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Summer Science Opportunities!

Summer Science Opportunities!. California State Summer School for Science and Mathematics (COSMOS). App Period:  February 1, 2012 to March 1, 2012 Eligibility: current high school students Selectivity:  160 accepted to each of 4 campuses

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Summer Science Opportunities!

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  1. Summer Science Opportunities!

  2. California State Summer School for Science and Mathematics (COSMOS) App Period: February 1, 2012 to March 1, 2012 Eligibility: current high school students Selectivity: 160 accepted to each of 4 campuses Total Cost: $2840 (all included)    Financial aid available App Components:2 recs, transcript, writing sample, [P]SATs Program Description: • 4-week residential program at one of 4 UC campuses - Davis, Irvine, San Diego, or Santa Cruz • Lab intensive courses with emphasis on current research

  3. Summer Science Program (SSP) App Deadline: March 2nd, 2012 Eligibility: Recommend Juniors, but Sophomores with Calc Selectivity: 36 accepted to 2 campuses Total Cost: $3950 (all included)    Financial aid available App Components:recs, transcript, short essays, tests, ( résumé) Program Description: • 5 week program, emphasis on Astronomy, with Math, Physics, CS • Direct research and observation of asteroid as a team • Classes on other topics that relate or supplement knowledge 

  4. Research Science Institute (RSI) App Deadline:received by January 6, 2012 Eligibility: Juniors only Total Cost: $0 App Materials: essays, 2 teacher recs, transcript,SATs Description: five-week long program at MIT where you'll do research with a mentor in some area of STEM. The first week consists of intense classes, and in the last week, you'll actually present your research.

  5. Young Scholars Program (YSP)Six weeks: June 24 - August 4  at UC Davis App Deadline:received by March 31, 2012 Eligibility: current sophomores/juniors Selectivity:40 from over 600 applicants worldwide Total Cost: $5200 (all included)    Financial aid available App Components:2 recs, transcript, writing sample, [P]SATs Program Description: • 6-week residential research program under UC Davis faculty • Weekend excursions: Pacific Ocean, Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada

  6. Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR) App Deadline: February 24, 2012 Eligibility: current juniors and seniors (must also be 16 by June 11) Selectivity: 160 accepted to each of 4 campuses Total Cost: $20 to apply; participants receive a $500 stipend App Components:1 rec, online application, writing sample Program Description: • 8-week non-residential program at Stanford - June 11, 2012 to August 3, 2012 • 8 hours/day, 5 days/week • Basic research under Stanford faculty in immunology, stem cell biology, neurobiology, cardiovascular medicine, cancer biology, digital anatomy, bioinformatics, or genetics

  7. Berkeley Lab Internship for Pre-Collegiate Scholars(BLIPS) Policies changed since last year; Lynbrook students are no longer eligible.

  8. Additional Programs • Simons Summer Research Fellowship http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/ • Garcia Summer Research Program  http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/srprog.html • Stanford Earth Sciences High School Internship  http://oso.stanford.edu/programs/7-earth-sciences-high-school-internship-program • And a lot more!!! This is by no means a comprehensive list. Go out and search for yourself! :D 

  9. Other Internships The same information about internships we've told you before applies. Many students work with Stanford professors and researchers over the summer.

  10. Application Advice :D

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