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in Math, Science and Technology?
“No field of study has started a fire within me like architecture and interior design has. Your enthusiasm for my ideas and designs was new and exciting for me. The very idea of my mind's eye being projected onto a blank canvas of earth for possibly hundreds of years keeps me awake at night. ”
“This is the best thing I will ever do this whole entire summer.”
“I loved the hands-on experience; it wasn’t anything like science class in school.”
“College doesn’t seem as unimaginable as before. I will definitely be going to college.”
“The speaker was very informative – extremely! I really am considering an occupation in my academy’s field.”
“I really didn’t know what biotech was before, and now I really do like it, and I think I would like to explore it more.”
“The most interesting thing I learned was meeting new people.”
“It really woke me up to what I’m about to take during college…”
Cool facts about Summer Academies…
- 23 Summer Academies are available this year at 16 different college campuses across the state.
- More than 17,000 Oklahoma students have attended Summer Academies since 1990.
- 73 percent of Summer Academies students go to college immediately after high school, compared to 56 percent of all students.
- While in college, Summer Academies students are more academically prepared than their peers, requiring one-third fewer remedial courses than all other students.
- More than 80 percent of Summer Academies students earn at least a bachelor’s degree, compared with 22 percent of all Oklahomans.
- All Summer Academies, even residential ones where students live on campus, are FREE.