The summer residency is designed to help you:
Learn how to thrive in a college environment
Experience living away from home and your family
Create lifelong relationships with academically-motivated peers
Build community with new friends and mentors
Challenge yourself and experience personal growth in a supportive environment
Experience a taste of college life before you begin
You will live in USC residential housing on campus and be paired with a roommate who is also from the program. Resident Advisors live on-site to support you and facilitate social activities.
3:1 Scholar to program staff ratio for the Summer Residency
Program Structure
You will be assigned a coach who will provide you with hands-on, individualized support throughout the college application and essay-writing process.
For some exercises, such as your career self-assessment, you will work independently. For most activities, you will work in small groups. For special guest speakers and general-interest lectures, the full USC Bovard Scholars cohort will come together.
On Saturday mornings, you will take a full-length practice exam to simulate the real exam process.
While you will participate in a full slate of daily programming during your three-week residency, we incorporate numerous social activities into the schedule to build camaraderie and provide breaks from the intensive learning sessions.
Upon departure from the summer experience, you will continue to work with your dedicated admissions coach throughout your entire college application process.