Career & College Resources

AHS College and Career Department Website 
Stay informed with AHS college news and important dates about college, testing, and internships at 
www.ahscollegecareerdepartment.webs.com

College Search
Student Athletes
Common Application
Financial Aid
These are my top recommendations for reliable, accurate and update websites that provide information about the financial aid process and the FAFSA.
Scholarships
These websites are useful for students and parents in obtaining current and legitimate scholarship opportunities. There is also a wealth of information on how to avoid scholarship scams.
College Virtual Visits
While a physical campus visit is always recommended, for those who are unable to visit the college campus due to financial or time constraints, the virtual visit provides another avenue for “seeing” the school.
Internships/Career Exploration
These are wonderful online resources for career exploration that contain useful surveys, interest profiles, tips, and resources for how student interests translate into careers. All of these websites allow students to create portfolios and have examples of resumes, interviewing tips, and a general search engine for careers that are matched to student interests.
Virtual College Fair
This is an amazing resource for students, families, and counselors to chat live with admissions officers, virtually visit colleges, and attend virtual college fairs. There are a wealth of presentations and printable resources ranging from scholarships to financial aid to the college search process.
Standardized Testing/Test Prep
These websites contain current information on college admissions tests dates, an explanation of material covered on the tests, and resources for free test preparation.
Test Optional Colleges
For more information about test optional schools, this is a great website that has some amazing articles that contest the validity of standardized testing as well as posts a complete and current list of over 815 four year colleges and universities that are test optional.

Reciprocity & Exchange Programs
  • New Mexico-Colorado Tuition Reciprocity Agreement
Eligible Colorado students may apply to designated institutions of higher education in New Mexico and pay resident tuition rates. Please see the current agreement by clicking here.
  • Oklahoma Scholarships for Non-Resident Tuition
Colorado residents may receive scholarships that include a waiver of a portion of the non-resident tuition at a college or university in Oklahoma. Students should work directly with the institution they want to attend to ensure they meet necessary qualifications. Assurances for non-resident tuition waivers during a student’s continued enrollment at the institution should be clarified within the scholarship waiver and any questions or concerns should be directed to the institution.

  • Nebraska State & Community Colleges
Western Nebraska Community College offers in-state tuition rates for Colorado residents. For more information, please visit www.wncc.edu and go to financial aid information. Chadron, Peru and Wayne State Colleges have a “non-resident scholars program” that reduces tuition for out-of-state students. Visit their websites and search for “non-resident scholars program.”

Student Exchange Programs
Through a state-to-state student exchange program, a student may gain affordable access to institutions in another state.

Several programs are available through the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE):
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP)
Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP)
More details are available at the WICHE website.

 Western Undergraduate Exchange Site
WUE (pronounced “woo-wee”) is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in 150 two-year and four-year college institutions at a reduced tuition level: 150 percent of the institution's regular resident tuition. The program began in 1987 and all WICHE states have now signed the agreement. A copy of your state’s signed WUE agreement is available for your review. Students from all WICHE member states are eligible to request the WUE tuition discount.
WICHE member states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Search the WUE Online Database to see which institutions participate and which programs are available at the discounted rate.  For more information, visit http://wiche.edu.

Summer Programs (by www.collegegoals.com)

ACADEMIC COLLEGE-BASED PROGRAMS
Many universities and colleges across the country offer summer programs, either in the liberal
arts generally or in specific areas of focus such as the arts or engineering. These are easy to find
online, and below is just a small snapshot of what is available.
[Some links may require you to copy and paste them into your browser.]

