<p>Another really awesome alternative to RSI (basically the same thing, but it costs money, is in Michigan, and is a week longer) is HSHSP at Michigan State. There’s currently a whole different thread talking about it in the forum, but in a nutshell: people are awesome, the projects are awesome, the mentors are awesome, the entire experience is awesome.</p>
<p>See other thread for details.</p>
<p>(Also, for a pretty good list of summer programs for current juniors, check out [url=<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/before/summer_programs/juniors_mit_and_other_summer_p.shtml]this[/url”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/before/summer_programs/juniors_mit_and_other_summer_p.shtml]this[/url</a>] entry from the MIT website.)</p>