The Pathway To The University Life 

List of summer programs to apply for, some may cost money but most offer scholarships. Many are completely free and pay for travel. Grade/Age at which you apply are in parenthesis next to the program. Many ask for rising students in a specific grade, that basically means the grade below what is listed (rising senior= currently in 11th grade). Program may not be offered to students in all states. You may have to be nominated for some of these programs. Some programs do not have age requirements listed beside it because I was unable to find the information at the time I looked each up. Google each program to find out specific dates and criteria. 

Tip: When googling these programs, if nothing comes up relevant to you, google the title with the phrase ‘high school student program’ or something of the sort to narrow down the search.
APPLY, APPLY, APPLY! THESE PROGRAMS ARE AMAZING WAYS TO ENRICH YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION AND NETWORK!!!!
 

1. HOBY (10th)

2. CollegePoint (11th-12th)

3. Matriculate (11th-12th)

4. LEDA (11th)

5. CAMP CHLA (9th-11th)

6. US Naval Academy STEM Camp (8th-10th)

7. Canada/USA Mathcamp (Age 13 to 18)

8. GLA Costa Rica/Dominican Republic (multiple programs)

9. Red Cross LDC (Age 13-17)

10. LA Biomed Internship (11th-12th)

11. Google CSSI / Generation Google (12th)

12. Yale Young Global Scholars (Age 15 to 17)

13. University of Chicago Summer Session (multiple programs)

14. Harvard Summer School (Ages 15 to 18)

15. Brown Summer Sessions (multiple programs)

16. UCLA Summer Institutes (multiple programs)

17. Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Institute (ages 16-18)

18. MIT Lincoln Labs Beaver Works Summer Institute (multiple programs)

19. MIT Lincoln Labs LLRISe (11th)

20. MIT Women's Technology Program (11th)

21. Research Science Institute (9th-11th)

22. MITES and MOSTEC @MIT (11th)

23. Junction @MIT (11th)

24. Simons (11th)

25. Ole Miss Summer Program (multiple programs)

26. Wharton (UPenn) Leadership in the Business World (multiple programs)

27. MIT Launch (multiple programs, 9th-12th)

28. Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies (multiple programs)

29. Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship Student Congress (11th)

30. Notre Dame Leadership Seminars (multiple programs)

31. Telluride Association Summer Program (6-week full scholarship!)

32. Science Summer Program (10th-11th)

33. Chapman University Summer Economics Program (10th-11th)

34. Pepperdine Summer Program (multiple programs)

35. USC Summer Programs (multiple programs)

36. Stanford Summer Humanities Institute (10th-11th)

37. Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgical Summer Skills Institute (Ages 16 and up)

38. New York University Tisch Summer Program (multiple programs)

39. UC Santa Barbara Research Mentorship Program (10th-11th)

40. COSMOS (8th-12th)

41. RYLA Camp (12th)

42. Stanford High School Summer College (ages 16–19)

43. Iowa Young Writers' Studio (9th-12th)

44. Alpha Young Writers' Workshop (ages 14 – 19)

45. Adroit Summer Mentorship Program

46. The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop (ages 16-18)

47. Stanford University Mathematics Camp (10th-11th)

48. CalArts Summer Program (multiple programs)

49. UCLA SciArt Nanolab (11th-12th)

50. UC Davis Young Scholars Program (10th-11th)

51. City of Hope Research Program (ages 16 and up)

52. Stanford SPCS Summer Institute

53. GAKKO Project (multiple locations across the globe)

54. Columbia Uni 3-week Summer Immersion (9th-12th)

55. Morehead-Cain Scholarship (UNC-Chapel Hill)

56. Summer Science Program (10th-11th)

57. Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (ages 15 – 19)

58. Ross Mathematics Program (ages 15 to 18)

59. HERlead Fellowship

60. Secondary Student Training Program (11th)

61. Texas Debate Collective

62. San Francisco Health Investigators Program

63. Awesomemath (ages 12 and 18)

64. Ideamath (multiple summer & winter programs)

65. UW Math Academy (11th)

66. Georgetown Summer Institute for High School Students (multiple programs)

67. Global Changemakers

68. Camp Gray Leaders in Training program (multiple programs)

69. Rotary Youth Exchange (ages 15 to 19)

70. Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program (10th-11th)

71. George Mason University Korea International Speech Competition

72. Digital Media Academy (multiple programs)

73. Princeton University Summer Journalism Program (11th grade)

74. MIT OEOP programs (multiple programs)

75. Boys' State by American Legion (12th)

76. Penn Management & Technology Summer Institute

77. EF Tours Global Citizen Scholarship

78. Greenheart Travel Correspondents Scholarship (multiple)

79. AFS Project Change (8th-12th)

80. Abbey Road Travel Abroad Scholarships (multiple)

81. AFS Assorted Travel Abroad Scholarships (multiple)

82. State Department- CBYX Germany Exchange Program (Ages 15-18)

83. National Security Language Initiative for Youth (9th-12th)

84. The Experiment Leadership Institute (9th-12th)

85. Semester at Sea 

86. YES-Abroad (State Department-funded year exchange to countries with significant Muslim populations) (Ages 15-18.5)

87. The Experiment in International LIving (multiple)

88. YMCA Youth and government

89. Montessori Model UN

90. US Presidential Scholars Program

91. United States Senate Youth Program (11th-12th)

92. Junior Achievement Company Program

93. American Legion Boys/Girls State/Nation (12th) 

94. Burbank Volunteer Program

95. Children's International Summer Villages (CISV) (multiple programs)

96. YoungArts (Ages 15-18)

97. MIT Inspire (Under age 19)

98. Reischauer Scholars Program (10th-12th)

99. Sejong Korean Scholars Program (10th-12th)

100. China Scholars Program (10th-12th)

101. World Affairs Challenge

102. Outward Bound/NOLS courses 

103. Congressional Service Award (Age 13.5+)

104. Odyssey of the Mind

105. Georgetown Hospital Summer Volunteer Program (Ages 16+)

106. Technovation

107. USC Resident Honors Program (11th)

108. Three Dot Dash (Ages 13-19)

109. Yenching Social Innovation Forum (Ages 18-29)

110. QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program (11th)

111. Questbridge National College Match (12th)