

Wave Goodbye to Summer Camp
Some students want to get onto an Ivy League campus in the worst way. And so they do: they sign up for a summer program. These students spend one to three weeks sleeping in dorms and eating dining hall food, learning to make new friends, get along with roommates, survive independently, and embrace new ideas. But the parents who shell out a couple thousand dollars may not get what they thought they were paying for. Often these minimally selective programs aren’t affiliated