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High School STEM Summer Camp in Boston, MA

Parents in Boston, MA book summer in February and regret it in July. The Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH metro area has about 5,034,221 residents, ranking 11th in the country. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 14-18 · For families · Massachusetts · Northeast

High School STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Boston, MA
High School STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Boston, MA

What the week actually is

By high school a camp has to be worth a teenager's summer. This one runs on a real project with a real deliverable — something that can be shown to an admissions officer or an employer without an explanation attached.

Day by day

  1. Pick the problem and write the prediction
  2. First build, first failure
  3. Diagnose what actually went wrong
  4. Rebuild and test against the prediction
  5. Showcase: explain it to the room

Boston, MA — what applies locally

  • The Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH metro area has about 5,034,221 residents, ranking 11th in the country.
  • Metro area: Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH
  • State: Massachusetts · Region: Northeast

Questions we get from Boston, MA

Does it help with college applications?
A finished, documented project helps. A certificate of attendance does not, and we do not pretend otherwise.
What is the deliverable?
A build, a dataset or a piece of working software, documented well enough to hand to a stranger.
Can they work on their own idea?
Yes, if it can be scoped to the time available.

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