Summer Programs

It's December and the perfect time for 9th-11th graders to start thinking about the meaningful ways that they can spend their upcoming summer break: a program at a university, doing research, taking online courses, working at an internship, and/or visiting colleges. Already, applications for many programs are open and some deadlines are just a month or two away. Use the list below as a reference, and work with your Ivy Options counselor to find and facilitate your plans.

• Yale Young Global Scholars: Deadline early January

• University of Pennsylvania Summer Programs: Deadline for Pre-College Program, late January; and Summer Academies and Summer Prep, mid-February

• Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs: Deadline early February

• University of Pennsylvania Management and Technology Summer Institute: Priority deadline early Feburary, final deadline April 1

• Carnegie Mellon University - AI4All Summer Program (artifical intelligence): Deadline early March

• University of Pennsylvania Wharton Global Youth: Priority deadline late January, final deadline early April

• Boston University RISE: Deadline mid-February

• Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR):  Deadline mid-February

• UC Berkeley Pre-College Scholars: Deadline mid-March

• Columbia Engineering Experience for High School Students: Deadline mid-March

• Columbia University - The High School Program:  Application open

• Boston Leadership Institute, STEM Program: Application live

• University of California Santa Barbara Research Mentorship: Deadline mid-March

• Rice University Summer Sessions for High School Students: Application opens January 

• University of Notre Dame Intro to Engineering: Accepting applications

• Tufts Pre-College Programs: Application opened Dec. 1

• Penn Engineering Academy: Deadline early April

• Georgetown University Summer Programs: Priority deadline mid-April

• Northwestern University College Prep Program: Deadline mid-April

• Johns Hopkins Summer Programs: Ongoing

• Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation: Application open, final deadline mid-May 

• Brown University Pre-College Programs: Deadline early May

• Emory University Pre-College Program: Deadline depends on session, ranging from May-early June

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Summer Institutes: Deadline depends on session

• University of Southern California (USC) Summer Programs: Rolling admission

• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Engineering Summer Program): US citizens only, free but very selective