Teen Ink Summer Program and Camp Guide for Teens
Travel / Touring Programs
Learn a wide variety of academic and personal skills while traveling the world. Our list of summer camps includes options for touring colleges, other states, europe, the caribbean, Asia, Africa, and much more. Spending time with other teenage middle schoolers and high schoolers you'll gain leadership skills while learning about new cultures, music, writing, dance, the sciences, or whatever else inspires you. Check out the programs created specifically for girls, too. Browse our list of summer camps for your perfect camp, and be sure to check out the many scholarship opportunities offered by the programs.
4 Star Summer Camps
At the University of Virginia. Academic enrichment programs-Senior (grades 10,11,12); College Advantage - classes, workshops, college tours; Junior (grades 7,8,9).
A+ Summer Program
Held at Stanford University, A+ Summer is designed for motivated middle school and high school students. Our stimulating curriculum builds students’ proficiency in critical thinking, logic and writing skills.
Abroad Programs by SPI
High school study abroad programs for college credit in Spain, France, Italy, Costa Rica and China. Earn college credit and have the summer of your life!
Alfred U. Summer Writing Institute
This dynamic program will expand your identity as a writer through intensive workshop experiences.
American Leadership
NETC American Leadership programs are for high school students who want to travel abroad, experience new cultures, meet students from around the US, prepare for college and have fun!
ArtsAbroad Summer Programs
Music, Acting, Visual Arts and Dance camp and travel programs in Europe and the Caribbean. Open to students age 15-19. Prepare for college, see the world, and improve your art!
Arts and Performing Arts Camp at Long Lake
An oasis for Performing and Fine Arts. YOU design your perfect summer in Fine Arts, Music, Theater, Rock Bands, Dance, Circus, Magic and fun water fun and land sports.
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts’ your word: Teen Creative Writing Residency offers writers workshops and mentorship by distinguished authors in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction/memoir.
Augustana Summer Academy
Fun college-like courses for high school students taught by popular professors. From Harry Potter to human cadaver dissection, there’s something for everyone. Evening activities included.
Bard College at Simon's Rock Young Writers Workshop
Since 1983 the Young Writers Workshop has offered students the opportunity to explore new directions in their writing in a supportive, collaborative environment.
BIMA -The Berkshire Institute for Music and Arts
BIMA engages Jewish teens in an intensive summer arts program at Williams College to advance their skills in music (choral/jazz/chamber ensembles), creative writing, or painting.
Blue Tree creative programs for girls
A creative summer program for girls ages 11 to 17... Writing, Fashion, Dance, Acting, Story Arts, (maga)Zine and more! Two-week residential sessions at Bryn Mawr College (PA) and Smith College (MA). Join us!
Bold Earth Teen Adventures
Adventure teen travel camps since 1976. BOLD EARTH’s focus is culture, language, leadership and service leading to a lifetime of exploration and friendship. USA, Asia, Africa, Europe, South America.
Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp
Campers (ages 9-16) freely explore the performing and creative arts in a supportive, non-competitive environment with professional artists and instructors.
Center for Creative Youth
Supported by National Endowment for the Arts, high school students spend 5-weeks at Wesleyan University. We offer 10 art forms, plus amazing interdisciplinary classes. All arts, all of July.
Churchill Academy - Westminster
Take this opportunity to really experience college life and enhance your leadership skills.
College Admission Prep Camps
Held at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Tufts, offers multiple versions of this pre-college program that covers SAT Prep, Personal Statement Writing and College Counseling for students entering grades 11-12.
Cornell University Summer College
The best summer of my life! Join other talented high school students this summer taking college-credit courses with Cornell faculty and exploring college and career options.
Creative Writing Institute
Held at UC Berkeley and Stanford, this two-week imaginative writing program is designed for entering 10th-12th graders. Students choose a focus of Poetry, Fiction, or Non-fiction.
Deer Hill Expeditions
Engaging young people in Wilderness Expeditions, Service and Native Cultures since 1984. Outstanding adventures and service projects in the American southwest and Costa Rica.
