A summer term at Harvard, Yale, Brown or another elite institution is a very viable option for capable, ambitious undergraduates, regardless of their home institution. Most but not all elite universities offer a summer session that is open to visiting undergraduates including Stanford, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Northwestern, Berkeley, U VA and Washington University, St. Louis. The degree to which these summer sessions reflect the regular academic year varies from institution to institution so be sure to research several options before settling on one. Below is some basic information to get you started.
