Summer Programs
Writing You
Writing Workshop
Dates: June 10-14, 2024
Grades: Rising 10th-12th grades
Cost: Residential $710/Commuter $400 What’s included in the cost?
Registration Due: May 1, 2024
Sponsoring Department(s): UM Office of Pre-College Programs and the UM Writing Center
Interested in improving your college application portfolio? Thinking about how to represent your personal accomplishments and professional goals in an essay? Wondering what university committee members and administrators look for in effective scholarship application essays? In this week-long summer workshop, you will talk with University of Mississippi faculty, staff, and administrators about personal writing in academic contexts. You will also receive training in how to craft personal essays that may be used in a variety of academic contexts, from scholarship application letters to college application essays.
Throughout the week, you will work with trained consultants to write and workshop a draft of your personal statement. You will review examples of effective personal statements, speak with undergraduates who have written successful application essays, and receive feedback from experts who have evaluated personal writing for academic purposes.
Sponsoring Department
UM Office of Pre-College Programs and the UM Writing Center
Financial Aid: McCullough-Greer Fund Scholarships
The McCullouch-Greer Fund to Advance Writing as a Civic Responsibility scholarship is available to students registering for the 2023 Writing for the Future workshop.
Scholarship Eligibility:
- Must be participating in 2023 Writing for the Future.
- Must demonstrate financial need.
Seats Available: 24 max
Eligibility
- Be in good academic and conduct standing at the time of admission. The school can be public, private, parochial, or even home educated.
- Complete the online application.
Residential students will live in a residence hall on campus, supervised by live-in counselors. All counselors are undergraduate students trained in the supervision of minors and background-checked. Evening recreational activities may include use of the campus recreational center, board games, and trips to locations on campus or in town.
Dr. Ellen Shelton
Dr. Shelton is the Interim Director of the Writing Center along with a few other duties on campus. She also is the Director of Pre-College Programs and the University of Mississippi Writing Project. She has taught everything writing from middle school, high school, undergrad, and graduate classes for 31 years. Dr. Shelton earned an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Mississippi. She is Nationally Board Certified in Adolescent/ Young Adult Language Arts and a 2003 winner of the Milken National Educator Award. She was named to The University of Mississippi’s School of Education Alumni Hall of Fame in 2018.
She is also working on a second doctorate at Memphis, so she’s back to being a student, again. Weird things happen during a pandemic and over age 50. She’s a Dallas Cowboys fan who is married to a Packers fan. She’s all about the cats, the Lego, and the coffee.
Regular Registration Deadline:
- June Programs = May 1st
- July Programs = June 1st
Late Registration Deadline:
An additional $40 late registration fee will be charged per week registered.
- June Programs = May 20th
- July Programs = June 20th
Registration Instructions
Program registration is a 3-step process that should be completed in order:
- Step 1: Pay and secure your spot.
- Step 2: Create an account.
- Step 3: Complete registration and checklist items.
Please only complete one (1) student registration per transaction. If registering multiple students, complete one student's registration, then start the process over for the next student. This system does not allow entry of multiple students' information within the same registration.
Step 1. Pay and secure your spot
Pay using the payment portal linked above to secure your student's spot.
Step 2: Create an account
Please use a personal email account, not a school affiliated email address, as most servers block external emails.
Within 3 business days, you will receive an email from umprecollege@myschoolapp.com with steps to create your Admissions Portal through our Blackbaud MySchoolApp system.
Step 3. Complete your registration and checklist items before the deadline.
Once in the Admissions Portal, you will instantly see your program’s registration checklist that our admissions team has assigned you. Please complete the registration checklist before the program deadline and within 14 days of creating an account.
Registration includes standard questions (e.g., contact information, academic history, etc.) as well as instructions for submitting rules and guidelines agreements and medical information and forms.
Before the program begins:
Prior to the start of summer, you will receive a detailed pre-summer logistics email along with a pre-arrival checklist shown on your MySchoolApp account.
Incomplete or Late Registrations
After you have paid and secured a seat in the program, make sure to finish the remaining steps within two (2) weeks. If your registration is incomplete or an application is inactive for three (3) weeks, a $20 late fee will incur, unless an extension is requested.
Refund Policy
You must cancel your registration at least two weeks before the chosen session to receive an 80% refund. Refunds are not available to cancellations made less than two weeks prior to the chosen session. Full refunds will be issued if the camp is cancelled due to low enrollment.