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Pursue a passion or discover new interests in an exciting atmosphere that encourages active involvement, creativity, a sense of community, exploration, adventure, and fun. Choose a seminar and dive into your coursework through engaging discussions and hands-on projects. Frame your seminar concepts and key issues, and then take the learning beyond the classroom as you dig deeper through fieldwork, site visits, and meetings with local experts. In the process, gain a better understanding of the subject matter, as well as the research, interview, and analytical tools you need to tackle any academic challenge. The Putney Pre-College experience prepares you academically and socially for taking the important next step into college. Expand your worldview through travel, meet new people from all over the globe, test-drive potential major fields of study in real-world environments, and explore new interests amid a tight-knit community of like-minded peers and supportive instructors. Emerge from the program with lasting friendships and a new perspective of life beyond high school. Distinguished Instructors Learn From Our Top-Notch Instructors We select the distinguished instructors in our Pre-College summer programs not only for their impressive academic credentials—many hold advanced degrees from renowned schools—but also for their enthusiasm, passion, and proven capacity to connect with and inspire students. They are dedicated, warm, dynamic, experienced, and caring individuals who in most cases also live in dormitories with students, sharing in their lives and fully participating in extracurricular activities. Click here to meet instructors. Prepare for College Prepare for College Campus LifeCommunity Each summer, high school students in Putney Pre-College programs find themselves in a community of peers hailing from all 50 U.S. states and countries around the world, who share their enthusiasm and commitment to personal and intellectual growth. Live together with peers and instructors and use Barcelona or Tokyo as your classroom, with dorm-style hotels and residences as your home base. Take advantage of unparalleled access to world-class facilities, residential instructor teams, and renowned cultural sites. Get a taste of college life as you learn to manage your time between stimulating, college-level seminars, hands-on activities and workshops, lab time, guest speakers, and a wide range of extracurricular activities. Every evening we come together for Community Meeting to share our ideas, successes, and goals, and plan for the coming day. Students thrive in this learning environment, where curiosity is sparked and fed by the world around them, as they prepare academically and socially for college. Become part of a community where your interests are supported and nurtured, and make lasting friendships in the process. Engaging Seminars Learn by Doing Through Enriching Pre-College Seminars Through a novel combination of experiential learning and global immersion, high school students learn by doing in our Putney Pre-College summer programs. Purposefully small and immersive, our seminars are taught in and out of the classroom for a learning experience that rivals anything you have experienced before. Unlike a conventional school setting, where learning is prescribed, classroom-centered, and text heavy, these field-based seminars are challenging and rigorous, but also innovative, intellectually stimulating,...