INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND SUMMER PROGRAMS GUIDE

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM

New London, CT

Connecticut College is inviting curious, creative, insightful and innovative high school students to explore their passions, collaborate with faculty and current students, and get an early feel for the college experience with Summer@Conn pre-college programs.

The College is launching residential pre-college programs for rising 9th-12th grade students interested in entrepreneurship, dance, global issues or environmental action. Each immersive program is taught by experienced faculty and staff, and participants will live and learn on campus with current Connecticut College students who serve as counselors.

Designed to introduce participants to Conn’s innovative, integrative and solution-oriented approach to teaching and learning, the programs will empower students with the skills they need to turn their new knowledge into action in their communities. Students will also sample a variety of skill-building electives, such as college essay writing, interview preparation and journaling workshops, as well as recreational activities, including tennis, swimming, kayaking and bowling.

Two programs, Venture Incubator and Dance Intensive with David Dorfman Dance, will be offered July 5-14. Venture Incubator participants will gain a greater understanding of entrepreneurship, build new practical skills in critical thinking, develop a business concept, and explore strategies to bring their venture to market. Dance Intensive participants will work with David Dorfman Dance, one of the most influential contemporary dance companies in the United States, on technique and choreography while exploring how “bodies serve as powerful conductors of emotion, strength, vulnerability and change.”

The Global Focus and the Environmental Action through Research, Theory and Heart (E.A.R.T.H.) programs will run July 17-28. Global Focus participants will gain a deeper understanding of the role of diplomacy and develop the capacity to engage across cultural and national boundaries. Students will explore topics related to global governance, migration, human rights and the role of media and public opinion in policy making. E.A.R.T.H. participants will study the past, present and future of climate change, including historical global circulation patterns, local geological evidence and renewable energy science, and learn how to advocate for solutions.

Applications are now open. For more information or to apply, visit conncoll.edu/academics/summer-programs/ pre-college-programs/.

THIS SUMMER, PUT YOUR FUTURE ON THE RIGHT COURSE.

Connecticut College invites curious, creative, insightful and innovative high school students to join us on campus this summer for a two-week residential pre-college experience like no other. We’ll show you how to carve your own path and put your learning into action in your own communities.

JULY 5-14

DANCE INTENSIVE WITH DAVID DORFMAN DANCE

Perform with the renowned David Dorfman

JULY 5-14

Venture Incubator

Realize your potential as an entrepreneur, gain new practical skills in critical thinking, develop your business concept, and explore strategies for bringing the venture to market.

JULY 17-28

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION THROUGH RESEARCH, THEORY, AND HEART ( E.A.R.T.H.)

Embrace your inner scientist to study the past, present and future of climate change and learn how to advocate for meaningful, long-term solutions.

JULY 17-28

GLOBAL FOCUS

Develop your diplomatic skills and learn about the relationship between pressing global issues and the role of diplomacy while strengthening your ability to engage across cultural and national boundaries.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS

Syracuse, NY

For 63 years, Syracuse University Office of Pre-College Programs has been providing high school students with the opportunity to explore college majors and careers in its renowned pre-college programs. Students not only learn what it’s like to be a college student, they make new likeminded friends from across the country and world and leave the program with more confidence, enthusiasm, and a sense of readiness for college.

Summer College - On Campus

Students who reside on campus navigate daily life like a college student – they take a college-level course, live in a residence hall, have meals with friends in a dining hall, and participate in social activities, events, and weekend trips. Students build meaningful connections with instructors and classmates in an immersive and collaborative living and learning environment. With an average instructor to student ratio of 9:1, students have a more personalized experience.

Summer College - Online:

Online students explore majors and pursue academic interests from the comfort of home – or from anywhere life takes them. All online courses have synchronous classes on a weekly basis, ranging from as few as one to as many as four classes per week. Students can expect to complete up to ten hours of asynchronous work per week in addition to the synchronous classes.

Summer College - Hybrid:

Students in Summer College – Hybrid courses have the best of both On Campus and Online formats with these 6-week courses. Students begin their hybrid courses with two weeks of immersive coursework on campus. They then complete their coursework in the less intensive online format for the remaining four weeks from the comfort of their own home – or wherever life takes them! The benefits of Summer College – On Campus and Summer College – Online are combined to provide students with an intensive and engaging hybrid experience. precollege.syr.edu