Summer Science Institute
Applications
You can download PDF versions of the SSI application and the Teacher recommendation form (50KB) for the Summer of 2009 or contact Brian Asen, Summer Science Program Coordinator, from our contact info page.
Submit the application and all supporting materials by April 15. Your
biographical essay should be typed on a separate sheet of paper and
include:
- brief personal and family history
- educational background (your academic strengths and weaknesses)
- specific scientific interests
- reasons for attending SSI and what you wish to accomplish
- your future educational goals
- any extracurricular activities
Here are some comments from past SSI students:
I am a third year medical student now and I still value and use the skills I learned in SSI.
The program established my appreciation of science and gave me the skills needed to succeed in college and life.
SSI changed me in so many positive ways. I came back home at the end of that summer with self-confidence, independence, knowledge, friends, self-worth, and left behind an eating disorder. I will forever be grateful for my experience.
Since SSI was mainly composed of a wide diversity of nationalities, I learned about many people, their culture, their dances, and best of all their food.
The summers with SSI shaped and molded me into a promising young scientist with strong ethics, uncompromising skills, and a thirst for uncovering the truth. I'm serious when I say that SSI made the critical difference in my life that allowed me to strive for excellence rather than settling for average.
I remember crying when it was time to leave, because I had made so many new friends we were practically like family.
Contact
- Course Coordinator
- Brian Asen
- 118D Genetics Building
- beasen@wisc.edu
- (608) 262-5267