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The Baruch College STEP (Science and Technology Entry Program) Academy is a New York State Education Department-funded pre-college program for middle and high school students interested in pursuing careers in the STEM professions. This seminar is designed to provide students with the opportunity to create research projects based on their interests. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, presentation methods, and performing scholarly research. 

In-Person programs will operate over 12 Saturday sessions from January 25th – April 26th.

Semester breaks: February 22nd and April 19th

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Eligibility: Grades 10 and 11; 80 average in Math, Science, English, and overall GPA; 

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Baruch STEP Academy, in our partnership with Kaplan Test Prep Services, aims to provide students with intensive preparation for the May or June SAT exam. New York State STEP Programs have negotiated a special agreement with Kaplan to offer their courses at a discounted rate. Those fees, however, are still beyond the Baruch STEP budget and thus we are asking students and their families for a fee of $175 per student ($169 fee for Kaplan and $6 administrative fee for JP Morgan and RFCUNY) for Kaplan’s 9-session SAT prep course. We do not ask for fees lightly but feel that the value is worth the cost for such an important test in the students’ academic career.  

Course Details

Dates: March 10 - April 7

Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays from 7pm -9pm

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Eligibility:  Be a current high school junior (rising senior in the summer of 2025); Reside and attend school in the five boroughs of New York City; Provide the Sotomayor Program with a Student General Employment Certificate (available through your school); Agree to attend a one-day orientation in May 2025 (date TBD) and be available throughout July 2025 for your internship and programming 

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The High School Division of the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program (The Sotomayor Program) encourages diverse and underrepresented high school students from communities among the five New York City boroughs to pursue careers in the law.

Selected students will spend the summer interning for a state or federal judge in New York City while participating in supplemental educational programming, college preparation, and mentorship opportunities. 

The Sotomayor Program is open to and encourages applications from all eligible candidates. 

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Eligibility: HS Junior, US permanent resident 

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MITES (formerly OEOP) provides transformative experiences that bolster confidence, create lifelong community, and build an exciting, challenging foundation in STEM for highly motivated 7th–12th grade students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. Catalyzing change in STEM, our goal is to advance equity and access through hands-on programs that are free of cost to participants and their families. 

We strongly encourage applications from students: 

• With backgrounds underrepresented in science and engineering, identifying as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx or Native American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander. 

• Who are underserved, defined as coming from low socioeconomic means, which may be indicated by qualification for free/reduced lunch 

• Who are the first member of their families to attend college 

• From families with an absence of science and engineering degrees  

• From high schools with low admittance rates to top-tier colleges, especially rural or predominantly minority high schools

All applicants who meet the eligibility requirements will be considered, regardless of race or ethnicity. 

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Eligibility:  Currently enrolled as a high school junior; Legally authorized to work in the United States; A 3.5 grade point average in science subjects; Must be 14 or older by June 2025; see additional eligibility requirements here

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Founded in 2010, the Summer Student Program is designed for high school students who are interested in pursuing careers in the biomedical sciences. Students will have a chance to take part in an 8-week, biomedical or computational lab-based internship in a Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) research lab. Students are paired with a mentor who supervises their activities, helping them develop appropriate technical skills. Over the course of the internship, students complete a self-directed project that supports the Principal Investigator’s overall research objectives. Through participation in laboratory meetings and program sessions, students are exposed to a variety of people within their assigned laboratories and MSK community.

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Eligibility: grades 9 through 11 from underrepresented groups who are interested in pursuing a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)

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The Summer Exposure Program is a hybrid remote and onsite six-week research program at Memorial Sloan Kettering offered to students in grades 9 through 11 from underrepresented groups who are interested in pursuing a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The AAMC defines underrepresented as those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population. Participants will:

• Get 18 hours of Kaplan SAT courses

• Receive mentorship from a MSK faculty member and MSK Summer Pipeline Medical Student

• Attend a series of scientific lectures, career panels, and hands-on demonstrations

• Complete a five-minute research presentation or case study at the end of the program and will have a draft of their college essay personal statement

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Eligibility:  High school student (rising sophomore to rising senior); see additional requirements here

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The Bridge to Biostats Summer Program is a paid 6-week, in-person summer experiential learning program intended for New York City high school students from underrepresented backgrounds interested in data science and computing.

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Eligibility: Junior at the time of application completion; minimum unweighted grade point average equivalent to a 3.5* out of 4.0; additional requirements here

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The Princeton Summer Journalism Program (PSJP), which is housed in the Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity at Princeton University, is the only program of its kind offering a free, year-long college preparation and journalism program for high school juniors from limited-income backgrounds. Our mission is to diversify the fields that impact our democracy through the exploration of the important connection between journalism and critical social and political events. Every summer, up to 40 students from across the country explore current events and world affairs through workshops and lectures led by Princeton professors, professional journalists, and alumni on campus. The summer program culminates in a 10-day residential experience on Princeton's campus, during which students publish our annual newspaper, the Princeton Summer Journal. During their senior year, students are matched with a personal college adviser, who will work with them on their college admissions process. Since our founding in 2002, PSJP has served more than 570 students who have gone on to attend some of the best colleges and universities and produce content for the most respected publications in the nation. Another 40 will join them this spring, as they complete their senior year and the college admission process!

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