I’ve been thinking about the same thing. Some of D’s friends have been doing these academic pre-college experiences since last year. I just can’t pull the trigger - she goes to school long enough; time for something different.
My D spends her summer at her job (year round, but lots more hours in summer, at the local frozen yogurt shop - so almost literally scooping ice cream) and with friends, she’ll be away on a trip for about three weeks and band camp starts the first week of August. Last year she fit in ACT prep over the summer and this year she’ll work on her common app essay. The summer is going to fly, even without a pre college experience. It’ll be senior year before she knows it.