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Summer programs at Stanford

I received this info from Stanford this week:
Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes (Grades 8–11)
A three-week summer residential program where students engage in single-subject intensive study and benefit from small class sizes and academically-themed residences.

Stanford Summer Arts Institute (Grades 8–11)
Students come together for a three-week intensive arts program offering academically challenging, interdisciplinary courses in art, music, architecture, and film.

Stanford Summer Humanities Institute (Grades 10–11)
A three-week residential program where students explore the big questions at the heart of the humanities in seminars led by distinguished Stanford professors.

Stanford AI4ALL (Grade 9)
Each summer, we partner with the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the non-profit, AI4ALL, to offer a summer program aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion in the field of AI.

Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) (Grades 10–11)
SUMaC welcomes an elite group of talented high school students from around the world for intensive study in advanced mathematics.

Stanford Pre-Collegiate University-Level Online Math & Physics (Grades 9–12)
Earn Stanford Continuing Studies credit. 13 courses are offered throughout the year to give students the opportunity to take an advanced offering of math and physics courses not typically available in secondary schools.
 
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