Summer ProgramsLynbrook Science (10/24)

COSMOS

● Held at the UC campuseso 4-weeks, different “clusters”o Variety of STEM topics

From astrophysics to marine biology to videogame designo Open to incoming 9-12th graders

Most popular choice App opens January, due February

● Cost: ~$3,250

SIMR

● Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Programo 8-week, biomed-centered research, one-on-one with mentor

Immunology, stem cell biology, bioinformatics, etc.o Previous experience not necessaryo Highly selective

● Application Period: Dec. 1 to Feb.● Cost: Free

RSI

● Center of Education Excellence’s Research Science Institute

● Extremely competitive, ~30 students in nationo 6-week, one-to-one work with mentorso Projects are Siemens, Synopsys, and Intel STS worthy

● Testing (w/ PSAT), short answers, two rec letters● Application Starting in November● Cost: Free + Stipend

YSP

● UC Davis’s Young Scholar Programo 6-week program, biological sciences

Vary from labwork to fieldwork to computer modelingo One-on-one work with research faculty

● Current sophomores and juniors (~40 students)● Application Period: Dec. 1 to Mar. 21● Two essays, two recommendation letters● Cost: $6,200

SSTP

● University of Iowa Secondary School Training Programo 5-week, original research under faculty mentor

● Current sophomores or juniorso Quite a few participants return for second year

● Application Period: Nov. 3 to Mar. 1● Two essays, two teacher recommendations● Cost: ~$5,875

TIP

● Duke University’s Field Studies Programo 2-week experience, throughout U.S. and abroado More field investigations, less lab research

Includes not only scientific research but law/literatureo Rolling Admissions, relatively high acceptance

SSP

● Summer Science Programo 39-day, two campuses, New Mexico Institute of Technology

(Socorro, NM) or Westmont College (Santa Barbara, CA)o Three-person team determines orbit of a near-earth asteroid

Build skills in physical sciences, math, computer science

● Current sophomores, juniors (36 students per campus)● Application Period: Dec. 15 to Mar. 1

o Short answers, science/math rec letters, optional resume● Cost: ~$4,300

SPARC

● 2-week program, later in summer (August)o “Applied Rationality”, meta-meta-cognitiono How to be cool, meet interesting people, life philosophyo Use scientific tools to model and make the most out of life

● Bayesian Statistics, Cognitive Biases, Machine Learning, etc.

● Application deadline around April● Cost: Free

Independent Research

● Find Labs, email professorso Prepare to email a lot of different placeso Research professor’s concurrent projects

Use to personalize emails and communication

● No real time schedule, but contact earlyo February/March vs. May

Thanks for coming! See you next week!