Teen Ink Summer Program and Camp Guide for Teens
Sports / Boating / Riding Programs
Our list of summer programs and camps includes many options for combining learning with activity. The list of sports, boating, and riding options give you the perfect combination of both worlds. Stretch your creative brain through writing, performing, working with computers, creating video games, programming, or even building robots. While at the same time explore the wilderness, zip line, surf, or go on a outdoor adventure. These programs offer opportunities designed for all teens in middle school and high school with a selection designed specifically for girls. 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).
8 Keys SuperCamp
We help you get ready for the world with learning and life skills that get you motivated to make things happen. Fun 7- and 10-day summer programs held on college campuses.
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.
Art & Architecture: Summer at Penn
Four weeks at UPenn. Choose courses in animation, drawing, filmmaking, photography, sculpture, graphic design, printmaking, product design, and more, or alternatively follow a full day architecture program.
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.
Carnegie Mellon PreCollege
Internationally recognized for our programs in computer science, fine arts, engineering, business and the humanities. You’ll find a dynamic, intense student body working very hard -- and playing hard, too!
Chop Point
Canoe the Allagash, hike Mt. Katadin, sail the coast, sight-see in Boston, surf early morning waves, zip-line, eat great food and make lifelong friends. Three and six week sessions for ages 12 to 17.
College of Saint Rose Summer Academy
Our exciting Summer Academy for kids in grades 6-10 provides parents and students many different programs to choose from that are flexible and convenient.
Computer Camp
Held at Stanford and UC Berkeley, our Computer Camp students’ creativity and technology skills will definitely be challenged! Students entering grades 4-12 may choose a focus of Web Design or Java Programming.
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.
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Design Immersion Days introduces students to careers in architecture and design through the exploration of how products, buildings, and environments are imagined and made.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Julian Krinsky Enrichment
JKCP offers an innovative lineup of programs that include instruction by professionals in tennis, golf, business leadership, medicine, science, computers, fitness, cooking, the performing arts, law, community service, international relations, journalism, architecture and more.
Maine Media Workshops
These intensive hands-on programs are taught by working artists using state-of-the-art equipment. Combine an exploration of filmmaking, photography or multimedia with a true summer Maine experience.
Michigan Engineering
Learn Java, C++, Flash, web development, Pocket PC, game programming, digital filmmaking, virtual reality, system administration...
New York Film Academy Summer Camp
Hands-on summer camps available to teenagers 14-17 in Filmmaking, Acting, Screenwriting, Photography, Musical Theatre, Music Video, Broadcast Journalism and Game Design spanning from one-week to six-weeks.
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.
Oxbow Summer Art Camp
NO LANYARDS MADE HERE! Get professional instruction, field trips, state-of-the-art indoor/outdoor studios, lots of art, gourmet food, and FUN! No applications, portfolios or previous art training needed. Ages 14-16.
Penn Engineering: Academy in Applied Science and Technology
A unique opportunity for a select group of HS students. Rigorous, college-level coursework. Choose from biotech, nanotech, robotics, computer science, computer graphics, and engineering complex networks. Learn more!
Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School
The Summer School at Phillips Exeter Academy seeks bright, highly motivated students to participate in five weeks of academic exploration and discovery.
Ringling College of Art and Design
This four-week intensive provides HS students with focused, challenging artistic experiences in a structured, rigorous program. Integrates fundamental studio practices with major-specific immersions and a robust student life.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston's Pre-College Summer Studio
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Pre-College Summer Studio--Explore painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, video, digital photography, and more while earning college credit.
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.
Syracuse Summer College
This 6-week academic program allows high school students to study, explore career interests and earn college credit.
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.
UDayton Women in Engineering
Join other girls your age for total immersion in through classroom activities, participatory experiments, visits to industries and contact with practicing women engineers.
University of Chicago Summer
This college-preparatory program engages you in the most rigorous and rewarding study of your life.
University of Miami Summer Scholar
High school sophomores and juniors learn about the college experience by studying for three weeks and earning college credit at the University of Miami!
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.
Video Production Camp
Held at Stanford and UC Berkeley, our future filmmakers’ creativity and technology skills will definitely be challenged! Students entering grades 7-12 work with top Bay Area professionals and start shooting on day one!
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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