Local high school students can explore careers seriously at Summer College

Cornell Summer College's "Exploration Seminar Program," which meets for several hours each week between June 26 and Aug. 10, will give talented high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to delve deeply into a variety of career fields.

Cornell's Summer College Programs for High School Students is one of the nation's most highly acclaimed programs of its kind. Every summer, it offers one-, three- and six-week programs for approximately 600 talented high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from around the world.

Students in the "Exploration Seminar Program" will have the opportunity to explore the following career fields or academic paths: The Art World, Biological Research and the Health Professions, The Business World, College Success: Critical Reading and Thinking (offered for two credits), Communication, Engineering, The Schenker Exploration in the Humanities and Sciences, Law and the Legal Profession, Psychology and Veterinary Medicine.

These noncredit college courses, led by Cornell faculty members and experienced professionals, may include guest speakers, field trips, hands-on projects, and discussion sessions. Throughout the program, seminar leaders will offer advice about career and academic paths and talk about the satisfactions and challenges of their chosen careers.

Although students in this program live at home, they are invited to take part in the many extracurricular activities offered through Summer College's residential program. Activities may include athletic events and intramural sports, weekend dances, a casino night, a free movie series, free concerts, political debates, a talent show, culture nights, coffeehouses and much more.

The program fee is $1,510 per seminar (except for College Success, which is $2,000 and enables a student to earn two college credits). The application deadline is June 4.

For more information about the "Exploration Seminars Program," or any of the Summer College residential programs, contact: Abby Eller, director, Summer College Programs for High School Students, B20 Day Hall, Ithaca N.Y. 14853; 255-6203; or summer_college@cornell.edu.