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BUSINESS

In California

NameWebsite
Berkeley Business Academy For Youthhttps://haas.berkeley.edu/businessacademy/
Bank of America Student Leadershttps://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us
UCI Investments, Financial Planning and You: Summer Program for High School Studentshttps://merage.uci.edu/ciwm-events/investment-financial-planning-and-you.html
LIFEvest Financial Literacy Residential Programhttps://merage.uci.edu/programs/pre-college/lifevest.html

Out-Of-State

NameWebsite
Economics for Leadershttps://www.fte.org/students/economics-for-leaders-program/
Wall Street 101 Summer Programhttps://www.teachmewallstreet.com/wall-street-101-summer-camp
Wharton Global Youth Programhttps://globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/
LaunchX Young Entrepreneur Summer Program (Various campuses)https://launchx.com/summer-program/
Business, Economics, Sports Management Academies at Georgetown Universityhttps://summer.georgetown.edu/academies
EHL Pre-University courses in Hospitality and Businesshttps://www.ehl.edu/en/study/ehl-academy

University of Notre Dame Leadership Seminars

https://precollege.nd.edu/leadership-seminars/

HUMANITIES & ARTS

In California

NameWebsite
UCI Health: Music to Healhttps://www.ucihealth.org/volunteer/music-to-heal
UCLA Mock Trial Summer Institutehttps://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/MockTrial
UCLA Model United Nations Summer Institutehttps://summer.ucla.edu/institutes/ModelUN
Model United Nations Institute (Various Campuses)https://learnmodelun.com/
UC Berkeley: embARC Summer Design Academyhttps://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Artshttp://outreach.arts.uci.edu/summer-academies

Out-Of-State

NameWebsite
Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Summer Journalism Institutehttps://www.cmu.edu/pre-college/
William and Mary National Institute of American History https://www.wm.edu/as/niahd/
NYU: Tisch Summer High School Program for the Artshttps://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/high-school-programs
Boston University Summer Journalism Institutehttps://www.bu.edu/mysummer/academics/pre-college-summer-journalism-institute/
Grammy in the Schoolshttp://www.grammyintheschools.com/
Community Impact & Leadership, Social Justice Academies at Georgetown Universityhttps://summer.georgetown.edu/academies
Summer@NEC - New England Conservatoryhttps://necmusic.edu/explore/soi

University of Notre Dame Leadership Seminar

https://precollege.nd.edu/leadership-seminars/

HEALTH & MEDICINE

In California

NameWebsite
UCI MedAcademyhttps://medschool.uci.edu/education/summer-programs/education-summer-programs-uci-medacademy
UCI Physician Shadowing ProgramCurrently on Hold
UCI School of Medicine Summer Research Programhttps://medschool.uci.edu/education/summer-programs/education-summer-programs-summer-online-research-program
UCI Health High School Volunteer Programhttp://www.ucihealth.org/volunteer/high-school-students
UCI School of Medicine High School Outreach Programhttps://www.meded.uci.edu/diversity/outreach.asp
UCI Summer Surgery Programhttp://urology.uci.edu/education_summersurgery.shtml
UCLA Pre-Med Summer Scholar Programhttps://www.uclahealth.org/volunteer/volunteer-westwood-facilities/student-programs/pre-med-summer-scholar-program
UCI Cancer Research Institute Youth Science Fellowship Programhttps://cancerresearch.uci.edu/education-and-training/high-school-students/summer-youth-science-fellowship-program/
Stanford Institute of Medicine Summer Research Program https://simr.stanford.edu/
UCI Student Research Programswww.ucihealth.org/volunteer/student-research-programs
UCI Brain Camphttps://cnlm.uci.edu/braincamp/
  Stanford Cardiothoracic Summer Programhttp://med.stanford.edu/cssec/summer-internship
Eve & Gene Black Summer Medical Career Programhttp://www.lapedsoc.org/summer
Stanford Clinical Neuroscience Immersion Experience (CNI-X)https://med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/special-initiatives/CNIX.html
CHOC Hospital: Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI3) Summer Internship Programhttps://www.choc.org/medical-intelligence-and-innovation-institute/mi3-summer-internship-program/
Rosetta Institute Biomedial Summer Camps (UC Berkeley, UCSD)https://www.rosettainstitute.org/biomedical-summer-camps/applyfinances/
Stanford EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Researchhttps://explore.stanford.edu/
Pharmacy Summer Research Program at Chapmanhttps://www.chapman.edu/pharmacy/explore-the-school/summer-program-for-high-school-students.aspx
HEART Internship at UCIhttps://kheradvar.eng.uci.edu/outreach/

