3 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 30, 2027 (2 weeks options)
Length:
2 weeks
Cost:
$7,500
Location:
New Haven, CT (Yale University)
Ages:
16-18 per program site (matches completed grades 10–11 in search filters)
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Early Action Oct 15, 2026 · Regular Jan 6, 2027 · 2 days left
Two-week residential academic session at Yale in one interdisciplinary track: Innovations in Science & Technology, Politics, Law & Economics, or Solving Global Challenges.
Science & STEMMathPre-Med & Life SciencesSelectiveFully Funded
Research Science Institute (RSI) - MIT
Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
Dates:
Jun 20–Jul 31, 2027
Length:
6 weeks (42 days)
Cost:
$0
Location:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Grades:
Current high school juniors (one year left before graduation), at least 16 by July 1, 2027
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Dec 11, 2026
Six-week, cost-free summer research program at MIT that opens with a week of intensive STEM seminars taught by professors, followed by a five-week individual research internship with a scientist mentor and a final research paper and symposium presentation.
Rising 9th graders through current high school students; younger students with strong readiness considered (matches completed grades 8–12 in search filters)
Format:
Commuter / Residential
Deadline:
Priority Dec 31, 2026 · Regular Feb 28, 2027
Two-week history research and writing workshop where each student develops a research paper on a historical topic of their own choosing, with daily group instruction and seminar discussion, one-on-one conferences with instructors, and afternoons of research and writing in a research library.
Rising 9th graders through current high school students; younger students with strong readiness considered (matches completed grades 8–12 in search filters)
Format:
Commuter / Residential
Deadline:
Priority Dec 31, 2026 · Regular Feb 28, 2027
Two-week history research and writing workshop where each student develops a research paper on a historical topic of their own choosing, with daily group instruction and seminar discussion, one-on-one conferences with instructors, and afternoons of research and writing in a research library.
3 sessions between Jun 21–Aug 6, 2027 (2 weeks (12 days) options)
Length:
2 weeks (12 days)
Cost:
$6,250
Location:
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Grades:
Rising juniors and seniors (graduating high school in 2028 or 2029; completed grades 10-11); 16 years old by June 13, 2027 and under 19 through July 31, 2027
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Jan 13, 2027 · Regular Feb 10, 2027 · Late Mar 31, 2027
Two-week residential, noncredit program at Harvard where high school students live on campus and take one college-level course from nearly 30 options (average class size 15), with three hours of class a day plus college-readiness workshops, academic talks, social events, and trips around Boston and New England.
Pre-Med & Life SciencesScience & STEMApplicationFully Funded
Broad Summer Scholars Program (BSSP)
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Dates:
Jul 6–Aug 13, 2027
Length:
6 weeks (weekdays, 9am–5pm)
Cost:
$0
Location:
Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square)
Eligibility:
Rising 12th graders at Massachusetts high schools (matches completed grade 11 in search filters)
Format:
Commuter
Deadline:
Jan 20, 2027
Paid six-week research program in which Massachusetts high school juniors work full-time alongside Broad Institute scientists on an original project in areas such as cancer biology, psychiatric disease, or computational biology, with a staff tutor, scientific talks, career exploration, and a closing poster session.
Residency restriction: Massachusetts high school students only
Writing & HumanitiesLeadership & GiftedApplicationGirls program
Smith Precollege College Readiness Workshop
Smith College Precollege Programs
Dates:
Jul 18–24, 2027
Length:
1 week
Cost:
$2,795
Location:
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Grades:
Students entering grades 11–12 in fall 2027
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Tuition assistance Mar 1, 2027 · Final May 1, 2027
One-week residential program at Smith College where rising juniors and seniors spend mornings building a college application, including a near-complete Common Application essay and interview practice, and afternoons in a college-level composition class.
Writing & HumanitiesArts & Performing ArtsApplicationGirls program
Smith Precollege Creative Writing Workshop
Smith College Precollege Programs
Dates:
Jul 3–16, 2027
Length:
2 weeks
Cost:
$4,985
Location:
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Grades:
Students entering grades 9–12 in fall 2027
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Tuition assistance Mar 1, 2027 · Final May 1, 2027
Two-week residential creative writing program at Smith College where students take one morning and one afternoon workshop in forms such as fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, journalism, and science fiction, using a multidraft approach, and leave with the start of a writing portfolio.
