Stanford CS Faculty on the iD Advisory Board: Please note that the iD Programming Academy is an independent organization, but we have Faculty from the Stanford Computer Science Department on our advisory board.

This intensive teen programming camp is located at Stanford University and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area. We chose the San Francisco Bay Area for our programming academy because it is home to the Silicon Valley and is a technical and scientific hub that fuels much of the world’s technology and innovation.

Getting to Campus: Our specific location on campus at this computer science teen summer camp, along with maps and driving directions, will be found in your Camp Account after you register. The campus is ideally located on the Bay Area peninsula, a 20-minute drive from Silicon Valley and San Jose International Airport. The San Francisco International Airport is also just a 20-minute drive to Stanford. Cal Train has a station adjacent to campus. Get off at the Palo Alto station. Students who decide to spend the weekend (most students do choose to stay) will take off-campus trips to San Francisco.

The Legacy of Computer Science at Stanford University: The Computer Science Department at Stanford falls under the umbrella of the School of Engineering, offering degrees including Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The CS Department also consists of Computer Systems Engineering, Symbolic Systems, and Mathematical and Computational Sciences. The Department of Computer Science began in 1965 and is a major player in both undergraduate and postgraduate learning. Major research is fostered in artificial intelligence, robotics, foundational computer science, scientific computing, and systems. Students and faculty routinely collaborate with local industry and research facilities. The common purpose of the CS Department is the preparation for students for careers in research and teaching at the university level or at the industrial level. The goal of the iD Programming Academy at Stanford University is to act as a bridge between high-school-aged students (ages 13-18) and the university level. Students will be given in-depth projects and will be evaluated frequently. There is both independent and team-based currriculum, giving students a taste for what it is really like to collaborate on large-scale academic projects. The best part? The atmosphere is FUN!

Want to find out what is going on in the Stanford Computer Science Department? Check out some awesome, forward-thinking concepts and ideas here.

Continuing Education Credits: Continuing Education Credits are available from Stanford Continuing Studies (SCS) for $90 per session.   The credits will go on file at Stanford upon successful completion of a course at the iD Visual Arts Academy, and a transcript will be mailed out to the participant.  Continuing Studies offers a credit awarding – transcript generation service to academic programs at Stanford University.

What are the benefits/objectives of awarding Continuing Education Credits?

• Encourage students to utilize educational resources to meet their personal and educational goals.
• Assist with pre-college advanced placement through proof of related work.
• Demonstrate that the participant has completed course content with college level difficulty.
• Enable individuals to have an accurate source of their current CEU activity with tracked proof of completion (Certified Certificate of Completion) by an accredited University program.
• Note:  CEUs are not transferable as college credit.

If you are interested in purchasing the credits, you must register for a session of the iD Visual Arts Academy.  Once you are enrolled, you can purchase the credits through  your Camp Account or over the phone.

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.

After each day’s instruction, you’ll take time out for supervised social time, to relax and watch movies, play optional sports and, of course, have time for gaming. If you are a gamer, you will be able to play some of the most popular commercial games on the market. Students can expect late-night NVIDIA®-hosted gaming tournaments (including multi-player console tournaments during evening activities) with titles including Unreal Tournament® 3, Call of Duty® 4:Modern Warfare™ and many more.

Code for the real world!

Rub elbows with key Silicon Valley professionals and NASA researchers!

Silicon Valley has a world-renowned reputation for innovation in science and technology, and is home to Moffett Field, NASA Ames Research Center, Facebook®, Google®, eBay®, Intel®, Yahoo!® and dozens of other tech icons. Learn from brilliant minds and experiment in real-world, assignment-driven, intensive programming workshops at our teen computer programming camps at Stanford University. Within student workgroups, choose project teams and learn programming fundamentals.

iD faculty, NASA researchers and computer programmers from exciting Valley companies will give you real-world guidance and challenges. You’ll work in small teams on both individual and collaborative team-based projects. iD faculty deliver one-on-one instruction, encouraging and challenging students to master the finer points of code.

If you’ve never programmed before, we highly consider you enroll in a minimum of one week in our Programming in C++ or Java course at iD Tech Camps.

You’ll learn in a fast-paced, fun, step-by-step method. You’ll use experiential-based real-world curriculum to elevate your coding prowess to ultimately debut your code and make team presentations to NASA researchers. The new iD Programming Academy reveals programming at its best, bridging the gap between writing code in the lab and watching your functions come to life in the real world.  For more details on iD Programming Academy courses, please click here.

	ACADEMY HOURS	MEALS	EARLY BIRD TUITION	WHAT’S INCLUDED
iD Programming Academy Ages 13-18	Sunday 6:00PM to Friday: 3:30PM	Includes all meals and 24/7 supervision.	US $3,249 Save $50* off regular $3,299 price.	Each 2-week session includes computers & peripherals, software, instruction & supervision, camp t-shirt, outdoor activities, games and gaming tournaments, team building & life skills development, official iD diploma, free year-round online learning and more. Tuition also includes all meals, housing, supervision, and extra time for social activities. Also included are the Studio Tours and excursions. Tax is included with the prices listed. Prices are quoted in $ U.S.
Weekend Stays Ages 13-18	Friday: 3:30PM Sunday: 3:30PM	Includes all meals and 24/7 supervision.	US $349

*$50 savings applies to your first 2-week session (per student).

Note: Minimum deposit of US $400 is required at time of registration.

Weekend Stays at the iD Programming Academy

All iD Programming Academy participants at Stanford University in Palo Alto can register for Weekend Stays. Most students do choose to stay the weekend, although this is optional. Weekend Stays include all meals (on/off campus) and overnight accommodations (on the university campus) and supervision. Students will be supervised 100% of the time. The cost is $349 per weekend.

If we go off campus, the primary means of transportation will be public transit. In addition to the packing check list for overnighters outlined in your Camp Account, campers may want to bring additional spending money for souvenirs and additional snacks. To view the packing checklist, please log in to your Camp Account after you register.