Sleep away Summer Camp for adacemically-oriented 13 yr old?

Greetings.

Does anyone know of a 2 (or so) week summer sleepover camp? My son loves STEM subjects and is doing great in school. He isn't really in to the typical "rah-rah" camps he's gone to (I loved them as a kid but he's more reserved, not into sports.) He loves electronics and academic challenge. He's ready for a sleep away camp pretty much anywhere but I am having trouble finding one! Any suggestions welcome! I know now is the time to start applying.

Trying to avoid just hiring someone to stay at our home to watch him for 2 weeks- it would be more fun for him to go somewhere, do something.

Thank you, community.

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It’s only one week, but take a look at the EPIC program at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.  Info is at epic.calpoly.edu

I’ve heard really good things about it.  My son is a current student in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly.  He didn’t do EPIC because we hadn’t known about it, but he sure would have enjoyed it if he had.

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ID Tech Camp is a good sleepaway camp! They operate at Stanford and many other locations across the country. They offer a lot of programming courses, some graphic design, game design. My son and daughter have done their day camps for a few years & it’s always a good experience. Friends have done the sleepaway option, and loved it too. 

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When I was a young teen, I did one summer with CTY (Johns Hopkins) and another with TIP (Duke). Both were great for connecting with like-minded/inclined peers and being nerdy together. CTY now has an overnight campus in the Bay Area which you might want to check out; you do have to submit qualifying test scores so there may be a timing issue for this summer. cty.jhu.edu

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