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Title: Intensive Summer Programs – A Financial Comparison


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Intensive Summer Programs A Financial Comparison
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  • Toronto has an amazing choice of summer camps for
    all ages, tastes, gender, and needs.  Whether it
    is a summer day camp or a traditional summer
    camp, figuring out the value of that camp is a
    difficult if not impossible task.
  • So how do you measure the value of a summer camp?
  • Lets assume that you want to measure how happy
    the participant is. It would be fair to say that
    the more happy the participant of the camp, the
    value of the camp goes up. So what does happy
    look like?

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  • Does happy mean the same thing to everyone? Are
    there other factors that influence ones
    happiness? To be sure, there are plenty of
    factors that drive the happiness quotient and
    this makes it hard to determine the value of the
    summer program.
  • However, there is one sure way to measure value
    of a summer program is by what you pay. Weve
    sampled a number of pre-college summer intensive
    programs for teenagers that are run by top-tier
    art and design schools in the US.

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  • Weve looked at all the costs associated with
    attending the program without adult supervision
    or attendance. We also determined the number of
    instructional hours a student will have when they
    attend these programs and here is what we found
    (numbers have been rounded to the tens).
  • Below is a comparison chart of Summer Design Lab
    (SDL) and US pre-college summer programs

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Program SDL PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4
Tuition TBD2016 5000 3300 2300 4000
Housing - 2600 900 1400 1000
Meal Plan - Incl. 740 500 Incl.
Misc Fees - - 300 - 300
Local Transportation - N/A N/A N/A N/A
Health Insurance - 150 150 150 150
Return Flight - 600 600 600 600
Art Supplies Incl. 200 200 200 200
Total in USD - 8550 6190 5150 6250
Total in CAD TBD2016 9490 6870 5720 6940
Number of Weeks 3 5 4 2 5
Instructional Hours 109 130 114 70 125
Cost Per Hour TBD 73 60 82 55
Fees are estimated. Flights originating from
Toronto Pearson. Exchange Rate 1 USD 1.11
CAD. Fees are rounded to nearest 10.
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  • By examining the cost on a per hour basis, you
    will see that Summer Design Lab offers tremendous
    value.
  • Even if you were to remove the room and board,
    transportation and other miscellaneous costs,
    Summer Design Lab still comes out ahead.
  • Value is more than money.
  • At Summer Design Lab, we believe the quality of
    instruction we offer is on par with schools in
    the US.

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  • We also have the benefit of having professors
    from Canadian and US post-secondary institutions
    who will provide a unique perspective on design
    and design thinking.  The professors that we hire
    not only currently teach at post-secondary level
    but are also practicing their craft in the real
    world.  In addition, we will have various design
    professionals coming in to speak with you to give
    you real world perspective and expectations.

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  • One other differentiating aspect of our program
    is what we teach.  There are many schools that
    focus on a specific subject such as illustration
    or architecture.  Our program teaches a life
    skill called design thinking. Design thinking is
    a skill that is transferable across various
    disciplines. Whether you decide to pursue
    architecture, fashion design, industrial design
    or even business and engineering, these critical
    skills will help you flourish in both your
    academic and professional career.

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  • We strongly believe that these benefits combined
    with the dollar value is a great investment in
    your future success.
  • We hope that you will join us this summer!
  • https//summerdesignlab.com/
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