THE POTENTIAL DROPOUT WAS STUDIED IN THIS COUNSELING PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO LESSEN THE DROPOUT RATE. CRITERIA WERE ESTABLISHED AND SAMPLES WERE SELECTED FROM GRADES 8 THROUGH 11. AN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP WERE FORMED, AND DATA WERE GATHERED ON A NUMBER OF VARIABLES. THE STATISTICAL TREATMENTS USED WERE CHI-SQUARE AND THE "T" TEST FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEANS. ANALYSIS INDICATED THE PROBABLE VALIDITY OF THE SELECTION PROCESS. THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT A SUMMER COUNSELING PROGRAM OF SHORT DURATION HAD LITTLE EFFECT UPON THE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS RETURNING AND CONTINUING IN SCHOOL. (RS)