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Summer 2010 College Prep Camp Schedule Announced
The college prep camps are held over 10 days at each location for students who are entering grades 9-12 in the upcoming fall. The students reside on campus for the duration of the program, living in the dorms and participating in day-long learning and life skills programs to prepare for college success.
Studies with SuperCamp graduates have shown that these summer enrichment programs are effective at helping students during high school, in college and get into college. A recent study revealed that 77 percent of SuperCamp grads went directly into a four-year college following high school.
The sites for SuperCamp's 2010 college prep camps are UCLA, Stanford, Brown, Wake Forest, Lake Forest Academy, Colorado College, the University of Washington, and Cal State San Marcos.
An equal amount of time in the 10-day course curriculum is devoted to enhancing learning skills and developing valuable life skills. The learning skills in such areas as test-taking, studying, memory techniques, critical thinking, problem solving and creative writing are applicable to all subject matter.
The life skills help develop students' communication and leadership skills, while also engraining important character traits into the campers. Participants leave SuperCamp with increased confidence, self-esteem and motivation as a results of the skills they acquire.
Bobbi DePorter, co-founder and president of SuperCamp, says that it's this blend of learning and life skills that sets SuperCamp apart as a college prep camp, "While some programs focus on SAT and ACT prep, SuperCamp deals with developing the whole person, so when a student goes off to college, he or she is prepared academically and personally to cope with the new challenges that college presents."
SuperCamp also offers a college prep summer program for students about to enter college in the fall. This program, called Quantum U, helps incoming and current college students prepare for success throughout college and toward a post-college career.
More information on SuperCamp's college prep programs is available at the SuperCamp website and by calling 800-285-3276.
