Despite the rigors of the courses, Antonia says the program had a summer camp feel. The relationships she developed have continued by e-mail throughout the year. For the past two years, Andrew Woodward attended another summer program covered by tuition remission. A student at St. Paul's School for Boys in Baltimore and the son of Ann Woodward, a slide curator in the Art History Department, he attended Hopkins Pre-college Program. As its name implies, the program places 340 high school students in undergraduate courses in the Arts and Sciences Summer Session for five weeks, beginning the first week of July.
Students take between four and eight credits.
At the end of the program, the credits they receive are recorded on a Hopkins transcript that can be useful when applying to colleges. During the past two summers, Andrew's four courses in computer science and one class in American politics challenged him in new ways, as did his fellow students. And that made it more fun for me. According to Patricia Palmer, director of Summer Programs, faculty from the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering conduct summer classes. Students get a taste of college life and experience a full plate of extracurricular activities, ranging from sports contests and field trips to tip sessions on coping with college and tutoring.