10 Online Pre-College Courses to Boost Your Future
These courses help you level up your knowledge, gain practical skills, and impress college admission teams with your dedication. Plus, they look great on your resume!
- Cost: $3,700 (4 credits) or $7,400 (8 credits)
- Eligibility: Students aged 16-18
- Dates: June 22 – August 10, 2024
- Details: Understand human behavior and social interactions through Harvard’s engaging psychology course.
- Cost: Free (no certificate) or $199 (with certificate)
- Eligibility: Everyone
- Dates: Self-paced
- Details: Learn the startup process from Silicon Valley experts and turn your business ideas into reality.
5. Stanford Precollege - Investigations in Neuroscience
- Cost: $3050
- Eligibility: 9-12th graders with at least one biology course
- Dates: July 10 - July 21
- Details: Discover the wonders of the brain, from neurons to neurological disorders, in this hands-on neuroscience program.
7. Yale Young Global Scholars - Economics, Politics, and Law
- Cost: $6,500
- Eligibility: High school sophomores and juniors aged 16-18
- Dates: 2-week sessions
- Details: Engage with complex topics in economics, politics, and law through seminars and workshops at Yale.
9. UPenn Precollege - Law and Society
- Cost: $8044
- Eligibility: High school sophomores and juniors
- Dates: June 29 - August 4
- Details: Explore the principles of law and its impact on society through this engaging program at UPenn.
- Cost: Free
- Eligibility: High school students proficient in single-variable calculus and basic programming
- Dates: Self-paced
- Details: Dive into the science of thermodynamics and its impact on climate change with free materials from MIT.
- Cost: $3050
- Eligibility: Grades 9-11
- Dates: 11 days in June or July
- Details: Explore the fascinating world of number theory, including prime numbers and cryptography, in an immersive program at Stanford.
6. Harvard Secondary School - Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Cost: $3,700 (4 credits) or $7,400 (8 credits)
- Eligibility: High school sophomores and juniors aged 16-18
- Dates: July - August
- Details: Dive into the world of cells and DNA with Harvard’s comprehensive biology course.
8. edX - Principles of Economics by Harvard University
- Cost: Free (no certificate) or $50 (with certificate)
- Eligibility: Everyone
- Dates: Self-paced (10 weeks)
- Details: Get a solid intro to economics with Harvard’s comprehensive online course.
10. MIT Open Courseware - Introduction to Statistical Physics
- Cost: Free
- Eligibility: High school students proficient in single-variable calculus and basic programming
- Dates: Self-paced
- Details: Explore the principles of statistical mechanics and the behavior of matter and energy.
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