Duke University Youth Programs
Summer enrichment opportunities for students in grades 9-11. Creative writing, performing arts, leadership/service learning, and college selection/admissions. Study with professionals and published writers.
Earlham Explore-A-College
A college-level summer program for high-schoolers. Take a class from an Earlham professor and earn 2 college credits. Classes in Sciences, Languages, Humanities, Art and Outdoor Education
Emerson College Summer Programs
Explore your passion at Emerson College. Choose from filmmaking, acting, musical theatre, stage design, writing, TV/film production, journalism, or political communication-social advocacy-leadership.
Emma Willard Writer Retreat
I am a writer, and I have a story to tell. This writer’s retreat gives girls who love to write the opportunity to flex their writing muscles. Grades 8 - 11 residential program at Emma Willard School.
Emory Pre-College Program
The Emory Pre-College Program gives college-bound high school students an exciting glimpse of academic and residential life at a top-ranked national university.
EXPLO: Exploration Summer Programs
At Yale University, Wellesley College, and St. Mark’s School, make friends from around the world, discover new interests and abilities, and have fun. More courses, activities, and trips than any other summer program!
Focus at UC Berkeley
Summer Focus allows entering 11th-12th grade students to earn college credit while still in high school! This six-week pre-college program at UC Berkeley gives you an excellent idea of what college life will be like!
French Woods Festival
America’s leading performing arts facility where every child chooses their own individual schedule, from more than 80 activities run by certified teachers and counselor specialists.
Global Leadership Adventures
GLA offers volunteer programs for teens in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Participants explore historic and natural sites, learn the local language and history, and serve the community through volunteer efforts.
Global Works Travel
Global Works’ summer programs for teens encompass service projects, outdoor adventures, cultural exchanges and language immersion in Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific.
Great Books Summer Program
Great Books Summer Program is a lively, warm and welcoming community of outstanding young people, grades 6th-12th, who love literature and ideas.
Great Summers
Experience the summer of a lifetime! Free info. and expert guidance on 800+ outstanding programs for high schoolers, from pre-college, academic, teen tour, and language, to community service and travel.
George Washington Univ. Pre-College Program
Discover GW and DC! Two residential programs enable you to explore your academic interests and college life: a 6-week for-credit program for 11th graders or 10-day mini courses for grades 9-11.
Harvard Summer School
Motivated high school students find the Harvard Summer School a challenging, rewarding, and exciting Ivy League college experience.
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Study creative writing, music, theatre arts, visual arts and dance at a summer arts camp for students ages 8-18 or an arts academy for 435 high school students.
Iowa Young Writers Studio
Join us this summer to share your work, practice craft, and improve your writing. Find out how much your writing can improve after just 2 intensive weeks!
Johns-Hopkins Pre-College
Anxious to see a university and sample courses and campus life? This program lets you begin your college journey early.
Juniper Institute for Young Writers at UMass
Intensive fiction and poetry workshops, and exposure to world-renowned authors, for writers finishing 10th, 11th, or 12th grade. Write new work, revise work-in-progress, and gain insight into the creative process.
LITA
LITA is a unique language immersion program that offers a personal and small group approach to exploring Spain. LITA programs focus around a homestay and explorations off the beaten path.
Lone Star Scholars Academy
Two-week residential program for high school students, offering university-level courses for college credit, awesome field trips, fun evening activities and a group service project.
Northeastern University Summer Programs
Northeastern’s Summer Programs include credit and noncredit options designed to prepare rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors for the academic, social, and campus experiences of college.
Northwestern University College Prep Program
Experience college life, pursue new academic challenges and earn college credit. Take a one-week seminar or choose from a variety of three- to eight-week courses.
Omega Teen Camp
Omega Teen Camp is an exciting summer program designed to provide teenagers, ages 13-17, with dynamic experiences to strengthen self-esteem, develop lasting friendships, and have the time of their lives.
