Babson College Summer Study: Entrepreneurial Development Experience

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Babson College Summer Study: Entrepreneurial Development Experience 

Focus: Entrepreneurship and Business with end goal of pitching a new business venture

Age Eligibility: rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: yes

Description from student participant: It was a great introduction to entrepreneurship and business. There is such a diverse group of students from around the world which enriched the experience even more. This program was also very helpful in dealing with group work that you would encounter in the work world. 

Where is the program: Babson College in Whelsley Massachusetts 

Length: 3-5 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy

to email or talk to you about the program): Rachel Steinberg '18

Next Generation Scholars Summer Academy

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Next Generation Scholars Summer Academy

Focus: Math, Language, 

Age Eligibility: You must qualify or try out, you have to apply and get in 6-12 grade

Financial aid available?: Yes

Description from student participant: Because for high school students they help you with college applications and they push you really hard in subjects you struggle in. This summer we visited Harvard University and while there we had the opportunity to talk to students who took courses we were interested in. 

Where is the program: San Rafael (Marin Academy)

Length: 5+ weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy

to email or talk to you about the program): Alex Morales '20

City College of San Francisco

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: City College of San Francisco Calculus

Focus: Lots of academic classes available but this student took Calculus

Age Eligibility: rising 9th graders (summer after 8th grade), rising 10th graders (summer after 9th grade), rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade)

Financial aid available?: Yes

Description from student participant: I took calculus at City College of San Francisco via concurrent enrollment. Every weekday for 6 weeks I went to ccsf and took math for about 3 hours straight. Since I greatly enjoy math, this was a very fun experience for me. (Obviously, math is not the only subject offered and said other students can take classes in whatever subject they enjoy most) Also, concurrent enrollment gives you credits

Where is the program: City College, San Francisco

Length: 6 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy

to email or talk to you about the program): David Yawata '19

UC Davis COSMOS

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: UC Davis COSMOS

Focus: There are tons of options for different "clusters" in the COSMOS program. I did cluster 7, which is the biomedical sciences cluster.

Age Eligibility: rising 10th graders (summer after 9th grade), rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: Yes

Description from student participant: This program was great. It allowed me to explore the UC campus, their state-of-the-art facilities, as well as connect with people and learn more about biomedical topics and issues. The work we did was the same work that college students do. We learned lots of basic lab techniques and a lot about infectious disease and had numerous professional lectures from people in the field of veterinary med, human med, disease prevention, etc.

Where is the program: This program happens at all UC's that have the program, but I did the one specifically at UC Davis.

Length: 3-5 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy
to email or talk to you about the program): Zach Johnson '18

Berkeley Pre Colligate Summer Program

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Berkeley Pre Colligate Summer Program

Focus: Lots of academic classes; in this case precalculus

Age Eligibility: rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: No

Description from student participant: By taking this class, I was able to skip AoF. I also got to have my first college experience.

Where is the program: UC Berkeley

Length: 5 weeks or more

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy
to email or talk to you about the program): Luca Angeleri '19

UC Berkeley Extension Math Course

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: UC Berkeley Extension

Focus: A variety of academic courses.

Age Eligibility: rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: I was able to finish my course which allowed me to take calculus this year.

Where is the program: Online

Length: 5 weeks or more

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Victor Leao-David '19

Brigham Young University Independent Study

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Brigham Young University Independent Study

Website: BYU Independent Study

Focus: All kinds of courses online for high school credit.

Age Eligibility: high school

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: I took Calculus through this online course.  I like Math so it was fun.

Where is the program: Online

Length: 2-3 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Jamie Corbus '19