Out-Of-State

NameWebsite
University of Pennsylvania: Biomedical Research Academyhttps://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/high-school/biomedical
Georgetown University Nursing or Medical Academyhttps://summer.georgetown.edu/academies
The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins Universityhttps://glohea.org/

PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS

In California

NameWebsite
Stanford High School Summer Collegehttps://summer.stanford.edu/
UC Berkeley Pre-College Scholars https://precollege.berkeley.edu/
UCI: Experience University Researchhttp://ip.ce.uci.edu/programs/experienceuci/local/
UC Santa Barbara Research Mentorship Program (RMP)https://www.summer.ucsb.edu/programs/research-mentorship-program/overview
UC Santa Barbara Research Academies https://www.summer.ucsb.edu/programs/summer-research-academies/overview
 UCLA Summer Sessions https://summer.ucla.edu/
UC Santa Cruz Summer Onlinehttps://summer.ucsc.edu/high-school-online/index.html
UCSD Academic Connectionshttp://academicconnections.ucsd.edu/
Berkeley Academic Talent Development Programhttps://atdp.berkeley.edu/
Cal State LA  Early Entrance Programhttp://www.calstatela.edu/eep/eep-open-house
USC  Pre-College Programshttps://summerprograms.usc.edu/

Out-Of-State

NameWebsite 
Barnard High School Summer Programshttps://precollege.barnard.edu/ 
Boston College Summer Journalism Institutehttps://www.bu.edu/mysummer/academics/pre-college-summer-journalism-institute/ 
Boston University Summer Term High School ProgramPre-College, RISE/Internship Practicum, Academic Immersion, Summer Challenge, Summer Preview 
Carnegie Mellon University Summer Pre-College Programshttps://www.cmu.edu/pre-college/ 
Columbia University Programs for High School Studentshttp://sps.columbia.edu/highschool 
Concordia Language Villages http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/ 
Cornell University Summer Collegehttps://sce.cornell.edu/precollege 
Duke Pre-College Programs https://learnmore.duke.edu/precollege/all-programs 
Emory College: Pre-College Programhttp://www.precollege.emory.edu/ 
Georgetown University College Prep Summerhttps://summer.georgetown.edu/programs 
Harvard Summer Schoolhttps://www.summer.harvard.edu/high-school-programs 
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youthhttps://cty.jhu.edu/summer/catalogs.html 
Model United Nations Institutehttps://mun.bestdelegate.com/high-school-programs-locations-dates/ 
National Student Leadership Conference: Pre-College Programshttps://www.nslcleaders.org/ 
Northeastern University Pre-College Programhttps://precollegeprograms.northeastern.edu/ 
Ross Mathematics Program https://rossprogram.org/ 
Summer Discovery https://www.summerdiscovery.com/ 
Telluride Association: Summer Program for Juniorshttps://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/high-school-students/ 
Tulane University Pre-College Programhttps://summer.tulane.edu/ 
University of Washington: Math Academy https://www.engr.washington.edu/admission/k12/mathacademy/ 
Washington University in St. Louishttps://precollege.wustl.edu/ 

