Additionally at Stanford

iD Gaming Academy, Ages 13-18

TWO-WEEKS | CO-ED | OVERNIGHT ONLY | TEEN ONLY

INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT

The iD Gaming Academy offers a 2-week intensive program in the dynamic worlds of game development, game programming and level design. Academy courses are geared for beginning to advanced teens ages 13-18. Using industry-standard applications like Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited, Adobe® Photoshop® and XNA™ for the Xbox 360®, our video game camp is taught by top instructors with game development portfolios. Students also tour a major game development studio.

iD Programming Academy, Ages 13-18

TWO-WEEKS | CO-ED | OVERNIGHT ONLY | TEEN ONLY

INTENSIVE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING & APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

The iD Programming Academy offers 2-week sessions of intensive study in computer science programming. Gain a deep understanding of application development–and a broader knowledge of how programming can be applied to the real world. The iD Programming Academy is perfect for students with previous programming experience who are looking to take their code to a whole different level.

iD Visual Arts Academy, Ages 13-18

TWO-WEEKS | CO-ED | OVERNIGHT ONLY | TEEN ONLY

INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN VISUAL ARTS

The Visual Arts Academy is a two-week, overnight, teen-only program. All graduates leave the Academy with a portfolio and the tools to excel in the rapidly changing field of visual arts. Students will also take fun, supervised excursions and visit nearby studios to see how the pros work.

More about iD and Stanford

We’re a family company located in the South Bay. We’ve been running our technology camps for 12 years, and we are committed to being the best–and improving every season. As North America’s #1 summer computer camp and one of a handful of elite CA summer camps in the San Francisco Bay Area accredited by the American Camp Association, we comply with over 300 health and safety criteria. Summer kids camps and teen camps are designed for beginner-advanced learners. We have a large, established following at our Stanford University summer camps. Stanford University’s undergraduate program is ranked fourth among national universities by U.S. News and World Report and is ranked second among world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s system.

We offer a variety of awesome summer camp courses for kids and teens including video game design, Flash animation, programming, video editing and more–using the best brand name products from Adobe^®, Apple^®, Autodesk^®, Microsoft^® and beyond. Explore the college campus and gain technical skills that will last long after summer camp ends. Ignite your internalDrive and do something big this summer!

Stanford University is roughly 30 miles from both the San Jose and San Francisco airports. The Stanford campus was designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed New York’s Central Park. Stanford University represents the best that higher education has to offer and has attracted the best and the brightest intellectual minds by offering an extensive selection of studies for over a century. Nestled in the ideal weather zone between the bay and the ocean, our Silicon Valley computer camps at Stanford University give students the opportunity to take in iD’s challenging program while enjoying the culturally rich, collegiate atmosphere.

Getting to Campus: Our specific location on campus at this California summer camp, along with maps and driving directions, will be found in your Camp Account after you register. The closest airports to Stanford University are San Jose International and San Francisco International. Both are a 20-30 minute drive. Alternately, you can take Cal Train to the Palo Alto stop.

Stanford Facts

Mascot: The Stanford Cardinal

Founded: 1891

Schools at Stanford University: Stanford University consists of 7 schools: School of Humanities and Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Earth Sciences, School of Education, Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Student Population: Stanford has approximately 6,500 undergraduate, 1,000 professional, and 10,000 graduate students in 2008. Females comprised 48.9% of the undergraduates and 37.6% of professional and graduate students. The retention rate for freshman in 2007 was 98.3%. The 4-year graduation rate is 79.4%, and the 6-year rate is 94.4%. The low 4-year graduation rate is a function of the University’s Co-Term program, which allows students to earn a Masters degree as an extension of their undergraduate term.

Rankings: Stanford University’s undergraduate program is ranked fourth among national universities by U.S. News and World Report. Stanford is ranked second among world universities and second among universities in the Americas by Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s system, seventeenth among world universities in the THES – QS World University Rankings,second among “global universities” by Newsweek,and in the first-tier among national universities by The Center for Measuring University Performance. The Stanford Law School is ranked third in the nation while its Education School and Business School are both ranked second. Forbes ranked the Stanford Graduate School of Business on the top on its 2009 “Best Business Schools” list. Stanford School of Medicine is currently ranked sixth in research according to U.S. News and World Report. The acceptance rates for all Stanford schools (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) are amongst the lowest (if not the lowest) in the United States.

Athletics: Stanford participates in the NCAA’s Division I-A and is a member of the Pacific-10 (Pac-10) Conference. It also participates in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for indoor track (men and women), water polo (men and women), women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse, men’s gymnastics, and men’s volleyball. Women’s field hockey team is part of the NorPac Conference.[94] Stanford’s traditional sports rival is the University of California, Berkeley, its neighbor to the north in the East Bay.

