NYU or Columbia's Summer Publishing Institute

[BrookeSnow]

Has anyone applied to or done the summer publishing institute at either NYU or Columbia? I'm interested in carving out a career in publishing eventually. Right now I'm just looking for general impressions of the programs i.e if people found the programs useful. 

 

If it helps, currently I'm a graduate student working on my M.A. in Literature.  I'm working to get an internship with a publishing house over the summer (2014). I'd like to explore my options and these programs sound interesting/informative way to learn more. I wouldn't be applying to these programs until next year (2015). 

 

Thanks in advance for any information ya'll can provide. 

 

* Note: I put this under journalism because Columbia's Journalism school runs the Summer Publishing Institute, if there is a better forum  to put this under please let me know. 

[erosanddust]

Bumping this because I am currently in the exact same situation (except for dates, and the fact that as an international student, I don't have access to internships.) Does anyone have any thoughts about these programs?