| I also might add that the weekends are filled with fun activities, some of which are science minded, others are touristy. Downtown Davis is cute and is available by bike (D took hers) so you are not stuck in the dorms.
At the end of the program, the participants write a research paper on their work and present it to the group. D submitted that paper to those schools who were interested in seeing research (MIT, Stanford, come to mind). Other students use their papers as a Intel paper. Also, you should be able to impress your professor with your wit and wisdom--and he/she should be able to write an extra letter of rec for your college applications.
The program is not as "prestigious" as some--but is high caliber in content, known by pretty selective colleges and its participants got into some pretty quality schools. (D got into Harvard, Stanford and MIT among others; 2 others from her year are now attending Harvard; another kid that I know who went to the program got into Stanford and MIT and is now at MIT.)
All in all, it was a great program and I can recommend it.
The program was $3600 when D went--they mentioned that they were going to charge more for the program so as to be able to give some fin aid for those who couldn't pay the whole thing. |