The Avalon Hub Resource Center contains valuable resources to assist families with the private school and college admission process. Helping students choose appropriate activities to advance their narrative and nurture their passion is one of the service we provide in our counseling packages. Many other excellent programs are available. Contact us for more information.
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Art Internships and Programs
- Cleveland Institute of Art ( https://www.cia.edu/)
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Mass Art) ( https://massart.edu/)
- Rhode Island School of Design ( https://www.risd.edu/)
- Young Arts Competition and Association ( https://youngarts.org)
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago ( http://www.saic.edu)
Astronomy Internships and Programs
Biology Internships and Programs
- Maria Mitchell Aquarium, Nantucket, MA ( https://www.mariamitchell.org/aquarium-internship)
- Pathways to Stem Cell Science - Los Angeles ( https://stemcellpath.com/overview/)
Business Internships and Programs
- Bentley University Wall Street 101 (https://www.bentley.edu/centers/trading-room/wall-...)
- Wharton Global Young Leaders Academy-Entrepreneurship Sessions (http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/competitions/global-...)
- Gifted and Talented Silicon Valley Innovators ( https://www.gatsvi.org/summer)
- Wharton Global Youth Program - Leadership I the Business World (https://globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/programs-cou...)
- Berkeley Hass Summer Entrepreneurship Program for High School Students (https://haas.berkeley.edu/business-academy/high-sc...)
- Center for Talented Youth Civic Leadership Institute at Johns Hopkins University + UC Berkeley (https://cty.jhu.edu/summer/grades7-12/leadership/c...)
- Lean Gap Business Entrepreneurship Program for High School Students ( https://www.leangap.org)
- Babson College ( http://www.babson.edu/)
- Future Business Leaders of America - FBLA ( https://www.fbla-pbl.org)
Community Service
Computer Science Internships and Programs
- iD Tech Computer Camps- Harvard University and MIT ( www.idtech.com/MIT‎)
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology- Operation Catapult (Terre Haute, Indiana) (https://www.rose-hulman.edu/admissions-and-aid/ear...)
- MIT Women's Technology Program (WTP) ( http://wtp.mit.edu)
- Cambridge Summer iD Tech Camps (UK) Coding, game development, robotics, and design for kids and teens (https://www.idtech.com/locations/international-sum...)
- Girls who Code Summer Immersion Programs (https://girlswhocode.com/summer-immersion-programs...)
Economics Internships and Programs
- University of Pennsylvania Leadership in Business Program (https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/leadership-business-...)
- American Institute for Economic Research Internship Program (https://www.google.com/search?q=high+school+intern...)
- Cornell University Business World Program (https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/busines...)
- Barnard College Athena Summer Innovation Institute ( https://athenacenter.barnard.edu/scholars)
- Yale University Young Global Scholars ( https://globalscholars.yale.edu/)
- Cornell University Macroeconomics and Current Economic Issues Program (https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/macroec...)
- University of California Berkeley Business Academy ( https://haas.berkeley.edu/business-academy/)
- Foundation for Teaching Economics (https://www.fte.org/students/2022-program-sites-an...)
- KWHS (Wharton School) Global Young Leaders Academy-Finance (http://kw.wharton.upenn.edu/gyla-finance/admission...)
- Georgetown University Leadership and Immersion Program (https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS03/busin...)
- Boston College Business Leadership Institute ( https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-experience.html)
- Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Institute (https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS03/busin...)
- Brown University Leadership Institute ( https://precollege.brown.edu/leadership-institute/)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Launch X (https://launchx.com/summer-program/massachusetts-i...)
- Columbia University Summer Immersion (https://sps.columbia.edu/highschool/summer-immersi...)
- University of Chicago Pathway Program in Economics (https://summer.uchicago.edu/course/pathways-econom...)
- Cornell University Fundamentals of Modern Marketing Program (https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/marketi...)
- Babson College Entrepreneural Development Experience (http://www.babson.edu/admission/visiting-student-p...)
