So far, however, only a few established retailers, including eBags, have been admitted to the program.
Students are admitted to the program based on their academic record, teacher recommendations and an essay.
Each year, 8 to 12 high school freshmen and sophomores are admitted to the program, which began in the mid-1990s and is called Media Fellowship.
About 120 students, mostly English majors, are admitted to the program each semester based on an application and a writing sample.
Another 100 or so charts were circulating through the N.I.H. for review by relevant specialists, and Gahl expected that another 20 patients would be admitted to the program before the end of the year.
Artists in Maine FRIDAY -- An exhibition and auction of artwork by alumni of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Maine, will raise money for the financial aid given to artists admitted to the program each summer.
Sixty percent of the children admitted to the program, which began with a summer school stint at Dartmouth for 50 male teenagers, are African-American; girls outnumber boys three to two.
Men admitted to the program, however, were more likely than women to have been involved in sports, like wrestling, biking or diving, that required weight control, Dr. Halmi said.
Data scientists admitted to the program get a "living stipend" to work on the projects.
Mobile App Analytics is currently in beta testing, with developers admitted to the program in waves.
