<p>My 9th grade son loves business and is looking for a summer program. He is not old enough for the Wharton or Endevvr programs. </p>
<p>Learn customer service with some sort of front desk/waiter job (or internship).
Do community service.
Organize his friends to do a fundraiser throughout the summer, via some sort of mini-business.</p>
<p>The summer after 9th grade is the hardest to fill up, in terms of college apps. Most worthwhile and inexpensive summer programs don’t allow rising sophomores. I was an intern during that summer because it was the only fun/worthwhile thing I could do.</p>