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Top Summer Pre-College Programs

Want to preview your dream school and improve your admission credentials this summer? Check out these summer programs for high school students at some of the country's most selective colleges and universities. Because you can only watch so many Jersey Shore marathons in one summer.

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• Barnard College Summer in New York City
• Boston College Experience
• Brown University Summer@Brown
• Carleton College Summer Writing Program
• Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs
• Columbia Scholastic Press Association Summer Journalism Workshop
• Columbia University Summer Program for High School Students
• Cornell University Summer College
• Davidson July Experience
• Duke University Creative Writers' Workshop
• Emory University Pre-College Program
• Emory University Youth Theological Initiative Summer Academy
• Georgetown University International Relations Program for High School Students
• Georgetown University Summer College for High School Students
• Harvard University Summer School
• Johns Hopkins University Engineering Innovation
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Women's Technology Program
• New York University Tisch School of the Arts Summer High School
• Northwestern University National High School Institute
• Oberlin Conservatory of Music Summer Programs
• Pomona College Academy for Young Scholars
• Princeton University Summer Journalism Program
• Princeton University Summer Workshop in Mathematics
• Stanford University High School Summer College
• Stanford University Mathematics Camp
• The College of William and Mary Pre-Collegiate Summer Program in Early American History
• Tufts University Adventures in Veterinary Medicine
• University of California-Los Angeles Sci/Art NanoLab Summer Institute
• University of California-San Diego Academic Connections
• University of Chicago Research in the Biological Sciences
• University of Michigan Michigan Math and Science Scholars
• University of Michigan Summer Engineering Academy
• University of Notre Dame Summer Scholars
• University of Pennsylvania Leadership in the Business World
• University of Pennsylvania Pre-College Program
• University of Southern California Summer Seminars
• University of Virginia Young Writers Workshop
• Vanderbilt University Summer Academy
• Washington University High School Summer Scholars Program
• Yale University Ivy Scholars Program
• Yale University Summer Session

Source: This list was provided by SummerProgramSearch.com, the companion website to the leading Guide to Summer Programs, published by Porter Sargent Handbooks.