Ask Slashdot: Tech-Related Summer Camps For Teenagers?

First time accepted submitter jcreus writes "I am a teenager (aged 14, though turning 15 before summer), and I've recently been looking for summer camps in the USA. My interests include physics, mathematics (to a lesser extent) and computer science (I already know several programming languages). However, I haven't been able to find anything really exciting. The difficulties I've found include the fact that most are general-oriented, whereas I'm seeking something specific. Furthermore, some are USA-student-only (and I'm European), and most computer-science oriented camps seem to be for non-programmers. What are your experiences with such camps?"

Comments

Why USA?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why would you want to come to this gestapo country? Stay in Europe. What are you going to want to do next summer, go to summer camp in North Korea?

Re:Why USA?

[Anonymous Coward]

>To learn about the USA, and make up his own mind. Then he can return to Europe,

I don't think they let people return. They just throw them in Guantanamo nowadays.

Real programmers don't go to camps

[Anonymous Coward]

There are just too many people in those places.

Re:I used to go to tech camps

[antifoidulus]

I've been coding in C++ for 15 years and I still don't know it.

I don't think even Stroustrup completely understands C++

Wrong type of camp.

[billybob_jcv]

When I was 14, the only kind of camp I was interested in was one with hot girls. That isn't going to be a tech camp...

Re:Space Camp!

[SilverJets]

If you get really lucky Jinx will send you into orbit!

Re:Speaking of US and Canada, I recommend:

[raehl]

And I meant to move that up one set of posts... ooops. Guess they were not teaching slashdot posting in summer camp.