Babson Summer Study for High School Students

WHO: Any high school student

WHAT: A college course, "Babson Entrepreneurial Development Experience," as a month-long, residential program.

WHERE:  Boston

WHEN: July 8-August 9, 2015

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Jan. 30, 2015

FOR MORE INFO: www.babson.edu/summerstudy

EMAIL FOR INFO: think@mit.org

NAME OF PROGRAM: Summer Study for High School Students

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: While on campus, students are enrolled in a course: the Babson Entrepreneurial Development Experience in which they will work in a team to develop a new venture idea and gain experience applying entrepreneurship as a problem-solving tool for creating social and economic value. Students will work together to discover how to develop and grow new ventures through lessons of market research, feasibility analysis, and other business concepts.

MIT THINK Scholars Program

WHO: Anyone with a good science or engineering idea

WHAT: A competition of science or engineering proposals - winners get mentoring and funding to execute their proposals

WHERE:  If you are a finalist, you fly to MIT (Boston) 

WHEN: Fall 2014 (September 15 – December 15)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Jan. 1, 2015

FOR MORE INFO: http://think.mit.edu/

EMAIL FOR INFO: think@mit.org

NAME OF PROGRAM: MIT Technology for Humanity guided by Innovation, Networking, and Knowledge Scholars Program

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: Unlike many other science competitions, we only require a proposal, and do not expect the applicants to have started on their project. Accepted participants (individuals or teams of 2) will receive $2,000 in seed funding, a trip to MIT, mentorship from the THINK team, advice from MIT professors and industry professionals to complete their project, and a $500 or $1,000 scholarship

Yale Young Global Scholars

WHO: 10th-11th graders

WHAT: Two-week academic enrichment and leadership training program for talented high school students from around the world, who live and study on the Yale campus during the summer

WHERE: Yale (New Haven, CT)

WHEN: Fall 2014 (September 15 – December 15)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Feb. 26, 2015

FOR MORE INFO: http://globalscholars.yale.edu/

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: Yes. FA application is due Feb 26, 2015.

NAME OF PROGRAM:  Yale Young Global Scholars

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: An official Yale University program, participants in the Yale Young Global Scholars Program for Outstanding High School Students can expect an amazing summer experience studying in beautiful campus lecture halls and classrooms, living in Yale’s historic residential colleges, eating in award-winning dining halls, meeting a talented community of fellow students, engaging with world-renowned professors, and interacting with extraordinary visiting practitioners. (Programs are in "Politics, Law, and Economics," "International affairs and Security," and "Science, Policy, and Innovation."

Adventures Cross-Country: Gap Semester Programs

WHO: Available for high school graduates

WHAT: 90-day Fall Semester Programs 

WHERE: Asia Semester (Thailand, Vietnam, China and Cambodia), Latin America Semester (Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru), Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) 

WHEN: Fall 2014 (September 15 – December 15)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling application 

FOR MORE INFO: www.arccgap.com

EMAIL FOR INFO: info@adventurescrosscountry.com  

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: Yes. Email for more info. 

NAME OF PROGRAM:  

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: Adventures Cross-Country Gap Semester programs offer an educational and cultural bridge between high school and college. The ARCC Gap Semester programs are an opportunity to live, work, learn and explore in some of the greatest classrooms on earth. ARCC Gap Semesters have a rich academic fabric complementing each location. The programs examine five essential themes: Literacy & Education, Public Health, Urbanization & the Movement of Peoples, Environment & Conservation, and Microfinance & Economic Growth.

Adventures Cross-Country: Domestic and International Summer Programs

WHO: Available for current high school students

WHAT: 14-31 day programs 

WHERE: US, Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia 

WHEN: Summer 2014 (late June – early August)  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling application 

FOR MORE INFO: www.adventurescrosscountry.com

EMAIL FOR INFO: info@adventurescrosscountry.com  

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: Yes. Email for more info. 

NAME OF PROGRAM:  

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: Founded in 1983, ARCC has become a leading provider of Community Service, Service Learning and Adventure Travel programs for youth ages 13 to 19. For over 30 years ARCC has been offering life-changing experiences to students who participate in two- to four-week small group programs that visit 21 countries on six continents. From teaching primary school English and building water purification projects in Africa to running whitewater rapids in Costa Rica to enhancing fluency in Spanish or Mandarin in Spain or China, ARCC brings youth face to face with the challenges, realities and beauties of nature and our global community.

Catalina Island Sea Camp Open House

TITLE OF PROGRAM:  Catalina Island Sea Camp Open House

WHO: Paul Kupferman, head of camp

WHAT:  open house

WHERE: home of Becca George, 51 Ashbury Terrace, San Francisco, 94117

WHEN:  February 1, 1014 at 1 PM

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  March 1, 1014

FOR MORE INFO:  go to catalinaseacamp.com

EMAIL FOR INFO:  wardellesq@aol.com

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: yes

NAME OF PROGRAM:  Catalina Sea Camp

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM:  this is an open house to introduce others to the camp that is my daughter’s favorite place on earth.  Catalina Sea Camp is a coed ocean adventure camp for kids 8-17.  The camp is on Catalina Island and the staff will pick up kids at LAX.  Becca has sailed, snorkeled, gotten her scuba certification, done underwater photography and much more.  Kids over 12 go for three weeks, younger ones for one week.