Distinguished Alumni and Personnel: Stanford alumni founded companies including Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, NVIDIA, SGI, VMware, MIPS Technologies, Yahoo!, Google, and Sun Microsystems. The Sun in Sun Microsystems originally stood for “Stanford University Network.” Stanford’s current community of scholars includes: 18 Nobel Prize laureates; 135 members of the National Academy of Sciences; 82 members of National Academy of Engineering; 224 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; 21 recipients of the National Medal of Science; three recipients of the National Medal of Technology; 26 members of the National Academy of Education; 41 members of American Philosophical Society; 4 Pulitzer Prize winners; 23 MacArthur Fellows; 7 Wolf Foundation Prize winners; 7 Koret Foundation Prize winners; 7 Presidential Medal of Freedom winners. NFL quarterbacks Jim Plunkett and John Elway, NFL receiver Gordon Banks, MLB left-fielder Carlos Quentin, Grand Slam winning tennis players (doubles) Bob and Mike Bryan, professional golfer Tiger Woods and U.S. President Herbert Hoover are alumni.

Age appropriate fun for kids 7-12 and teens 13-17. Students at our summer camps in California will receive an average of 5-6 hours of technical instruction per day mixed with breaks, lunch, and fun camp activities we like to call TechReation. Participation in activities is encouraged, but optional. Physical activities may include ultimate frisbee, capture-the-flag, fun teambuilding games, soccer, etc., and other camp activities like Guitar Hero®, video gaming tournaments, social time and more. Be sure to check our Sports & Tech offering with Stanford Athletics. Each week wraps up with family showcase at 2:00 PM on Friday. Check out the cool projects created by students, meet the instructor, and attend our diploma ceremony.

Attention Stanford Teens! Our summer camps in California at Stanford University just got even cooler for our teen students. We have a teen house for more free time to hang out, movie nights, late night snack attacks, extra project time, and as always, plenty of gaming. Also, check out our other cool teen-only programs like the iD Gaming Academy, iD Visual Arts Academy, iD Programming Academy and Ultimate Gaming Weekends (offered at select locations).

Go green and save some green. Coordinate with other iD Tech Camps families to share rides to and from our Stanford Summer Camp. Click to see who else is carpooling. This service is for registered clients and is available through your Camp Account.

Stanford University News

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Posted on: July 15th, 2008

	CAMP HOURS	MEAL OPTIONS	HOLIDAY TUITION	COMPARE THE OPTIONS
Day Camps Ages 7-17	Monday – Thursday: 9AM to 5PM Friday: 9AM to 3:30PM	Lunch can be purchased for an additional $50/week.	$679/week Save $100* off regular $779 price.	New convenience! Parents can drop-off as early as 8:30AM and pick -up as late as 5:30PM (3:30PM on Friday) with this camp option. No additional fees. Yay!
Extended Day Camps Ages 7-17	Monday – Thursday: 7:30AM to 7PM Friday: 7:30AM to 3:30PM	Includes all meals	$899/week Save $100* off regular $999 price.	The perfect option for commuting parents who need extra time in the mornings and want the convenience of someone else preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Overnight Camps Ages 10-17	Sunday: 6PM to Friday: 3:30PM	Includes all meals and 24/7 supervision.	$1,149/week Save $100* off regular $1,249 price. Stay the weekend: add $349	The complete collegiate experience! Students stay in real campus dorms (room with a buddy or make a new friend), eat in the university dining hall and participate in fun evening activities.**
Ultimate Gaming Weekends Ages 12-17	Friday: 3:30PM to Sunday: 3:30PM	Includes all meals and 24/7 supervision.	$349/weekend	Get your game on! Stay the weekend and game with us.***

*$100 savings applies to your 1st week of camp (per student).
**Overnight iD Tech Campers must be 10+. No exceptions, please.
***Students ages 12+ can stay the weekend at select locations for $349. Students at Stanford, ages 10+, can also stay the weekend.

Please note that some courses have an additional lab fee. In the registration process that follows, you can determine which courses have lab fees and what your total camp package will cost. You can adjust your courses selections as needed to fit your budget.

Stay the Weekend at iD this Summer!

Weekend Stays and Ultimate Gaming Weekends are offered at many iD locations.

Weekend Stays / Ultimate Gaming Weekends are great options for students looking to bridge the gap between two weeks of camp or for students who want to stay and game with us the weekend following their camp week.

Overnight students ages 12-17 at iD Tech Camps, as well as those registered for our Teen Academies (ages 13-18), can bridge the weekend between consecutive overnight camp weeks. As an exception, overnight students ages 10-17 at Stanford University may also participate. The cost is $349 per weekend and is all-inclusive (housing, meals, supervision, gaming, activities, etc). This offering only applies to overnight students and is not stand-alone.

Not a serious gamer? We’ve got you covered. You can take it easy in the labs, play retro games, read a book, play outdoor sports, or just keep a low profile.

Please visit Weekend Stays / Ultimate Gaming Weekends for more information and availability.

Save $100 with our Online HoliDay Special!

• You can now register for the 2010 season.
• Save $100 per student with our Online HoliDay Special. Ends December 15, 2009.
• Save $50 when referring a friend. Your friend saves $50 too!
• You can also save with our multi-week savings.