The Office of Pre-College Programs at Notre Dame runs four academic summer programs for
outstanding high school students who are preparing for their junior or senior year. Three of these
programs, the African American Scholars at Notre Dame program, the Latino Community
Leadership Seminar and the Global Issues Seminar, last one week, and the University covers the
students' expenses.
In 2007, the two-week, tuition-based Summer Experience will add to its current list of 10
academic tracks. Those are Acting for Stage and Film; Investments/Entrepreneurship; Film; Life
Sciences; Literature; Policy Debate and Public Speaking; Pre-Law; Psychology; Theology; and
Voice.
Other pre-college programs include:
ND Vision -- The Institute for Church Life offers this series of five-day, on-campus
retreats, which attracts hundreds of Catholic teens for a focus on vocational discernment, service
and prayer.
Career Discovery and Introduction to Engineering -- The School of Architecture and the
College of Engineering administer their own academic exploration programs for high school
students.
QuarkNet -- Area students get an introduction to high-energy particle physics research
as part of a campaign to improve high school science instruction. Notre Dame is one of several
universities to host the program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the
National Science Foundation.