Phillips Academy Summer Session, Andover
Phillips Academy Summer is the premier summer academic enrichment program for high school students, offering over 60 courses within a diverse, rigorous, and supportive day or residential environment.
Pratt Summer
Study the fine arts, architecture, creative writing and more at this prestigious institute this summer.
Putney School Summer Programs
Work closely and cooperatively with professional artists, writers and performers in the visual arts, the performing arts, and creative writing on a spectacular hilltop campus in southern Vermont.
Sarah Lawrence College Programs For High School Students
Discover Sarah Lawrence’s unique programs. 2-week courses in 8 fields. Whatever your interests, SLC will help you explore your passions in a supportive environment. High School courses offered in Fall and Spring too!
Sewanee Young Writers
Been bitten by the writing bug? Visit us for two weeks of literary discussion and creation.
Smith College
Explore Smith’s diverse programs for high school girls on our beautiful campus. Choose from Writing Workshop, Women’s History, Environmental Sustainability, or Engineering. Scholarships available!
Stanford Summer College
Summer students enroll in undergrad courses, earn college credits, and live in a student dormitory to gain an inside perspective on college life.
Summer Discovery & Discovery Internships
Welcome to Summer Discovery Pre-College Programs, the world’s finest and most popular teen Summer high school, internship, and middle-school enrichment programs.
Summer Institute for the Gifted
SIG is the ultimate 3-wk summer program for gifted students. Great campuses and 30+ academic, performing arts and sports classes. Then show off your talent at the SIG Final Program!
Syracuse Summer College
This 6-week academic program allows high school students to study, explore career interests and earn college credit.
Teen Ink's NYC Summer Writing Program
A two-week intensive creative writing experience in NYC for girls in grades 9-12. Students and staff stay at Juilliard. Program includes classes, daily writing time, museum visits, city sights and Broadway shows.
Travel for Teens
Travel for Teens offers community service, language immersion, photography, and cultural immersion trips to Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America, and Australia for students 13 to 18 years old.
Tufts Summer Study
An opportunity to assess your talents, interests, and values. Your experience will help you clarify your options as you prepare for the college application process.
UCSD Writing Online
Designed to prepare high school students for the demands of college-level writing.
University of Chicago Summer
This college-preparatory program engages you in the most rigorous and rewarding study of your life.
University of Dallas Summer Programs
Experience a unique combination of informed European travel and rigorous study, and earn college credit, through University of Dallas High School Summer Abroad.
University of New England Creative Writing Program
Work with well-known writers, earn college credit, and make friends from across the country! Develop your writing style! Find inspiration on the scenic Maine coast!
University of the Arts Pre-College Summer Institute
The University of the Arts Pre-College Summer Institute in Philadelphia offers intensive programs for high school students in art, media + design, creative writing, dance, music, and theater.
US Performing Arts
Taught by leading industry professionals and partnered with universities across the country, our programs give students the opportunity to pursue their passions while getting a taste of life on a college campus.
The University of Virginia's Workshop for Young Writers
Work with published writers, live on the University of Virginia campus, and join a visionary artist’s community. Take your writing where it’s never been before.
Walnut Hill School for the Arts Summer Programs
Summer opportunities in theater and creative writing for students ages 13-18. Come immerse yourself in poetry, fiction, playwriting, acting, dance, and musical theater right outside Boston!
Whale Camp at the Fundy Marine Science Institute
Directly observe and research whales, dolphins, porpoise, puffins, seals in their natural habitat. College credit for writing and art programs. Based on beautiful Grand Manan Island between Maine & Nova Scotia.
World Horizons International
Summer travel for teens includes community service, language and cultural immersion. Project locations: Iceland, Fiji, Costa Rica, Canada, Dominica, Maine, Utah, Hawaii.
Writing and Thinking Workshop at Lake Forest College
Join our supportive and dynamic community of writers and thinkers on the beautiful campus of Chicago’s national liberal arts college.
Yale Summer
We seek exceptionally promising students of all backgrounds and educate them to develop their intellectual, moral, civic and creative capacities to the fullest.
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