EXPLORE NEW ACADEMIC FRONTIERS Academics are not micromanaged in college. There are no 7 AM wake up times (unless you’re just an early bird.) Professors might ask you to call them by their first name, and you get to choose your classes. The diversity of the curriculum is truly one of the highlights of the college experience that can be explored in a summer program. Nicholas Di, Summer Study '17, expressed that this was one of his favorite parts of his immersion experience: “Summer Study offers a bunch of perspectives. For example, today we learned about business law and the other day we had a class on sustainability…it was really interesting to have such a high number of diverse classes within a four-week program.”
EXPERIENCE A DAY IN THE LIFE The siren call of social life in college is a big draw for many teenagers eager to move out of the house. When it comes to college culture, no two institutions are quite the same. Are you looking for a small campus where you can always find a friendly face to nod at when you walk to class or do you yearn to navigate a large campus pulsing with city life? Summer Immersion Programs bring people from all over the world together on one campus for a short period of time and they can allow you to get a feel of the type of people that could potentially be your classmates. Every campus has
Summer Immersion Programs offer an opportunity for students to try on certain career paths, especially if that field of study isn’t offered in high school. For Rachel Stoia ‘17, it was an opportunity to see if business, and specifically entrepreneurship, could be a good fit for her future. "I’ve been exposed to what it means to be an entrepreneur,” shares Rachel. “Now, I’m always thinking about different opportunities— different problems that could be solved through entrepreneurship and could potentially become businesses.” Whichever subject you choose to pursue, working through a college course by completing assignments, working on team dynamics, and completing final projects without reminders from mom and dad will help you be more successful in the future, even if it’s only to determine that maybe accounting isn’t right for you.
a unique community which attracts certain types of people. For many, summer programs are the first time they get to interact with a diverse and often international background. Charlie McLaughlin, Summer Study '17, told us about how he found sharing global perspectives particularly rewarding, especially when learning about business. “Everyone here comes from different parts of the world, different walks of life,” says Charlie, “and we were able to come together and think of ideas that I could never think of solely on my own. Meeting so many people with completely different mindsets, and bringing the ideas together is great.”