- Williams College ( www.williams.edu)
Engineering Internships and Programs
- Camp Invention ( campinvention.org)
- James A Clark School of Engineering (University of Maryland) ( https://eng.umd.edu/k-12-pre-college)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute ( https://www.wpi.edu/)
- Empow Studio ( empow.me)
- Lincoln Labs Rise Program for Engineers (Radar) ( https://www.ll.mit.edu/outreach/llrise)
- Carnegie Mellon University ( https://www.cmu.edu/)
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ( https://www.rose-hulman.edu/)
- Duke University ( https://www.duke.edu/)
- MIT MITES (Minorities interest in learning engineering ( https://oeop.mit.edu/programs/mites)
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering ( http://olin.edu/)
Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Fast Web Scholarship Aggregator Website ( https://www.fastweb.com)
- The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) ( https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa)
- CSS Profile ( https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/· )
Legal Studies Summer Programs
- Columbia Law Shcool Online Course in Constitutional Law (https://www.law.columbia.edu/summer-programs-high-...)
- UC Irvine High School Summer Institute in Law (1 week) ( https://ce.uci.edu/areas/legal/hslaw/)
- American Bar Association Law Programs for Middle School and High School Students (https://www.americanbar.org/groups/international_l...)
- National Student Lewadership Conference (https://www.nslcleaders.org/youth-leadership-progr...)
Middle School Summer Programs
Music Internships and Programs
Olympiads
- International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL).webloc ( http://www.ioling.org)
- International Astronomy Olympiad 2019 ( http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/)
- International Math Olympiad (IMO).webloc ( http://www.imo-official.org)
- International Physics Olympiad (IPhO).webloc ( http://ipho.org/index.html)
- International Biology Olympiad (IBO ( http://www.ibo-info.org)
- U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/stude...)
- International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO).webloc ( https://icho2017.sc.mahidol.ac.th)
- USA Computing Opympiad ( http://www.usaco.org)
- USA Biology Olympiad ( https://www.usabo-trc.org)
- North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad ( http://www.nacloweb.org)
- International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).webloc ( https://ioinformatics.org)
- American Mathematics Competition ( https://www.maa.org/math-competitions)
Physics Internships and Programs
Pre-College Experience Summer Programs
- Wellelsey Pre College Summer for Girls 15-18 (https://summer.wellesley.edu/summerprograms/explor...)
Pre-College Interships and Summer Programs
- Blueprint Summer Programs (U of Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, Howard, Lehigh, U of Virginia) ( https://www.bpsummerprograms.com)
- MIT Research Science Institute (RSI) ( https://www.cee.org/research-science-institute)
- UC Berkeley Summer Pre-College Programs ( www.summerspringboard.com/berkeley‎)
- Georgetown Summer Discovery (https://guscs.georgetown.edu/science-medical-progr...)
- Yale Pathways Summer Scholars ( https://pathwayssummerscholars.yale.edu/)
- NYU Pre-College Programs (https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/high-school-program...)
- United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB) ( https://www.unagb.org/)
- Early College Program Summer Institute - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (http://www.saic.edu/continuing-studies/high-school...)
- Boston College Experience Honors Program ( https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-experience.html)
- MIT Summer Science Program ( https://summerscience.org/)
- UCLA Pre-College Summer Programs ( www.goputney.com/)
- George Washington Pre-college/Summer/College Intensive ( https://summer.gwu.edu/precollege)
- MIT Lincoln Labs Beaver Works ( https://beaverworks.ll.mit.edu/CMS/bw/BWSI)
- Yale Pre-College Summer Session ( https://summer.yale.edu/apply/pre-college-students)
- Columbia University ( https://sps.columbia.edu/highschool)
- Vanderbilt Pre-college Programs for Talented Youth (https://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/prospective/prec...)
- Telluride Association Summer Programs (TASP) (https://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/...)
- Boston Leadership Institute ( http://bostonleadershipinstitute.com/index.html)
- Model United Nations Institute: Best Delegate Program ( https://mun.bestdelegate.com/)
- UCSB Pre-College Summer Programs (https://www.summer.ucsb.edu/pre-college/pre-colleg...)
