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Everything You Need to Know About College Summer School: The Complete Guide

Students who are looking to get ahead don’t have to look farther than extending their school year into the summer.

Lian Parsons

Three students look at a notebook together.

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Who Cares? Scotland Does—And So Does Harvard

Four students with connections to Scotland's foster system explore Harvard’s Secondary School Program.

Lian Parsons

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10 Reasons Why You Should Take a College Class This Summer

Making summer plans? Adding a college class to your summer calendar could help you accomplish a lot; here are some of the things we think top the list.

Mary Sharp Emerson Digital Content Producer

Students take a college class during the summer

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8 Reasons Why Harvard Summer School Isn’t a Summer Camp — It’s So Much More!

Learn more about how a summer at Harvard offers so much more than your traditional summer camp experience.

Mary Sharp Emerson Digital Content Producer

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What Did High School Students Study at Harvard Summer School in 2021?

Excited about taking a summer course but not sure what you want to study? Here are some of our most popular courses in 2021. Which one will inspire you?

Mary Sharp Emerson Digital Content Producer

Students gather around a table in a physics class at Harvard Summer School.

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What You Need to Know About Pre-College Program Activities

Harvard Summer School’s Pre-College Program is a two-week session that gives high school students a glimpse of college life—complete with extracurriculars. It’s rigorous, fast-paced, and a lot of fun, thanks to a range of both academic and recreational activities that…

Rebecca Bakken Digital Content Producer

High school students attending a Harvard pre-college class.

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Celebrating 150 Years of Harvard Summer School

One hundred fifty years ago, in the summer of 1871, Asa Gray, Professor of Natural History at Harvard University, launched the Harvard Summer School with a summer course on botany, which was taught in the new laboratory at the Harvard…

A sepia photograph of Asa Gray surrounded by his student from the Harvard Summer School. Taken in 1886.

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Summer 2020 Recap: How Harvard Summer School Instructors Leapt Into Online Learning

With the first wave of COVID-19 well underway in April 2020, the decision to make Harvard Summer School a virtual experience was disappointing for many, but not particularly surprising. The decision did, however, present an enormous challenge: How to…

Mary Sharp Emerson Digital Content Producer

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Summer 2020 Recap: A Pre-College Program Like No Other

It’s safe to say few of us will ever forget summer 2020. Despite immense challenges related to the pandemic, Harvard’s Pre-College instructors, students, and staff pulled off what was truly a summer to remember.

Rebecca Bakken Digital Content Producer

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Highlights from Opening Weekend

Students settled into their dorms, explored Harvard Square, and, as any summer weekend should end, met new friends over a scoop of ice cream. Check out some of our favorite moments from Opening Weekend shared on social media: I'm finally at Harvard! After all of these years of dreaming about it, I'm finally studying here! #HarvardSummer #HarvardGrazia Musicale (@GraziaMusicale) June 19, 2016

Harvard Summer Experience

Everything You Need to Know About College Summer School: The Complete Guide

Who Cares? Scotland Does—And So Does Harvard

10 Reasons Why You Should Take a College Class This Summer

8 Reasons Why Harvard Summer School Isn’t a Summer Camp — It’s So Much More!

What Did High School Students Study at Harvard Summer School in 2021?

What You Need to Know About Pre-College Program Activities

Celebrating 150 Years of Harvard Summer School

Summer 2020 Recap: How Harvard Summer School Instructors Leapt Into Online Learning

Summer 2020 Recap: A Pre-College Program Like No Other

Highlights from Opening Weekend

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