Spend a summer having fun with us, and shoot up on your SATs!

The Socratic Summer Academy was founded in 2010. Its a three-week sleepaway summer camp aimed at improvement on the
SATs. Every year, using our carefully tailored curriculum and in-house textbook, in conjunction with College Board prep
materials, our students see extraordinary score improvements - and have the summer of a lifetime.
Weve established a track record of 400 point score improvements (over a 3-week period!) for students who had never studied
the SAT. Last year, our students increased their scores 36 percentile points - and thats just the average!

Extraordinary, Caring Master Teachers

Our master teachers all have plenty of experience teaching the SAT. They come from
Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Amherst, Haverford, Middlebury, UC
Berkeley, McGill, and Wesleyan - great schools, but what they really bring to the table is their
dedication to educating and mentoring. Our primary hiring criteria are being creative and
inspirational, inside and outside the classroom.

Our Strategies - What Sets Us Apart

Point Improvement

One of our biggest strategies is game-ification - making strategies into games, using
games to learn vocabulary, breaking the actual test down into pieces that form the
evenings activity. In 2012, we eliminated homework (which sounds crazy) but replaced
it with proctored work sessions, so kids were doing classwork with teachers around to
help. Also, since there are 2 master teachers in a classroom and frequently 2 assistants on
top of that, one-on-one teaching is really easy. Over the summer, each student receives
over 150 hours of classroom teaching and unlimited one-on-one and small group sessions.
And amazingly, it works.

Smores! Campfires Under the Stars! Dodgeball! Scavenger Hunts!

Fun is a necessary component of the SSA Socratic Summer
Academy. The great thing about it is that its not just an SAT
boot camp - its also an amazing traditional summer camp
experience - dodgeball, singalongs around the campfire,
piano, and guitar, capture the flag, volleyball, scavenger hunts,
story-based games, hikes in the wilderness. Its fun. The kids
get dragged to camp kicking and screaming (eew! who wants
to go to an SAT camp!) and then cry when its time to go
home - they dont want to leave.

What makes us different from other SAT programs:

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Individualized Attention
Adaptive classroom
Team teaching
Coaching teams
Dynamic and Comprehensive Curricula
Game-ification
Clear bi-weekly metrics
A Well-Oiled Schedule
Extraordinary Teachers
Community
Our Record of Excellence

Ive been to camps for church,

SSA went beyond my expectations. My kids got much more than just having

sports, and music, so before I came

their SAT scores improve. They made new friends, interacted with a diverse

here I was scared that it would be

group of students and people, and gained a lot more confidence. The teachers are

all study - but it turned out to be the

very learned; they know their stuff. Theyre very patient, understanding, and

best camp Ive been to! I would tell

welcoming, and they have the ability to meet a person where they are, as an

someone who isnt sure about SAT

individual, and draw the best out of them. I didnt think my kids would enjoy

camp that if they want support and

camp, but they really loved being around the group and the teachers. And they

help, then they should come here.

improved so much on their SAT scores, it was definitely worth the investment!

- A 2011 student

- A 2012 parent (read the whole interview on our website!)

Camp Info:
- Camp will begin Saturday, June 27, 2015, and end Saturday, July 18, 2015.
We will be on Colgate Universitys campus in Hamilton, NY.
- Tuition is comprehensive, including room, board, and book fees.
No additional spending money is necessary.
- We ask parents to send a 20% deposit to hold their childs spot upon
registration.
- Full tuition is due no later than April 1, 2015. Space permitting, students
may register after April 1, in which case they must send full tuition at the
time of registration.

Contact Us!
Camp director Alyssa Bowlby has a masters degree from Johns Hopkins and a bachelors degree
from Haverford College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude. She has
taught the SAT since 2006 as a private tutor, a classroom teacher, and, of course, a camp director.
She personally answers all questions prospective students or parents have about our program.
Every student is unique and has different needs; every student is important to us. Were happy to
answer questions via email - alyssa@socraticsummeracademy.com - or phone - 347.688.2329.
We can also connect prospective students to others who have attended the camp in previous years; our alumni are happy to answer
questions and describe their experiences with the program.