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4 GOOD REASONS TO COUNT
YOURSELF IN

01/   LIVE & LEARN LIKE A COLLEGE STUDENT

Four-week program students can choose two courses from a variety of topics, while those participating in a one-week Intensive focus on a single subject. Young Women's Leadership Institute students will attend classes and workshops that explore the complex relationship between gender and leadership. In all of the programs you will:

• Learn from outstanding faculty or workshop facilitators;
• Develop your reading, writing, and critical thinking skills;
• Engage in lively discussion;
• Utilize campus resources, from libraries to computer labs;
• Practice time management;
• Immerse yourself in college life.
• Receive a qualitative evaluation from your instructor when the program ends. Pre-College courses are not offered for credit.

02/   EXPLORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our Life After College series and Leaders in Action visits help you to begin thinking about your future plans. Every Wednesday, students in the four-week program visit professional or community service organizations or attend on-campus seminars, while Leadership Institute students will meet with Barnard alumnae in their workplaces. These sessions introduce you to different fields and the education or professional training they require. In past summers, students have met with professionals from organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Wall Street Journal, film centers, photo studios, and television networks. Through hands-on community service opportunities at sites like the Broadway Presbyterian Church soup kitchen or the Harlem Restoration Project, you can become more fully involved with neighborhood life.

03/   BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS

The Pre-College Program offers rich opportunities for you to develop your leadership skills, whether you join the newspaper or campus radio staff, or participate in our organized leadership development program, the Young Women's Leadership Institute. You will learn new things about yourself, your sense of purpose, and how you work as a part of a team. The program's structure helps to foster student leadership, from its small size to its broad range of organized activities. You will discover that, at its best, leadership is based on strong relationships, and you will help to build the tight-knit community that characterizes the Pre-College Program experience.

04/   "ONLY IN NEW YORK" EXPERIENCES

Pre-College Program students explore more of New York City in a summer than many native New Yorkers do in a lifetime. You will discover the city's contrasts: the dazzle of Broadway, the intensity of Wall Street, the reflecting skyscrapers of midtown, diverse Chelsea art galleries, and the serenity of Central Park. Take in classical music at Carnegie Hall and salsa dancing at an outdoor festival. The city houses a vast array of museums, from the Museum of Radio and Broadcasting to the Museum of the American Indian. Most of all, however, New York City is a mosaic, a patchwork of ethnic neighborhoods, cultures, and cuisines. You'll find dim sum in Chinatown, tiramisu in Little Italy, and Ukrainian breakfasts in the East Village.