Harlem Children Society (HCS) is a non-profit organization {501(3)} that arranges for students from under-resourced and under-served communities to be inducted as interns at such institutions as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York University, and Columbia University during a summer research program. These students undertake their own research, which is presented during a street science fair in their own community, under the guidance of scientists. The students are able to pursue their scientific investigations during the following school semester in an after-school program. Additionally, these students attend weekly lectures on a variety of topics ranging from incorporating science into communities to financing a college education, while also having the option to increase their computer programing literacy, to visit college campuses, to receive help preparing for the SATs, to earn up to 12 college credits while in the 11th or 12th grade, and to visit leading Laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and research institutions.
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