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Undergraduate courses taken for college credit on the Evanston campus.

Rising juniors and seniors take one or two real Santa Clara summer session courses alongside college students and earn college credit.

Four-week residential summer program for rising juniors and seniors with intensive small classes taught by UVA faculty and six transferable undergraduate credits.

Three-day in-person introduction to the college application process for first-generation and limited-income students.

Five-week program where high school students take courses for college credit across the humanities, math, sciences and social sciences.

One-week in-person program introducing rural students to the college process and the St. Louis community.

Ivy League courses taught by Yale faculty for pre-college students in New Haven.

Nine-month leadership program for Somerset County high school students with monthly Saturday sessions featuring community leaders, discussion, small-group challenges, site visits and walking tours.

Annual arts festival where students showcase visual art, performances, film and creative writing, get feedback from professional artists and attend artist-led workshops. Held at Raritan Valley Community College.

Video-based science fair where students of any age 5 and up submit a five-minute project video and written description. Awards include the Acellus Science Fair Award and the Naval Science Award Program.

Essay contests tied to Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, with multiple awards and prizes up to $25,000.

Regional Science Bowl for Bay Area middle and high school teams; winning teams advance to the national competition.

Statewide science and engineering fair with project display and judging, meant to build interest in science and engineering careers and bring students together with scientists.

Hands-on programming competition with preparatory workshops at both Cornell Ithaca and Cornell Tech NYC.

International high school project competition on environmental issues in nine disciplines: Science, Art, Short Film, Music, Robotics, Entrepreneurship, Speech, Coding and Artificial Intelligence.

Regional science and engineering fair with judging, awards and ceremonies, plus over 25 special awards totaling $3,000+ from organizations such as Intel, NASA and the American Chemical Society.

Three-tier neuroscience competition for teens: local Brain Bee, national Brain Bee and the IBB World Championship. Over 25,000 competitors from more than 50 countries take part each year.

Environmental and natural resource competition for high school teams covering Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife and Current Environmental Issues, plus an oral presentation. Top team from each state or province advances to nationals.

International competition for students ages 15-20 who develop innovative research projects on major water challenges, with national competitions in about 40 countries and a finalist ceremony at World Water Week.

Academic competition for students interested in astronaut training and space science, with a Mercury Division for new teams and an Apollo Division. Includes an online qualifying test and coach training in Tallahassee.

Online poster design competition for U.S. middle and high school students in three categories: Agriculture and Food Science, Human and Animal Health, and Platform Tools and Technologies. Winners are invited to a UC Davis symposium.

Team robotics competition where two alliances of two teams each play the 2026-2027 game Override, with a 15-second autonomous period and 1:45 of driver control on a 12 by 12 foot field.

Regional symposium where students present original STEM research to judges at a university; scholarships and recognition available.

Stipended summer placements for high school students in university research labs or U.S. Army research laboratories and centers.