Barnard Summer in New York www.barnard.edu/pcp
Boston U Summer Programs www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/
Brown Summer Studies brown.edu/ce/pre-college/
Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college
Case Western Reserve University Precollege Scholars Program
http://www.cwru.edu/provost/ugstudies/precollege.htm
Choate Rosemary Hall Summer www.choate.edu/summerprograms/
Columbia University Summer ce.columbia.edu/High-School-Programs-Homepage
Cornell University Summer College www.summercollege.cornell.edu
Duke Talent Identification Program (various campuses) www.tip.duke.edu
EPGY at Stanford www.epgy.stanford.edu/summer
Emory University www.college.emory.edu/pre-college
Explo at Yale www.explo.org/
Great Books program at Stanford and Amherst www.GreatBooksSummer.com
Harvard Summer Studies http://www.summer.harvard.edu/
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (various campuses) cty.jhu.edu/summer/
National Conference of Governor's Schools
http://ncogs.org/web/index.php/View-users-list/All-Governor-s-School-Programs
Northfield Mount Hermon Summer Sessions www.nmhschool.org/summer
Northwestern Center for Talent Development www.ctd.northwestern.edu
Oxford Study Course – pre IB preparation www.osc-ib.com/
Phillips Andover Summer Session www.andover.edu/summersessionoutreach/summersession
Philiips Exeter Summer Programs http://www.exeter.edu/summer_programs/7313.aspx
Summer Discovery (US and overseas) http://www.summerdiscovery.com/summer-discovery
Summer Studies for the Gifted www.giftedstudy.org
Summer Study Programs (CU and Penn State) www.summerstudy.com
U Chicago https://summer.uchicago.edu/
U Delaware Summer College summercollege.honors.udel.edu
U Miami Summer Scholars http://miami.edu/dcie/index.php/ssp
U Penn Summer programs www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/highschool
University of Rochester Summer programs http://enrollment.rochester.edu/admissions/precollege/
USC Summer Seminars http://summer.usc.edu/index.shtml
Washington University Pre-College http://ucollege.wustl.edu/programs/highschool
ENGINEERING
CURIE Academy (Girls in Engineering) www.engineering.cornell.edu/curie
Johns Hopkins U Engineering Innovation http://engineering-innovation.jhu.edu/
MIT Women’s Technology Program wtp.mit.edu
Missouri U S&T Nuclear Engineering camp http://futurestudents.mst.edu/precollege/nuce.html
Purdue U Girls in Engineering engineering.purdue.edu/WIEP/EDGE
Notre Dame U Introduction to Engineering http://www.nd.edu/~iep/
Santa Clara Summer Engineering www.scu.edu/engineering/undergraduate/ses.cfm
Smith College Summer Science and Engineering for Girls
www.smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep
U Alabama Engineering Summer Camp http://site.eng.ua.edu/
Vanderbilt University PAVE program https://pave.vanderbilt.edu/ayindex.php

National listing of engineering camps at http://www.engineeringedu.com/camps/

ART
Academy of Art University San Francisco http://www.academyart.edu/
Bard College at Simon’s Rock Young Writers Workshop www.simonsrock.edu/young_writers
Boston University Summer Theatre Institute http://www.bu.edu/cfa/busti/
California College of the Arts www.cca.edu/academics/precollege
Camp Encore (music) www.encore-coda.com
Carleton College Summer Writing Program apps.carleton.edu/campus/SAP/writing
Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college
Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan www.crec.org/magnetschools/schools/ccy/
Idyllwild Summer Arts http://www.idyllwildarts.org/summer.aspx
California State Summer School for the Arts www.csssa.org
Interlochen Arts Camp www.interlochen.org/camp
Kenyon Review Young Writers Summer Workshop
http://www.kenyonreview.org/workshops/young-writers/
North Carolina School of the Arts Summer www.uncsa.edu/summersession/
Pratt Pre College
www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing_education_and_professional/pro_credit_programs/precolle
ge/summer_programs/
Sarah Lawrence Film Institute www.slc.edu/high-school
Savannah College of Arts and Design Summer Seminars
http://www.scad.edu/admission/pre-college/index.cfm
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.saic.edu/continuing_studies/high_school/index.html
School of Creative and Performing Arts http://www.socapa.org/
U Maine Summer Music http://umaine.edu/spa/summer-­‐music-­‐camp-­‐msym/

• A lot of local theatre companies will also have non-residential programs for students, like
that of the Berkeley Repertory at www.berkeleyrep.org/school/teen_index.asp

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
CalPoly San Luis Obispo Architecture Summer Camp
http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/programs/summer-career.html
Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college
Catholic University of America Pre-College summer.cua.edu/precollege
Oregon Design Camp http://aaa.uoregon.edu/programs/portland/summerinthecity
Summer Academy in Architecture at UTAustin www.utexas.edu/architecture/center/academy
USC Exploration of Summer http://arch.usc.edu/programs/summer/explore

