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Spend a Summer at a College
Mar 1, 2000 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Current sophomores and juniors who are looking for interesting and productive ways to spend the summer should consider the many special programs for high school students offered on college campuses around the country.
The college guidance office has up-to-date brochures on a number of such programs, including those offered by Washington & Lee, Amherst, Emory, Duke, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Sewanee, Cornell, Harvard, Georgetown, Rhodes, Hollins, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Denison, Wofford, Davidson, UVA, UNC-Chapel Hill, UCLA, Boston University, University of Colorado, Northwestern, Rhode Island School of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Vermont, and others. There is also information on various study abroad and Outward Bound programs.
“One of the important ways in which students are evaluated by selective colleges is by how they use their out-of-class time – what they choose to do after school and in the summers,” Moss said. “Whether holding a summer job, doing volunteer work, working as a camp counselor, or taking advantage of a pre-college program – good, productive use of the student’s time is a big factor in measuring the student’s personal qualities. An added benefit of one of the programs on a college campus is that it gives the student a chance to ‘check out’ or ‘preview’ a college in which he or she may be interested and get a first-hand look at the place to see if it would be a good match.”
“Now is the time to do something adventurous and different this summer!” Moss said.
The college guidance office has up-to-date brochures on a number of such programs, including those offered by Washington & Lee, Amherst, Emory, Duke, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Sewanee, Cornell, Harvard, Georgetown, Rhodes, Hollins, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Denison, Wofford, Davidson, UVA, UNC-Chapel Hill, UCLA, Boston University, University of Colorado, Northwestern, Rhode Island School of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Vermont, and others. There is also information on various study abroad and Outward Bound programs.
“One of the important ways in which students are evaluated by selective colleges is by how they use their out-of-class time – what they choose to do after school and in the summers,” Moss said. “Whether holding a summer job, doing volunteer work, working as a camp counselor, or taking advantage of a pre-college program – good, productive use of the student’s time is a big factor in measuring the student’s personal qualities. An added benefit of one of the programs on a college campus is that it gives the student a chance to ‘check out’ or ‘preview’ a college in which he or she may be interested and get a first-hand look at the place to see if it would be a good match.”
“Now is the time to do something adventurous and different this summer!” Moss said.
