*Classes will be held on Friday and residence halls will close at noon on Saturday the 26th.
(Cost includes double occupancy residence hall room, meals, and activities.)
- Summer Short-term Program Application (Online)
- Summer Program Application (PDF)
- 2024 Program Brochure (PDF)
- Quick Link to pay application fee
What You Gain from a Summer at Landmark College
Our Summer College Readiness Program, for college-bound high school graduates, is all about preparation—through practice and exposure—for that crucial first semester of college. It is also about understanding the changing role of a high school student to a college student. Even the most high-achieving students often face unanticipated difficulties in their first semester of college possibly putting them at risk for failure or struggle. Problems often arise not from a lack of academic abilities, but from the enormous jump in independence required in a college environment.
Students are immersed in a living/learning experience that offers a real “taste” of college life and the college-level work they will encounter in the fall. They develop a clear understanding of their personal learning strengths and needs, and discover how resources and self-advocacy can support their success in college. This preview of college life can help to alleviate anxiety and foster the confidence needed as students encounter the new demands of college.
Who Should Attend this Program?
This program is designed to help students who want to:
- Learn to articulate individual learning issues that need attention
- Identify the specific supports and accommodations they’ll need in college—and how to access them
- Experience a typical introductory college-level lecture class
- Learn and practice self-advocacy skills they’ll need to navigate through their freshman year
- Apply organizational skills, helpful habits, and useful behaviors needed to succeed at college—and identify problem habits and behaviors that might surface during their first year
- Begin the process of transitioning from an adolescent to a young adult
Students who struggle with social anxiety and have difficulty making friends have the option of participating in social support activities, including social pragmatic workshops and student affairs events. Resident assistants are available as peer mentors to provide information about activities and to help students feel connected to the Landmark community.
Rite of Passage: Transition to Adulthood
New for Summer 2024 Through experiential programming students will begin to understand and embrace their transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Students will gain interpersonal and practical skills while exploring their own values and designing a service project to bring change to a community they care about.
- Programming will introduce students to the Rite of Passage (RoP) framework and mindset, and will facilitate skill development, by developing an executable service project.
- Advising meetings and academic courses will introduce fundamental skills and ideas that will support and supplement work on the RoP service project.
- The co-curricular programming will further support student by reinforcing associated skills and strategies to building off the lessons used elsewhere in addition to regular living and learning skills delivered as part of the residential curriculum.
Note: For admission to this program, students must provide a letter of admission to a four-year college or university. A diagnosed learning disability is not required to enroll in this program.
Financial Aid is available and awarded upon acceptance. Financial aid applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage parents to submit an application for financial aid early.
