College Readiness

学费: $2,660
存款: $532
Application Fee: $50

Deposit due within two weeks of acceptance.

概述

Smith Precollege 项目 are open to students entering 9th-12th grade in the fall of 2024. Smith is a residential women’s college. Our Precollege 项目 offer a Smith experience for high school students. 回顾我们的 Codes of Conduct for students and parents/guardians to ensure that this program is the right fit for you. College credit is not offered.

To learn more, see the Apply to Summer 项目 webpage.

A Polished Essay

You will finish the program with a complete, or almost complete, admission essay for the Common Application, as well as tips on ways to customize your essay for individual college applications.

Public Speaking & Interviewing Readiness

You will gain new confidence and skills for public speaking, and learn to talk comfortably about yourself and your achievements in a college interview.

Composition Class—Self-Editing Skills

By developing skills in critical thinking and writing—including critical reading, as well as revising, creating and defending an argument—you will learn how to write successfully for any personal, professional, or academic assignment.

Composition Class

在大学, you will be expected to write longer, open-ended papers that are free from repetition, incorporate multiple sources, and most importantly, demonstrate a unique, in-depth analysis and understanding of the source materials. 在大学, great writing generates new knowledge and ideas that show critical and creative thinking that transcends simply understanding the reading.

This class will help you produce great writing: based on the Colloquia in Writing course for Smith undergraduates, you will study the stages of a college essay: deconstructing the assignment, creating an efficient outline, writing a rough first draft, making global revisions, and adding the finishing touches to the final draft. Class time involves in-class writing assignments, 讨论, 讲座, workshops and one-on-one teacher/student conferences.