- Duke Yourth Programs (https://summersession.duke.edu/high-school-student...)
- Johns Hopkins Pre-College Summer Mini Term (https://summerprograms.jhu.edu/program/pre-college...)
- Yale University EXLO Pre-College Summer Program ( https://www.explo.org/exploration/explo-at-yale/)
- Cornell University Pre-College Studies - All kinds of excellent courses, most taught by Cornell faculty ( https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/)
- Washington University in St. Louis High School Summer Scholars Program ( http://summerexperiences.wustl.edu/scholars)
- Great List of Summer Business Opportunities (https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/features/pre-co...)
- Boston University My Summer ( https://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs)
- National Institute of Health ( https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/hs-sip)
- University of Chicago Pre-College Program ( https://summer.uchicago.edu/high-school-students)
- Harvard University Summer Program for High School Students (https://www.summer.harvard.edu/high-school-program...)
- Middlebury College Summer Language Immersion for Teens (http://www.middleburyinteractive.com/summer-langua...)
- Davidson College July Experience ( https://www.davidson.edu/offices/july-experience)
- Stanford University Summer Session ( https://summer.stanford.edu/)
- Wellesley Pre-College Program ( https://summer.wellesley.edu/highschoolprograms)
- Brown University Pre-College Programs ( https://precollege.brown.edu/summeratbrown)
- University of Illinois Summer Program (https://engage.illinois.edu/filter/SummerActivitie...)
- Harvard University: The Broad Institute Summer Program (https://www.broadinstitute.org/bsrp/broad-summer-r...)
- MIT Education Unlimited Programs at MIT (https://educationunlimited.com/summer_program/17/m...)
- Earthewatch Teen Expeditions ( https://earthwatch.org/Education/Teen-Expeditions)
- Syracuse University Summer College for High School Students ( http://summercollege.syr.edu/)
- Edge on Science (located at Regis College) ( https://edgeonscience.com)
- William and Mary Pre-College Program ( https://www.wm.edu/academics/precollege/)
- Texas Tech - Clark Scholars Program (http://www.depts.ttu.edu/honors/academicsandenrich...)
- Northwestern University College Preparatory Summer Program (https://sps.northwestern.edu/college-preparation/i...)
- MIT Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) ( https://oeop.mit.edu/programs/mites)
- Barnard College High School Pre-College Program ( https://barnard.edu/precollegeprogram)
- Tufts Summer Pre-College ( thinkahead.tufts.edu)
- Emory University Pre-College Program ( precollege.emory.edu/)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Summer Pre-College Programs for Grades 9-12: Launch & Frontiers ( https://www.wpi.edu/c/frontiers-summer-program)
- Stony Brook - Research Experience for Gifted High School Students (https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/garcia/summer_p...)
- Carnegie Mellon University Summer Pre-College (https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-col...)
- NSF's Summer Scholars Internship Program (SSIP) ( https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/interns/)
- University of Pennsylvania (https://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/high-sch...)
Pre-College Programs (Multi-Subject)
- CMU Precollege Programs - Great for Music, Art, Engineering and Business (https://www.cmu.edu/pre-college/academic-programs/...)
- The Education Cooperative (TEC) Career Exploration Internships (http://www.tec-coop.org/student-programs/internshi...)
- Notre Dame Leadership Seminar (https://precollege.nd.edu/leadership-seminars/appl...)
- EXPLO ( https://explo.org)
- Duke Pre-College Summer Programs (various subjects) ( https://learnmore.duke.edu/precollege/all-programs)
- UNC Summer School (rising seniors honor roll students only) ( https://summer.unc.edu/high-school-students/)
- Yale Young Global Scholars ( https://globalscholars.yale.edu/about)
Robotics Internships and Programs
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) ( https://www.caltech.edu/)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) ( www.gatech.edu)
STEM Programs
- Forsyth Student Scholars Summer Internship Program (https://www.forsyth.org/forsyth-student-scholars-p...)
- Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) ( https://beaverworks.ll.mit.edu/CMS/bw/bwsi)
- Michigan State University High School Honors Science/Mathematics/Engineering Program (http://education.msu.edu/hshsp/program-information...)
