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BUSINESS
In California
Name | Website |
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Berkeley Business Academy For Youth | https://haas.berkeley.edu/businessacademy/ |
Bank of America Student Leaders | https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us |
UCI Investments, Financial Planning and You: Summer Program for High School Students | https://merage.uci.edu/ciwm-events/investment-financial-planning-and-you.html |
LIFEvest Financial Literacy Residential Program | https://merage.uci.edu/programs/pre-college/lifevest.html |
Out-Of-State
Name | Website |
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Economics for Leaders | https://www.fte.org/students/economics-for-leaders-program/ |
Wharton Global Youth Program | https://globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/ |
LaunchX Young Entrepreneur Summer Program (Various campuses) | https://launchx.com/summer-program/ |
Business, Economics, Sports Management Academies at Georgetown University | https://summer.georgetown.edu/academies |
EHL Pre-University courses in Hospitality and Business | https://www.ehl.edu/en/study/ehl-academy |
University of Notre Dame Leadership Seminars |
HUMANITIES & ARTS
In California
Name | Website |
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UCLA Mock Trial Summer Institute | https://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/MockTrial |
Model United Nations Institute (Various Campuses) | https://learnmodelun.com/ |
UC Berkeley: embARC Summer Design Academy | https://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/ |
Out-Of-State
Name | Website |
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Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Summer Journalism Institute | https://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 Arts | https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/high-school-programs |
Boston University Summer Journalism Institute | https://www.bu.edu/mysummer/academics/pre-college-summer-journalism-institute/ |
Grammy in the Schools | http://www.grammyintheschools.com/ |
Community Impact & Leadership, Social Justice Academies at Georgetown University | https://summer.georgetown.edu/academies |
Summer@NEC - New England Conservatory | https://necmusic.edu/explore/soi |
University of Notre Dame Leadership Seminar |
HEALTH & MEDICINE
In California
Out-Of-State
Name | Website |
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University of Pennsylvania: Biomedical Research Academy | https://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/high-school/biomedical |
Georgetown University Nursing or Medical Academy | https://summer.georgetown.edu/academies |
The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University | https://glohea.org/ |
PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS
In California
Name | Website |
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Stanford High School Summer College | https://summer.stanford.edu/ |
UC Berkeley Pre-College Scholars | https://precollege.berkeley.edu/ |
UCI: Experience University Research | http://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 Online | https://summer.ucsc.edu/high-school-online/index.html |
UCSD Academic Connections | http://academicconnections.ucsd.edu/ |
Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program | https://atdp.berkeley.edu/ |
Cal State LA Early Entrance Program | http://www.calstatela.edu/eep/eep-open-house |
USC Pre-College Programs | https://summerprograms.usc.edu/ |
Out-Of-State
STEM
In California
Name | Website |
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UCLA Engineering: High School Tech Camp | https://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/high-school-tech-camp/ |
COSMOS UC Davis- California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science | http://cosmos.ucdavis.edu/ |
COSMOS UC Irvine- California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science | https://cosmos.uci.edu/ |
COSMOS UC San Diego-California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science | http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/cosmos/ |
COSMOS UC Santa Cruz-California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science | https://cosmos.ucsc.edu/ |
EPIC: Engineering Possibilities in College | https://epic.calpoly.edu/ |
NASA STEM GATEWAY | https://stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/ |
UC Davis Young Scholars Program | https://ysprogram.ucdavis.edu/ |
UCI:ASPIRE | https://oai.tech.uci.edu/students/k-12/high-school-programs/ |
UC Irvine ICS (Information & Computer Sciences) Academy | https://summeracademy.ics.uci.edu/ |
Stanford STEM Programs | https://eso.stanford.edu/programs/high-school-students |
Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP) | https://www.asdrp.org/apply |
UC Santa Barbara Research Mentorship Program | https://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 SHINE | https://viterbik12.usc.edu/shine/ |
Out-Of-State
Name | Website | |
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University of Pennsylvania Summer Engineering Academy | https://esap.seas.upenn.edu/ | |
Garcia Research Program at Stony Brook | stonybrook.edu/commcms/garcia/summer_program/apply | |
Michigan State University: Intro to Robotics | https://www.egr.msu.edu/future-engineer/news/introduction-robotics-engineering-recap | |
Notre Dame Intro to Engineering for High School Students | https://www3.nd.edu/~iep/ | |
NASA STEM GATEWAY | https://stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/ | |
MIT Research Science Institute (RSI) | https://www.cee.org/research-science-institute | |
AwesomeMath Summer Program | https://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 STEM | usna.edu/Admissions/Programs/STEM | |
SEAP - Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program with the Department of Navy |
MISCELLANEOUS
In California
Name | Website |
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UC Berkeley embARC Summer Design Academy | embARC |
California Youth Think Tank | https://www.theyoungcenter.com/ |
Student Leaders | bankofamerica.com/studentleaders |
Japan Society Junior Fellows Leadership Program | https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/education/ |
Out-Of-State
Name | Website | |
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Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth | https://cty.jhu.edu/ | |
NYU: High School Academy- School of Professional Studies | https://www.sps.nyu.edu/high-school-academy/programs/career-edge.html | |
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University | http://summercamps.erau.edu/camps/index.html | |
Global Scholar | https://ampglobalyouth.org/global-scholar/ | |
Tufts Summer Program | https://summer.tufts.edu/ | |
National Student Leadership Program: Summer Programs | https://www.nslcleaders.org/about-summer-youth-programs/ | |
Global Youth Village Program | https://www.globalyouthvillage.org/ | |
Junior State of America | https://www.jsa.org/ | |
World Affairs Seminar | https://worldaffairsseminar.org/ | |
Unitarian University Global Justice Summer Internship | https://uucsj.org/calendar/ | |
The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University | https://glohea.org/ | |
AYUSA - Japan | https://www.intraxjp.com/ayusa/summer/ |