<p>hi, so i have 5 periods now. im a senior.</p>
<p>so i get out at 1:35 on monday, 2:25 tuesday, 12:15 wed and thurs. and around 1:30 on fridays. </p>
<p>what do you think would be the most productive way to occupy my time that would look BEST to colleges?</p>
<p>here are some thoughts : online courses, internship, job, extra curricular, new dance/sport (already have dance background)</p>
<p>any help?</p>
<p>an internship :) (or at least it sounds the best to me)</p>
<p>Work on your applications. Polish your essays until they shine (but with your own, not someone else's, voice). Keep your grades up. Then do what you want to do. </p>
<p>You're a senior. It's too late to worry about what colleges will like. You are who you are and you've done what you've done. Present yourself in your best light and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Go get a job. If you really like dancing and want to dance in college, take another class.</p>
<p>I assume that in your normal homework time you will be keeping up with your schoolwork and your college applications.</p>
<p>For your extra time: the way to impress colleges imo is not to try to impress them, but rather to let your mind be free and find something to do (may or may not be connected to your classes or current activities in some way) that expresses your own innate passion, creativity/inventiveness, unique personality, interests. In other words, forget about the AdComs and be yourself in a big way.</p>
<p>Get a job! You'll make money AND look good! 2-for-1 special!</p>
<p>Get a job...fast food or retail. Nothing glamorous. I'm serious. Lots of people will look at it and say if she/he can handle that, they can handle anything.</p>
<p>There's a BIG difference between fast food and retail. One of them includes air conditioning...:)</p>
<p>No, seriously, apply EVERYWHERE else until you have no hope, and then apply for a fast food job. Restaurants (like sit-down) are nice places to work, and they're always hiring. Stores are even better, but store jobs (like stores you would actually want to shop at ) are hard to come by.</p>
<p>I'm sure you already know the good and bad places for local high school kids to work. I swear that half of kids the local high school works at Target...they like it. NONE of them work at the Walmart down the street. Everyone avoids the local movie theatre because they allegedly have the Manager From Hell. I'm sure that your area also has an unwritten list of good and bad places to work.</p>
<p>Are you 18 yet? If so, apply at your local Barnes & Noble or Borders. The under 18 set can't work there because they sell racy magazines, so there would be less competition for the job.</p>
<p>I'll just repeat what everybody else said: get a job. Not because it would look good, but because you can earn some money that will be useful when you go to college. Don't even think starting a new extracurricular since it's obvious you do it just for college. If you prefer, try spending more time within the ECs you already have.</p>