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Launch at MIT http://www.launchsummer.org/
Babson College Summer Studies
http://www.babson.edu/undergraduate/summeratbabson/summer-study/Pages/home.aspx
Georgetown Entrepreneurship Institute
http://scs.georgetown.edu/courses_nc/XSPP106/entrepreneurship?cId=14625&dId=21&format=I
nstitute
UPenn Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology
http://www.upenn.edu/fisher/summer/
LIFE SCIENCES
Adventures in Veterinary Medicine at Tufts http://www.tufts.edu/vet/avm/high_school.html
Brown Environmental Leadership Lab http://brown.edu/ce/pre-college/bell/
Environmental Studies Summer Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
academic.hws.edu/enviro
Project Oceonology at UConn www.oceanology.org
Sea Semester
www.sea.edu/academics/high_school_programs
Shoal Marine Lab Programs for High School
http://www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_students_highschool.html
UC DavisYoung Scholars Program http://ysp.ucdavis.edu/
University of Maryland Jump Start http://hhmi.umd.edu/outreach/jumpstart
Washington University Pre-medical http://ucollege.wustl.edu/programs/highschool

PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATH AND ENGINEERING
Aerospace Institute Summer Camp at University of Illinois www.ae.uiuc.edu/IAI
Awesome Math https://www.awesomemath.org/summer-program/
BU Summer Internship Program
http://www.bu.edu/summer/high-schoolprograms/research-internship/
CAEN computer camp at University of Michigan http://www.engin.umich.edu/caen/
Canada/USA MathCamp http://www.mathcamp.org/
Clark Scholars Program http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/
Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics http://www.hcssim.org/
Honors Summer Math Camp http://www.txstate.edu/mathworks/camps/hsmc.html
Garcia Summer Scholars http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/hs.html
Georgia Tech Science, Math and Computing https://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/summerprograms
High School Summer Science Research Program http://www.baylor.edu/summerscience/
Hofstra University Summer Science Research www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/sse
ID Tech camps www.internaldrive.com/
Phillips Andover Academy Math and Science for Minority Students
www.andover.edu/summersessionoutreach/summersession
Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) www.promys.org
Puget Sound Math Camp www.mathcamp.org/
Research Science Institute at MIT www.cee.org/programs/rsi
Ross Mathematics Camp http://www.math.osu.edu/ross/
Science and Engineering Apprenticeship at GWU
http://lideres.nclr.org/content/opportunities/detail/3920/
Secondary Student Training Program
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/students/summer/programs/9-11/sstp/
Smith College Summer Science and Engineering for Girls
www.smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep
Stanford Math Camp http://math.stanford.edu/sumac
Students Science Training Program http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/SSTP/default.html
Summer Science Program www.summerscience.org
Women's Technology Program http://wtp.mit.edu/

ARCHAEOLOGY
Brown University Summer Studies www.brown.edu/ce/pre-college/
Crow Canyon Archaeology Camps www.crowcanyon.org/archaeology
Center for American Archaeology www.caa-archeology.org/EducationHSFS.html
University of Chicago (Egyptian Studies) https://summer.uchicago.edu/highschool/programs

COMMUNICATIONS, JOURNALISM
American University school of communications www.american.edu/soc/discover/
Ball State University Summer Journalism Workshop www.bsujournalismworkshops.com
Carolina Journalism Institute www.sc.edu/cmcis/so/cji
Emerson College Summer Program
www.emerson.edu/academics/professional-studies/programs-high-school-students
National High School Institute at Northwestern
www.northwestern.edu/nhsi/important_dates.html

• An overview of summer journalism programs at
http://cubreporters.org/journalism_programs.html

HISTORY, LAW AND ECONOMICS
Foundation for Teaching Economics http://www.fte.org/student-­‐programs/
Georgetown Summer Programs
http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/21/summer-programs-for-high-school-students
National Institute of American History and Democracy
www.wm.edu/as/niahd/precollegiatesummer/index.php

LANGUAGE STUDIES
Bryn Mawr Russian Language Institute www.brynmawr.edu/russian/rli.htm
Concordia Language Villages http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/
Middlebury Language School www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls

