Bridging the Gap Between Summer Camp and College
Summer is On for 2022!
Here at Summer Discovery, dreaming of summer has become a reality - we’re full steam ahead for an on-campus experience! Grab all of your bunkmates and plan a summer that is sure to be full of fun, supervised activities, enriching courses, and memories that will last a lifetime. Whether sunny LA is your go-to spot or you want to try something new, we’re ready and waiting to give you the experience you rely on with the added bonus of college preparation. Take it from our past camp families, Summer Discovery is the perfect bridge between summer camp and college!
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Many of our students and families come to us proudly wearing the "camp kid" badge. Some have aged out of their camp programs, others simply want to try something new, and some are looking for an experience to help prepare them for college life.
We help camp kids bridge the gap between summer camp and college by helping them:
Find pathways for the future
Develop life skills
CREATE LASTING MEMORIES
mAKE NEW FRIENDS AND CONNECT 
Our Unique Pre-College Summer Program Features
- Live on a college campus at one of the top US universities, or spend the summer at one of our programs abroad.
- Expansive academic programming in subjects you won't find in high school. Plus, you can pick enrichment courses like surfing or more challenging courses like physics to meet your preferences.
- Diversified programming with numerous daily activities, off-campus trips, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
- Free-choice events (select your activities each day with your friends).
- Highly trained and mature staff. Our Resident Counselors have completed or are pursuing a college degree.
- Welcoming environment that empowers students while providing guided independence. We have home areas that students can explore with guided support and boundaries.
- Flexible sessions and dates (1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks).
- Optional add-on travel excursions.
- Daily activity info, blogs, and social media posts for families to stay connected to students from afar.
- We don't limit the number of friends that can join you on your experience. Come one, come all! Many teen tours don't allow camp families to bring more than 4 fellow campers.
- We allow cell phones. We know connecting with your student is important, and we know they'll want their phone to snap the ultimate Instagram worthy selfie.
- Safety is always our number one priority. We have many tried and true protocols and practices to support students safety on-and-off campus.
Popular "Camp Kid" Campuses
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
From sports management to personal finance, cooking, baking and more – University of Michigan has got you covered.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Discovery UT Austin
Our History
Summer Discovery is rooted in family. In fact, we were founded by a camp family!
In 1966, Mike and Judy Musiker sold Camp Keewanee in Parksville, NY, and ran their first of many Musiker Student Tours programs. Fast forward to the 1980s when Bob and Jimmy Musiker joined the family business, and the first Summer Discovery pre-college program began at UCLA in 1986. Two years later, Summer Discovery at Cambridge University in England was introduced, and the rest is history! Since then, we’ve forged unique university partnerships with some of the most prestigious universities across the globe.
