HS Scholarships - Listing of scholarship opportunities

There are other summer academic programs offered throughout the USA. While the following list is by no means exhaustive, nor does it constitute an endorsement by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it is provided to help you explore available opportunities. If you have any questions about any of these programs, please contact them directly.

 College Information

1. •ACT: Education and Career Planning, ACT, college search
2. •Adventures in education: Planning for College starting in Middle School
3. •Black Excel
4. •BrainTrack
5. •Careers and Colleges
6. •CampusTours: Virtual College Tours
7. •The College Board: 100 Years of Connecting Students to College — SAT, PSAT, college search, scholarships
8. •Colleges, College Scholarships and Financial Aid
9. •CollegeNet College Guide
10. •CollegeView: college search, financial aid, scholarships
11. •Colleges and Universities Links Listing
12. •Common application
13. •Embark.com: research, apply, finance online
14. •FastWeb: Scholarships, Financial Aid, and Colleges
15. •Go College: The Collegiate Websource
16. •Get Recruited
17. •Kaplan: Test Prep, College Admissions, K-12 Child Development, Career Management
18. •MACRAO Michigan College Mall
19. •National Association for Admission Counseling
20. •Peterson's Undergraduate College and University Channel
21. •Princeton Review: Colleges, Universities and Career
22. •U.S. News Online: .edu — college rankings, search & links

Technical Societies

1.  American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
   MIT Chapter
2. • American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
   MIT Chapter
3. • American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
   MIT Chapter
4. • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
   MIT Chapter
5. • Biology Undergraduate Students Association -- MIT
6. • Biomedical Engineering Society
   MIT Chapter
7. • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
   MIT Chapter
8. • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
   MIT Chapter
9. • Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association of Women (MEGAWomen) -- MIT
10. • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
    MIT Chapter
11. • Pi Tau Sigma
    MIT Chapter
12. • Society for Biomaterials
    MIT Chapter
13. • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
    MIT Chapter
14. • Society of Physics Students (SPS)
    MIT Chapter
15. • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
    MIT Chapter
16. • Tau Beta Pi (TBP)
    MIT Chapter

Program - Technovation Challenge 2013 - Dec 15

Technovation Challenge 2013 Theme

The quickest way to become a part of this movement is to start a team. This is how!

 

Technovation Challenge provides a life-changing experience to girls – an experience through which they succeed in a field they never thought they could contribute to, let alone succeed.

For the 2013 challenge, girls have to develop an app that solves a problem in their local community. This could be a health problem that affects their community, a social problem, or even a lack of a resource.
Over a short period of time (12 weeks), girls will step through an online curriculum (hosted on P2PU) that helps them develop a potential solution and program a mobile phone application to solve it. They will learn how to study their competition, identify ways in which they can gather users and earn revenue.
They will develop a business plan and pitch and will submit their ideas (through video) to a regional (online) competition.
Regional winners will travel to the California and compete at the Technovation World Pitch event on May 1st, 2013. The winning team will receive $10,000 in funding and support to complete their app development and release it on the market.
Here is the rationale behind the curriculum: Rationale

Article - Nate Silver’s model has correctly predicted 50 out of 50 states

Triumph of the Nerds: Nate Silver Wins in 50 States

http://mashable.com/2012/11/07/nate-silver-wins/

Program - Scholarship Academy

http://www.scholarshipacademy.org/online/

http://www.scholarshipacademy.org/online/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TSA-One-Pager-2012.pdf

The Scholarship Academy (TSA) is a comprehensive scholarship preparatory program that uses a series of curriculum-based activities to teach low-income, first generation students how to develop social entrepreneurship projects that leverage the chances for successfully navigating the financial aid maze.

Program - Summer Institute for the Gifted

Summer Institute for the Gifted | River Plaza, 9 West Broad Street, Stamford CT 06902-3788

SIG Beyond Offers the Online Learning Program for Spring

Experience a SIG Program from Home!

The SIG Online Learning Program is a unique 10-week online course that allows students ages 9–14 to engage in thought-provoking topics, as well as connect with peers from around the world, all from the convenience of home.

Program Details:

• All courses run for 10 weeks
• The first week includes an orientation to the SIG Beyond Online learning community
• Students typically spend 3–5 hours per week on course assignments
• Instructors will hold assistance hours online each week

Program Dates:	Tuesdays from January 15 through March 19, 2013
Cost:	$300 (plus $95.00 application fee)
Eligibility:	Open to students who have been identified for a gifted and talented program or who can demonstrate eligibility for any SIG program

Courses:

• Paleontology: Remains to be Seen (Ages 9-10)
• The Search for Life in Outer Space (Ages 11-12)
• Magical Mythical Tour (ages 13-14) 
  See course descriptions

Learn more about the SIG Beyond Online Learning Program at www.giftedstudy.org/admissions.asp

Questions? Call Michelle Holleran at (866) 303- 4744 ext. 5159 or emailmholleran@giftedstudy.org.

Contest - Google Code-in contest for 13-17 year old students worldwide starts Nov 26th

Google Code-in contest for 13-17 year old students worldwide starts Nov 26th

I am writing to let you know personally that Google Code-in, our
international online contest to introduce 13-17 year old
pre-university students to open source software development begins on
Monday, November 26th, 2012. Prizes for participating in the
online-only contest include certificates, tee-shirts, and an all
expenses paid trip to Google headquarters in California, USA for 20
winners and their parent or legal guardian. You can learn more about
the details of the contest on our blog post -

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-code-in-contest-for-high-school.html

and the program site -

http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2012/index.html.

The contest is similar to the Google Summer of Code program for
college students 18 and older, in that it gives participants the
opportunity to work with mentors from carefully chosen free and source
software projects on real-world coding and related tasks. Last year
542 students from 56 countries participated. We hope to expand the
program this year and would appreciate your help and that of the
schools in your association to spread the word to students around the
globe.

Thank you in advance for any help. Please let me know if you have any
questions: we'd be happy to answer them.

Regards,
Cat

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Cat Allman

allman@google.com
1-650-214-4886
Open Source Programs Office
Mountain View, CA USA
code.google.com

FYI - Brooklyn Teenager on Track to Become First African-American Female Chess Master

Brooklyn Teenager on Track to Become First African-American Female Chess Master