Rutgers Summer Session-New Brunswick Offers Opportunities for Learning – and Savings – for High Schoolers

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Academically promising high school sophomores and juniors will get an early taste of university life while their parents can realize much-welcomed savings on tuition when the youngsters register for Summer Session at Rutgers in New Brunswick.

High schoolers with a minimum 3.0 grade point average and a letter of recommendation from their guidance counselors are eligible to apply for High School Summer Scholars Scholarships covering up to 20 percent of tuition for a maximum of two courses when they register by June 10, according to Elizabeth Beasley, New Brunswick Summer Session director. June 10 is the deadline whether they choose to attend New Brunswick’s second or third summer sessions, which run June 27 to Aug. 4 and July 11 to Aug. 17, respectively. Scholarships are funded by Rutgers’ Division of Continuing Studies.

Rutgers-New Brunswick’s first summer session starts May 31 and ends July 8. All students – from Rutgers, other colleges and universities, and high schools – can avoid paying late fees by enrolling by the May 12 deadline.

“We are pleased that even in this difficult financial climate, we can help introduce future collegians to college-level work though these partial scholarships” Beasley said. “Our faculty has identified a broad range of introductory courses that will be of interest to advanced younger students. In addition, a few courses have been developed with these promising students in mind.”

One such class offered for the first time is a three-credit, multidisciplinary lab course, “Experiments with GFP: The Art and the Science,” taught by associate professor of biochemistry William Ward. GFP, or green-fluorescent protein, has numerous commercial and educational applications.

All Rutgers-New Brunswick summer students will have plenty of choices, with more than 2,000 course sections, internships, and research and independent study opportunities from which to choose. “The availability of a large range of summer classes will enable students to maintain or even get ahead on their schedules for graduation,” Beasley said. “Also, some might want to lighten their course loads during the regular academic year to accommodate work schedules, and Summer Session supplies a solution.

“Our many offerings will allow students to enroll in some popular required courses, or courses in their major subject area, that might close out during the fall or spring. Or they can explore an academic subject they normally would not try during a semester with a larger class load.”

Summer Session will again feature certificate programs, including Rutgers’ Continuing Studies Gifted Education Certificate Program designed to help the state’s K through 12 educators, counselors, administrators and parents meet the challenges of educating gifted learners, as well as hybrid courses, which combine the convenience of web-based learning with the benefits of classroom interaction.

For more information on Rutgers’ Summer Session, e-mail summer@docs.rutgers.edu, call 732-932-7565 or click here.