Summer 2026 Pre-College Intensives
Summer Camps & Intensives for Creative Teens
SOCAPA is one of the premier visual and performing arts programs for high school teens, ages 14 to 18, in the world. With year-round intensives in New York City and day or residential (sleep-away) camps in Los Angeles and Vermont, SOCAPA has a "life-changing" pre-college experience for you. Nowhere else will you find this level of creative intensity combined with this much fun!
2026 Summer Intensives
Summer Campuses
SOCAPA's year-round, flagship campus is in downtown New York City. And we have exciting summer camp locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Burlington, Vermont.
New in 2025
City Cinema
A groundbreaking, year-round, extracurricular film and acting program for high school teens in New York City—next sessions start January 24, 2026!
Admissions
How to Apply
SOCAPA operates under a rolling admissions policy, meaning that our admissions office reviews and decides on applications as they are received until there are no openings left in the session/program.
Upcoming deadlines for our Summer Intensives. Please note that our tution rates increase after each deadline.
- Early Bird Rates: DEC 1, 2025
- Regular Rates: FEB 1, 2026
Upcoming dealines for our City Cinema Winter/Spring Semester.
- Early Notification: NOV 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: DEC 15, 2025
Testimonials
What our families say??
Sometimes it's better to hear it from someone else. Read what actual students and parents have to say about our summer intensives and pre-college programs in these verified reviews.
A "Life-Changing" Experience in the Arts
Again and again on their evaluations, our students and families praise SOCAPA as "life-changing!"
The staff was absolutely amazing and they treated the kids like their own!! I can’t believe all that my daughter experienced in 3 weeks—the final showcase was incredible! I wish we would have found this place sooner!!!
The teachers/counselors were mature, creative and inspiring; the other campers were friendly, artistic and mutually supportive; the leisure activities were exciting and well-supervised. We are thrilled, so cool!
Not only are the teachers absolutely incredible, but everyone is overwhelmingly supportive. Everyone here wants the best for you, and sees potential in every last person.
OUTSTANDING! Excellent instruction, hands-on learning, in a very professional setting. This is the best program of its kind we have ever encountered.
Have questions?
We’d love to help you choose the right program and campus.