OVERSEAS PROGRAMS
Academic Study Associates Summer Programs www.asaprograms.com
Asian Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo
www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_summersession.nsf/Content/summer
Encounter India www.uwcmahindracollege.org/how/experiential/outreachprogrammes/
encounter-india
Experiment in International Living www.experimentinternational.org
Oxford Advanced Studies www.oasp.ac.uk
Oxbridge Studies Program www.oxbridgeprograms.com/index.php
Where There Be Dragons www.wheretherebedragons.com
SPORTS PROGRAMS
Many colleges offer sports camp on their campuses over the summer. See for example the
University of Michigan’s listing at www.mgoblue.com/camps/

For a non-college based listing, see for example the Nike Sports Camps at
www.ussportscamps.com/about/

ADVENTURE
Academic Tracks www.academictreks.com/programs/overview_cs.asp
Action Quest Adventures www.actionquest.com/go
Broadreach Summer Adventures www.gobroadreach.com/?age=G2
Discovery Student Adventures www.DiscoveryStudentAdventures.com
Keystone Mountain Adventures www.keystone.org/cfe/kss/summer-programs/kma

YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Global Youth Leadership Conference (US, China, Central Europe)
www.cylc.org/gylc/GYLC_dates.cfm
Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership http://www.hoby.org/
Junior State of America (JSA) Summer School Georgetown, Stanford, Princeton
http://jsa.org/summer-programs/
National Student Leadership Conference www.nslcleaders.org
National Young Leaders Conference www.cylc.org/nylc/NYLC_dates.cfm
National Youth Leadership Forum www.nylf.org
Presidential Classroom www.presidentialclassroom.org
St Alban’s School of Public Service www.stalbansschool.org/page.aspx?pid=413

PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME OR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS
College Horizons for Native American Students www.collegehorizons.org/
MITES (Minority Introduction to Math and Science http://web.mit.edu/mites/
Phillips Andover Math and Science for Minority Students
www.andover.edu/summersessionoutreach/mathscience/pages/default.aspx
Questbridge (various campuses) www.questbridge.org/
Stanford Medical Youth Science http://smysp.stanford.edu/
Telluride Association Sophomore Camps
www.tellurideassociation.org/programs/high_school_students/tass/tass_general_info.html
Upward Bound – programs are offered on campuses across the country. Google Upward Bound
Summer.

SERVICE ORIENTED PROGRAMS
Academic Treks www.academictreks.com/programs/overview_cs.asp
Do Something www.dosomething.org/
Global Works Travel www.globalworkstravel.com
Lifeworks International www.lifeworks-international.com
Student Conservation Association www.thesca.org
Texas Brigades Wildlife Leadership www.texasbrigades.org
Washington School of World Studies www.schoolofworldstudies.org/

INTERNSHIPS
Intern Exchange International (London) www.internexchange.com
Julian Krinsky Camps (Philadelphia) www.jkcp.com/internships/
AustraLearn (Australia and NZ) www.australearn.org/programs/internships/
Projects Abroad www.projects-abroad.org
Boston University Science Research Internships www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/

USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
www.camps.com
www.enrichmentalley.com
www.fastweb.com/college-search/articles/787-summer-programs-for-high-school-and-college7
students
www.internationalcounselor.org/summer2/Summer_Omnibus/Omnibus.html
www.mysummercamps.com
www.nelnetsolutions.com/summerop/code/ssector.asp.
www.summeroncampus.com/
www.summerdiscovery.com
www.studentsreview.com (includes some reviews of summer programs on college campuses too)
www.usummer.com
www.teenink.com/Summer

 Recommended Reading
  • Admission Matters by Sally Springer, Jon Reider, and Marion Frances
  • Admission Possible: Getting Into the College of Your Choice by Marjorie Shaevitz
  • College Admission by Robin Mamlet and Christine Vandevelde
  • Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward Fiske
  • College Match by Steven Antonoff
  • Cool Colleges by Donald Asher
  • Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope
  • The College Finder by Steven Antonoff
  • The Complete Book of Colleges by The Princeton Review
  • The Insider's Guide to the Colleges by The Yale Daily News

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