Science & STEMWilderness & AdventureApplicationGirls program
Smith Precollege Sustainable Futures
Smith College Precollege Programs
Dates:
Jul 18–31, 2027
Length:
2 weeks
Cost:
$4,985
Location:
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Grades:
Students entering grades 9–12 in fall 2027
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Tuition assistance Mar 1, 2027 · Final May 1, 2027
Two-week residential program at Smith College on the causes of and solutions to climate change, with time on New England trails, farms, and community gardens, hands-on farm work, and study of sustainable agriculture and Smith's carbon-neutrality efforts.
Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Tuition assistance Mar 1, 2027 · Final May 1, 2027
Two-week residential theatre program at Smith College where students train in acting, voice, movement, improvisation, and scene study with theatre professionals and finish with a final production at the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre.
Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Tuition assistance Mar 1, 2027 · Final May 1, 2027
Two-week residential, discussion-based program at Smith College exploring gender in history, politics, and culture, with morning and afternoon courses on topics such as reproductive justice, queer and trans lives, environmental justice, and social change.
15-18 per program site (matches completed grades 9–12 in search filters)
Format:
Residential
Deadline:
Priority Feb 1, 2027 · Final Apr 15, 2027
Credit:
Yes (3 college studio elective credits)
Three-week residential art and design program in Portland, Maine's Arts District, where students choose two studio majors from Animation, Ceramics, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fashion & Textile Design, Illustration, Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design, Painting, Darkroom Photography, and Printmaking, take figure drawing, and show work in a final exhibition.
Free four-week residential program at UMass Chan Medical School for Massachusetts high schoolers, combining biology, math, and English enrichment with a health equity research project, clinical exposure, and job shadowing.
Junior National Young Leaders Conference – Bentley University
Envision by WorldStrides
Dates:
4 sessions between Jul 11–Jul 23, 2027 (5 days and 6 days options)
Length:
5 days–6 days
Cost:
$2,799–$3,199
Location:
Bentley University, Waltham, MA
Grades:
Students currently in grades 5–6
Format:
Residential / Commuter
Leadership program for students finishing grades 5–6 on a college campus, with hands-on challenges such as running mock presidential campaigns and building advocacy projects, plus visits to local landmarks, offered residential or as a day program.
2 sessions between Jun 27–Jul 2, 2027 (5 days and 6 days options)
Length:
5 days–6 days
Cost:
$3,099–$3,499
Location:
Bentley University, Waltham, MA
Grades:
Students currently in grades 6–8
Format:
Residential / Commuter
Middle school STEM program on a college campus with hands-on challenges across fields such as coding and robotics, forensic science, and anatomy, offered as a residential program with dorm stays and evening activities or as a day program.
Traditional CampsArts & Performing ArtsWilderness & AdventureFirst-Come
Camp Emerson
Camp Emerson
Dates:
10 sessions between Jun 27–Aug 14, 2027 (1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks, 6 weeks, and 7 weeks options)
Length:
1 week–7 weeks
Cost:
$2,450–$16,100
Location:
Hinsdale, MA (Berkshire Mountains)
Ages:
7-15 per program site (matches completed grades 1–9 in search filters)
Format:
Residential
Coed overnight camp in the Berkshires with an elective-based program of more than 40 activities, offered in one- and two-week sessions that combine into stays of up to seven weeks.
July 11-17, 2027 (Capron Park Zoo, Stonehill College housing)
Length:
7 days
Cost:
$4,999
Location:
Attleboro
Grades:
6-8
Format:
Residential
Middle-school-aged (grades 6-8) version of the Massachusetts Zoo Medicine Veterinary Academy, at the same Capron Park Zoo location, including a working-farm visit for large-animal exposure. Run in partnership with Loop Abroad, described as the leading pre-veterinary travel program in the nation. 10:1 student-to-veterinarian ratio, maximum 30 students.
2 sessions between Jul 18–Jul 31, 2027 (7 days options)
Length:
7 days
Cost:
$4,999
Location:
Attleboro
Grades:
9-12
Format:
Residential
Credit:
1 college credit
Works at the AZA-accredited Capron Park Zoo (white lions, red kangaroos, Amur leopards, sloth bears, 100+ species), earning up to 40 veterinary hours across all six primary veterinary school categories (avian, reptile, large animal, exotic pet, primate, wildlife). Housed at Stonehill College. Run in partnership with Loop Abroad, described as the leading pre-veterinary travel program in the nation. 10:1 student-to-veterinarian ratio, maximum 30 students.
