• Summer enrichment programs give high school students a taste of college life and academics.pencils image by AGphotographer from Fotolia.com
  
  Many universities offer summer enrichment programs for gifted, talented or underserved students. These programs give students the opportunity to experience residential life at a college or university while taking courses they probably wouldn't find at their high schools, such as economics, screenwriting or abnormal psychology.
  
  

Duke University Talent Identification Program

• The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) has offered enrichment programs for gifted middle-school and high-school students since 1980. TIP conducts yearly talent searches to identify fifth-grade and seventh-grade students with high scores on standardized tests. TIP then invites these students to apply to its summer programs. TIP hosts 2 three-week programs each summer at Duke University's east and west campuses as well as at Davidson College, Trinity University, Appalachian State University and the University of Kansas. Students can choose from a variety of classes in literature, economics, science, math, history, music and the arts. Students attend one class for the entire three weeks. Residential staff members provide supervision and mentoring for the students and organize daily and weekly activities.
  
  Duke University Talent Identification Program
  1121 West Main St.
  Durham, NC 27701
  919-668-9100
  tip.duke.edu/
  
  

The Crimson Summer Academy at Harvard University

• Each year the Crimson Summer Academy at Harvard University recruits underserved students from Boston and Cambridge public schools and encourages them to apply to the program. This program spans three summers and gives students the opportunity to experience college life and academics. Students live in Harvard dorms during the week and attend classes and social activities. Academy staff and faculty members provide college counseling for all participants. Graduates of the Crimson Summer Academy have gone on to a variety of top colleges and universities, including Amherst College, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, MIT, Wellesley College and Williams College. The Crimson Summer Academy provides full funding for all students accepted into the program and continues to support students partway through college.
  
  The Crimson Summer Academy at Harvard University
  126 Mount Auburn St.
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-496-0652
  crimsonsummer.harvard.edu/
  
  

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth

• Like the Duke University Talent Identification Program, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) conducts talent searches to identify gifted students with high scores on standardized tests. CTY offers summer programs for gifted students in grades 2 through 12. Students in grade 5 and above can attend residential or day programs. CTY offers programs in Baltimore, West Los Angeles, Pasadena, Berkeley and Princeton. Students can choose from a variety of course offerings in the liberal arts and sciences. CTY also offers a program in Hong Kong for high school students and collaborates with the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy to offer a language immersion program for students in grades 7 through 10.
  
  Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
  McAuley Hall, 5801 Smith Ave.
  Baltimore, MD 21209
  410-735-6277
  cty.jhu.edu/