With COVID-19 upending all aspects of life, planning for meaningful summer experiences will take more flexibility and creativity than ever before. One option is to sign up for an online summer program. Here are some to consider (pay attention to deadlines!).
General Academic
Arizona State Global Freshman Academy (earn college credit in precalculus or calculus)
Columbia U Summer Immersion Programs (no credit, but options for 1- and 3-week sessions with Columbia instructors)
Cornell Precollege Studies (earn credit for dozens of courses taught by university faculty)
Georgetown Summer High School Options (range from credit courses to accelerated academy programs)
Harvard Summer School (credit and no-credit options)
Boston U Pre-College Programs (no-credit to full credit options in a variety of subjects)
Summer@Brown (seminar-style courses; new options being added May 18th)
UCLA Summer College Immersion (take 2 courses plus workshops, seminars and lectures)
UMASS Amherst Summer Programs (college-level courses across disciplines)
Wake Forest Summer (not-for-credit coursework)
University of South Florida Summer Program (for-credit courses)
Business/Finance
Sports/Business
STEAM
Northern Illinois U STEAM Camps
Code Connects (free virtual coding classes and speaker series)
Connected Camps (for youth, aged 8-13)
Columbia CyberThreat Intelligence (1-week course)
Full Sail Labs (week-long STEAM camps for ages 7-17)
Amnesty Decoders (volunteer to use computer skills to expose human rights violations)
edX (ongoing, self-paced coursework)
Independent Research
Horizon Academic (conduct trimester-long academic or lab research; highly selective)
Polygence (research projects guided by top academics)