Princeton University Summer Journalism Program - Deadline: February 15, 2011

Princeton University will be providing a 10-day all-expenses-paid summer program for high school student journalists from low-income backgrounds that will take place for 10 days in August on the campus of Princeton University. The program is entering its ninth year; since 2002, more than 200 students from high schools across the country have been selected to participate in the program. They were taught by journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The New Republic and The New Yorker; they covered Yankees, Mets, Jets and Liberty games and held a press conference with New Jersey's secretary of state; they met with Princeton University's president and dean of admissions; they received counseling on their college applications from our staff, which consists of Princeton University alumni and undergraduates; and they published their own newspaper. We hope that you will consider nominating some of your students to participate in this exciting program for aspiring young journalists.

The program is also designed to give students a taste of what life is like at one of the best colleges in the country — students live on campus and eat in one of the university's cafeterias. Students meet with the Princeton University 's president and the school's dean of admissions — people who are able to offer guidance on the difficult decisions about college that high school students face. The program is staffed by young alumni of Princeton, current Princeton students, and students who attended the program in past summers.

THE APPLICATION FOR SUMMER 2012 IS NOW AVAILABLE:

The application process will take place in two parts. For the first part, students should fill out the application, which can be found and submitted online here: https://fs4.formsite.com/pusjp/form1/secure_index.html. We must receive the application by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. No extensions will be given for any reason. Please do not mail a hard copy of the application to Princeton University.




All application materials—as well as additional information about the program—are available at www.princeton.edu/sjp.

If you have questions, the best way to reach us is via email at sjp@princeton.edu.

**Please Note:   Please feel free to nominate as many students as you have who are interested. We will happily accept several students from the same school, so there is no need to worry about your own students competing for slots in the program. ***