- Harvey Mudd College ( https://www.hmc.edu)
- Smith College Summer Science & Engineering (https://www.smith.edu/aprecollegecademics/-program...)
- Northeastern Center for STEM Education ( https://stem.northeastern.edu/summer/nussp/)
- BioBuilder High School Apprenticeship Challenge (https://biobuilder.org/programs/hig-school-apprent...)
- University of Michigan Women in Science and Engineering (https://lsa.umich.edu/wise/k-12-students-families/...)
- Biogen Community Lab - Summer Program (https://www.biogen.com/en_us/community-lab-summer....)
- RPI Summer Programs (Mostly 1-week programs) ( https://summer.rpi.edu/programs)
Scholarships and Prestigious Awards
- Byron Cameron Education Foundation Impact Scholarship ( https://www.bryancameroneducationfoundation.org)
- Presidential Scholars Program ( https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html)
Science and Technology Internships and Programs
- Women’s Technology Program (WTP) ( http://wtp.mit.edu)
- Center for Disease Control Disease Detective Camp ( https://www.cdc.gov/museum/camp/detective/)
- Edge on Science ( edgeonscience.com)
- Coriell Institute For Medical Research Summer Experience (https://www.coriell.org/1/About-Us/Education/Summe...)
- MIT Portal for Several Science and Business Programs ( https://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/summer/)
- SSP - Summer Science Program ( https://summerscience.org/admissions)
- City Of Hope Cancer Center Eugene And Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy (https://www.cityofhope.org/education/students-and-...)
- Wistar Institute Summer Fellowship Program In Biomedical Research (https://wistar.org/education-training/high-school-...)
- ID Tech Classes in coding, game dev, robotics, creative arts, and math Grade School through High School ( https://www.idtech.com/courses)
- Boston University Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) (https://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/res...)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Jump Start Program ( https://hhmi.umd.edu/jumpstart/)
- Carleton College Summer Science Academic Programs ( https://apps.carleton.edu/summer/programs/)
- RPI 4-week summer high school research program ( https://summer.rpi.edu/programs/researchexperience)
- Bio Engineering And Medicine (BEAM) Camp at UC Irvine ( https://www.uci.camp/)
- McLaughlin Research Institute For Biomedical Sciences Summer (http://mclaughlinresearch.org/education/student-pr...)
- Research Science Institute (RSI) (https://www.cee.org/programs/research-science-inst...)
Testing Organizations' Websites
- TOEFL IbT and PbT ( https://www.ets.org/toefl)
- AP tests (https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/takingtheexam/a...)
- AP Test Registration at Boston Latin School - Tom Kennelly (tkennelly@bostonpublicschools.org) (https://www.bls.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2...)
- College Board: PSAT, SAT, SAT Subject Tests, AP Tests ( https://www.collegeboard.org)
- SSAT, Character Skills Snapshot, and Standard Application Online ( https://ssat.org)
- ISEE Exam ( https://www.erblearn.org/parents/isee-overview)
Writing Programs and Other Opportunities
- New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECI) Pre-College Summer Institute (BU) (https://combeyond.bu.edu/workshop/bu-summer-journa...)
- Juniper Summer Writing Institute ( https://juniperinstitute.umasscreate.net)
- UMass Juniper Institute Young Writers Institute Summer (https://www.umass.edu/juniperyoungwriters/summer-u...)
- Young Arts (Writing) ( https://youngarts.org)
How Can Internships Help College Admissions?
Participating in the internships and other educational programs listed above can greatly enhance a student's college admission efforts. Not only do these experiences provide valuable skills and knowledge, but they also demonstrate a student's passion and dedication to their chosen field. Admissions officers are always looking for well-rounded students who have taken the initiative to seek out opportunities to learn and grow beyond the classroom. By participating in these educational opportunities, students can gain hands-on experience, make valuable connections, and build a strong portfolio that showcases their abilities and achievements. These experiences can set a student apart from their peers and increase their chances of being admitted to their dream college or university.
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