Camp America and Graduation

Hello,
I know this is pretty specific but i’m hoping to get some help regarding Camp America as a university student.

Next year, I’m hoping to do camp america however I will also be graduating. I was wondering if anyone knew if camp america or any similar camps like camp canada finish earlier like in july or if they would allow me to leave for graduation or would i have to miss my graduation??

Thanks for the help :smile:

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Reply 1

lot.burgstra

Hey!

I would say that a lot of the camps will run until the end of July/start of August, so you might find it difficult to attend graduation. I know that at my camp, people have missed their graduation to be able to go to camp (but we threw them a little party at camp instead).
Maybe check if you can defer your graduation to the winter/next year's ceremony? You might not be able to graduate with friends in that case, but you could still attend an actual graduation ceremony.

Reply 2

megan55555

Original post by gillerzz

Hello,
I know this is pretty specific but i’m hoping to get some help regarding Camp America as a university student.
Next year, I’m hoping to do camp america however I will also be graduating. I was wondering if anyone knew if camp america or any similar camps like camp canada finish earlier like in july or if they would allow me to leave for graduation or would i have to miss my graduation??
Thanks for the help :smile:

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Hi, I will be in the same position next year too, any updates on what ur planning to do?

Reply 3

cyberstudent99

Original post by gillerzz

Hello,
I know this is pretty specific but i’m hoping to get some help regarding Camp America as a university student.
Next year, I’m hoping to do camp america however I will also be graduating. I was wondering if anyone knew if camp america or any similar camps like camp canada finish earlier like in july or if they would allow me to leave for graduation or would i have to miss my graduation??
Thanks for the help :smile:

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Hiya,

I have done camp america before and am also applying to go again so know a little about the whole application and deadlines process :smile:

Camps will (typically) start between May 1st and June 1st. The Camp America website says in their FAQs - "Although all the camps that we work with have varying programmes and dates, we do ask that all applicants are available to be at camp for a minimum of 9 weeks. This is the typical placement length for most camps, but it can be slightly more or less."
So if you were available and managed to find a camp that started at the beginning of may time you could potentially be finished by mid-july but this heavily depends on the camp and their dates.

Personally I think it would be difficult to be back in time for graduation and there would be very few if any camps that would be finished that early. Depending on the camp, you could potentially ask to just do the 'first session' of camp, which lasts for between 3 and 4 weeks (again this depends on the camp and the structure of their programme).

I think the best thing would be to confirm which dates you would definitely be available for and make a list of any camps that fit that. Then if you find some, maybe and try contact them about possibilities regarding coming home for graduation.

Hope that helps 🙂

Reply 4

McGinger

Original post by gillerzz

Hello,
I know this is pretty specific but i’m hoping to get some help regarding Camp America as a university student.
Next year, I’m hoping to do camp america however I will also be graduating. I was wondering if anyone knew if camp america or any similar camps like camp canada finish earlier like in july or if they would allow me to leave for graduation or would i have to miss my graduation??
Thanks for the help :smile:

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Most Unis also have another graduation ceremony in the autumn - so you could spend the summer in the US and graduate later. Just ask your Uni.

Reply 5

Bethany222

Original post by McGinger

Most Unis also have another graduation ceremony in the autumn - so you could spend the summer in the US and graduate later. Just ask your Uni.

Luckily I am not in that position yet, but I was told by my sisters friends who did Camp that a lot of them graduated later in like January/Feb. Im still waiting to find out exactly where I will be going, but should find out when Camp New York place me at their job fair next month. Loads of people seem to go for more than one year and those who did it for a few years said they would not swap that one day for a whole summer. I just cant wait to do camp - hoping to get placed with some of my Leeds Uni mates.