"High school students often rely on summer internships, athletics, jobs or other learning opportunities to build their college applications — but many of those programs have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead, Sara Harberson, founder of Application Nation, encourages students to get creative.
Students should use this summer to explore their non-academic interests, or figure out ways to learn the skills they would have acquired during their original summer plans. Harberson said colleges will notice ambitious students who took initiative during this time to develop their passions and who found ways to give back." …