AIFS Summer Advantage will be relaunching in Summer 2014. Check back this Spring for campus details!

This unique program is and excellent opportunity for students aged 16–18 to experience an educational program in a prestigious university setting abroad and get a head start on one or more of the subjects they wish to study during college.

In the mean time check out these programs…

Summer Institute for the Gifted

Summer Institute for the Gifted

The Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG), a non-profit organization, has provided gifted and talented students with superior programming on the most prestigious campuses in the country since 1984.

SIG University Prep

SIG University Prep

SIG University Prep is a 3-week intensive summer program that will make you the strongest college applicant that you can be and prepare you to apply to the colleges and universites of your choice.

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Summer Advantage Students in Paris

Students will get a taste of university life before they enroll in college and help students to strengthen their prospects for acceptance at a leading U.S. university through foreign language study or liberal arts courses abroad. Students with a high level of fluency in the local language can take advanced level language courses. Most U.S. colleges accept transfer credits for completed work from the programs.

Programs average 4 weeks in duration. Students can earn up to 7 semester credits, depending on program. In addition to course work, an extensive program of cultural activities including day trips and multi-day excursions is built in to every program to ensure students are able to truly experience life abroad.

Program fee includes: transcripts for college credit, tuition, housing, meals plans, cultural activities, day trips and excursions, insurance/assistance package and services of a full-time, on-site Resident Director and AIFS support staff.

The program is organized by the American Institute For Foreign Study, the leading provider of educational and cultural exchange programs since 1964.