<p>Currently I am a high school junior and I am just now looking at potential summer programs. <b>Please chance me for my top choices! If you have any other helpful information about any of these programs and/or you have attended one of them, any info would be helpful! I am really looking for a meaningful program that will be enjoyable AND help me out on college apps, not just something you can buy your way into <b></b></b></p><b><b>
<p>Bioquest Academy
JSA Summer School (Stanford)
Columbia Summer School
Duke TIP
Harvard SSP
John Hopkins CTY</p>
<p>Background info about myself: current HS junior, cumulative GPA 4.0 unweighted (took all honors courses offered sophomore year, we cant take APs as a sophomore) currently taking 4 AP courses and getting A’s/ A-'s/1 B+… volunteer at hospital, in NJHS, spanish club, and key club, previous experience in class council/ASB, VP/cofounder of the JSA chapter at my school</p>
<p>any info would be MUCH appreciated!!</p>
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<p>Though im not at al familar with bioquest academy, i can pretty much ensure that you will get into all the other ones because as long as you pay, apply early enough, you are guranteed a spot. </p>
<p>so if u really want to go to one of these, apply asap!</p>
<p>CTY is quite straightforward - you either have the SAT scores or you don’t. Nothing else comes into play. However, you should also know that you may be quite close to the age limit - many of the sites have a limit of 16. I suspect you may be too late for most CTY camps if you haven’t already qualified. Early registration has already started.
Harvard SSP is, I think, not terribly hard to get into, but does take more than just paying the bill.</p>
<p>JSA, Columbia, CTY, and Harvard are all pretty simple to get in, I believe. Like ^ said, you either have the scores or you don’t. Although, I just got the CTY course packet in the mail today, you should probably start looking through everything online. Deadlines will come up soon, probably.</p>
<p>I think for JSA, just make sure you have a recommendation from a teacher that can vouch for you and a decent transcript & essay. When they ask you to write abt. an international issue that you are concerned abt., do something that’s not overdone. I don’t know the selectivitiy measures of the program, but my peers from the past summer have accomplished quite a bit. But don’t fret, it’s still worth applying.</p>