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Summer 2008
22 June-1 August

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What is the Hughes Summer Scholars Program?

The Hughes Summer Scholars Program is an accelerated introduction to the sciences and math at Bates College. Open to ten entering first-year students who demonstrate an interest in science and mathematics, the program seeks to build a community of science scholars from among a diverse group of incoming first-years, including first-generation college students and students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. The Hughes Summer Scholars Program launched in summer 2007 and is supported by a grant to Bates from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Hughes Summer Scholars spend six weeks on campus in the summer preceding their first year at Bates and take two college courses for academic credit. One course focuses on mathematics, Mathematics across Time and Cultures.  The other is a first-year seminar with labsThe Chemistry of Life.   Taking two courses before the fall semester begins gives Summer Scholars an introduction to math and science at Bates in a low-enrollment, seminar setting, and gives them more flexibility in their academic schedule during their first year. The program is rigorous and challenging, but students find that it is an amazing opportunity.

"This is an experience that only comes once in a lifetime, and if you don’t take it, you’ll regret it!"
-- 2007 Summer Scholar

Application Deadline: May 1, 2008                                                                      11/2007