University of Maryland: Young Scholars Program. July 11-30, 2010. This selective program gives exceptional high schoolers the opportunity to "pursue academic interests, explore career opportunities, and discover university life at one of the top research universities in the U.S. Motivated students earn three UMd credits that transfer to other two- and four-year institutions." In addition to classroom time with "equally talented peers from across the United States and around the world," there will be field trips and guest speakers. Admission is competitive and space is limited. For information, visit ysp.umd.edu/ysp4 or email directly at ysp@umd.edu.

Sweet Briar Engineering: Find out about Sweet Briar College's FREE Explore Engineering spring and fall weekend courses and an Explore Engineering summer camp worth a college credit. Go to www.engineering.sbc.edu for details.

The University of Chicago.

For more information about any of the following summer options offered by the University of Chicago, visit summer.uchicago.edu

Summer Quarter Undergraduate Course Offerings, June 21-August 27. Take 3-, 5-, 6-, or 9-week college courses alongside college students, including such offerings as Shakespeare, foreign languages, computer, calculus, macroeconomics, and biology.

Summer Quarter Intensive Language Courses, June 21- August 20. Cover a year's worth of language instruction in just 9 weeks. Languages offered include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, classical Greek, modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.

Insight: June 21-July 9 or July 12-July 30. Gooch from American Law and Litigation; Creative Writing: fiction; Ancient Egyptian language, Culture, and History; Collegiate Writing; Developmental Psych; Field Studies in Urban Society; and more.

Stones and Bones, a 4-week Practicum in Paleotology, June 21-July 16

Research in the Biological Sciences: a 4-week Intensive Lab Experience: June 21-July 16

Traveling Academy, a 3-week Study Abroad Program: June  21=July 10. Explore the classical world through Greek Drama.

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Pre-College Program

For more information about any of the following programs, visit www.hofstra.edu/precollege

Earn 3 College Credits in the following classes: Intro to Forensic Anthropology; Intro to Linguistics; Vampires and Gothic Imagination in 19th-Century European Literature; Intro to Digital Photography; 2-D design I: Black and White; History - American Civilization; Journalism; Chinese, Italian, or Spanish; Philosophy; PoliSci; Intro to Psych; Oral Communication