaC)
TheSummerScienceProgram
UniversityofMichiganArcStart UniversityofSouthCarolinaCollegeofEngineeringandComputing Camps ME CA NC CA CA Various IL MD NY PA NC NY NY MA NJ CA Various MI SC
Medicine
AnimalHealthandVetScienceatUConn
BostonLeadershipInstituteinScience,Engineering,andMedicine FutureDoctorsProgrambyHarvardStudentAgencies
MedicalAcademyatGeorgetownUniversity
NationalYouthLeadershipForuminMedicine
VetCampattheUniversityofGeorgia
WakeForestSummerImmersioninMedicine CT MA Online DC Various GA NC
Other Resources
SummerGuides,Tools,&More
Summerresourceguidesforhighschoolersofferopportunitiesforenrichment,skillbuilding,andpersonalgrowththroughvariouspopularplatformsandsearchengines
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TeenLife
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