College Prep Camps

Getting into college is much easier for students who attend SuperCamp. Our 10-day Senior Forum college prep camps provide high school students entering grades 9 through 12 with a number of college prep skills. These college prep skills help them prepare for college with new learning and life skills that are critical for success at the next level. Over the course of the 10 days, we spend time directly on ACT prep and SAT prep. In addition, much of our Quantum Strategies instruction helps with SAT and ACT prep, effective writing, improved study habits and test taking, as discussed below. ACT Prep and SAT Prep A comprehensive 90-minute academic session within our college prep camps is devoted to ACT prep, SAT prep and test-taking preview. In this session, our facilitators compare and show the differences between the ACT and SAT tests, giving an overview of both and discussing how each is scored. We also go "behind the scenes" by sharing ACT and SAT test strategies, techniques and tips. And we get into sample ACT and SAT test questions to show campers the thought processes to use when taking either test.

Getting into College

Getting into college, particularly one's first choice in colleges, requires more than a good score on the SAT or ACT. For a student to successfully get into college, he or she needs to attain consistently good grades through high school, a strong entrance package that includes one or more well written essays and teacher recommendation letters, and, perhaps, to impress a college representative in an interview. In other words, the student must be well rounded. SuperCamp's pre-college summer camps help students prepare for college acceptance by providing them with the learning skills that translate into better grades and polished, poised communicators. The focus and motivation that many students who attend SuperCamp acquire also helps with getting into college. In fact, many of our Senior Forum campers list getting into college as their goal when they participate in a goal-setting exercise we do on day 9.

Quantum Strategies

The Quantum Strategies learning skills we teach at our college prep camps help high schoolers prepare for college by arming them with learning, study and test-taking tools that help in high school courses and in preparing for and taking an ACT or SAT test.

We teach students innovative note-taking techniques that enable them to retain more from classroom lectures and personal research. The same techniques help when it comes time to study for a test because the student's notes are more organized and understandable.

College prep also includes developing effective study habits. We provide students in Senior Forum with a number of guidelines on how to study more effectively, which becomes a big part of preparing for college. These study skills can be put into effect immediately in high school as students prepare for college and they can be carried through into their college years.

Other learning skills covered in our Quantum Strategies instruction at SuperCamp's Senior Forum college prep camps that help with ACT prep, SAT prep and college prep, in general, include critical thinking, problem solving, creative writing, reading comprehension and test-taking tips. At the same time, we create many mini-success moments for each camper in order to build their self-esteem. In doing so, we build teen motivation and confidence, which helps them in their college prep process with high school courses and with ACT and SAT tests.

Leadership Training In addition to the leadership and life skills campers acquire in our Senior Forum college prep camps, returning campers can take their college prep to the next level with Leadership Training Team and Leadership Forum. Leadership Training Team is open to returning Senior Forum campers and it helps enhance leadership, interpersonal and self-management skills as participants receive more specialized training and get the chance to serve as a role model for other students. Leadership Forum is open to students who have graduated from Leadership Training Team. This exclusive program is available at Colorado College, where students get to take part in an incredible Ultra Ropes course, while gaining advanced leadership skills. Both of these leadership programs provide students with solid college prep skills that build upon the excellent academic and life skills they acquire in Senior Forum.

Quantum U

For high school seniors who have ACT prep, SAT prep and tests behind them, but still are in need of college prep help, we offer Quantum U. Quantum U is our college summer camp for incoming and current college students. It puts a real-world, college-level spin on the learning and life skills of SuperCamp. For high school grads who feel they could use a little real-life college prep before they head off to college in the fall, eight days at Quantum U is time very well spent.