STEM

In California

NameWebsite
UCLA Engineering: High School Tech Camphttps://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/high-school-tech-camp/
COSMOS UC Davis- California State Summer School for Mathematics and Sciencehttp://cosmos.ucdavis.edu/
COSMOS UC Irvine- California State Summer School for Mathematics and Sciencehttps://cosmos.uci.edu/
COSMOS UC San Diego-California State Summer School for Mathematics and Sciencehttp://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/cosmos/
COSMOS UC Santa Cruz-California State Summer School for Mathematics and Sciencehttps://cosmos.ucsc.edu/
EPIC: Engineering Possibilities in Collegehttps://epic.calpoly.edu/
NASA STEM GATEWAYhttps://stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/
UC Davis Young Scholars Programhttps://ysprogram.ucdavis.edu/
UCI:ASPIREMore info Coming Soon
UC Irvine ICS (Information & Computer Sciences) Academyhttps://summeracademy.ics.uci.edu/
Stanford RISE Summer Internship https://oso.stanford.edu/programs/
Applied Medical High School Leadership Weekhttps://appliedmedical.com/Careers/hsleadershipweek
Cyber Math Academy- Math, Coding, Robotics, Gaming and College Prephttps://cybermath.org/
Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation at Cal State Fullertonhttps://ei.jhu.edu/apply/
Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP)https://www.asdrp.org/apply
UC Santa Barbara Research Mentorship Programhttps://www.summer.ucsb.edu/programs/research-mentorship-program/overview
UC Santa Barbara Summer Research Academies https://www.summer.ucsb.edu/programs/summer-research-academies/overview
USC Viterbi SHINEhttps://viterbik12.usc.edu/shine/

Out-Of-State

NameWebsite 
University of Pennsylvania Summer Engineering Academyhttps://esap.seas.upenn.edu/ 
Garcia Research Program at Stony Brook stonybrook.edu/commcms/garcia/summer_program/apply 
Michigan State University: Intro to Roboticshttps://www.egr.msu.edu/future-engineer/news/introduction-robotics-engineering-recap 
Notre Dame Intro to Engineering for High School Studentshttps://www3.nd.edu/~iep/ 
NASA STEM GATEWAYhttps://stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/ 
MIT Research Science Institute (RSI)https://www.cee.org/research-science-institute 
AwesomeMath Summer Programhttps://www.awesomemath.org/ 
Summer Science Program (SSP)https://summerscience.org/ 
Johns Hopkins  Engineering Innovation Summer Program https://ei.jhu.edu/apply/application-materials/ 
U.S. Naval Academy Summer STEMusna.edu/Admissions/Programs/STEM 

SEAP - Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program with the Department of Navy

https://www.navalsteminterns.us/seap/

 

MISCELLANEOUS

In California

NameWebsite
UC Berkeley embARC Summer Design AcademyembARC 
California Youth Think Tankhttps://www.theyoungcenter.com/
Student Leadersbankofamerica.com/studentleaders
Japan Society Junior Fellows Leadership Programhttps://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/education/

Out-Of-State

NameWebsite 
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youthhttps://cty.jhu.edu/ 
NYU: High School Academy- School of Professional Studieshttps://www.sps.nyu.edu/high-school-academy/programs/career-edge.html 
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University http://summercamps.erau.edu/camps/index.html 
Global Scholarhttps://ampglobalyouth.org/global-scholar/ 
Tufts Summer Program https://summer.tufts.edu/ 
National Student Leadership Program: Summer Programshttps://www.nslcleaders.org/about-summer-youth-programs/ 
Global Youth Village Program https://www.globalyouthvillage.org/ 
Junior State of Americahttps://www.jsa.org/ 
World Affairs Seminar https://worldaffairsseminar.org/ 
Unitarian University Global Justice Summer Internshiphttps://uucsj.org/calendar/ 
The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins Universityhttps://glohea.org/ 
AYUSA - Japanhttps://www.intraxjp.com/ayusa/summer/