<p>My school has been posting a lot of summer college courses and internships and I have some questions.
1. How can colleges see what summer internships I was involved in or summer courses I took? And if they can, do colleges actually care about the summer internships I do or summer courses I take?
2. If I take a lot of summer courses and have a good summer internship, will that help a college application greatly? Or do internships and summer courses not matter that much?
Please help me! I need to know if it's worth digging everywhere and applying to a lot of summer interships and college courses or not.</p>
<p>bump. anyone?</p>
<p>I have read on many different college websites and learned from other sources that summer activities are very important! Colleges want to see how you are spending your time, whether by traveling with a Student Ambassador program, studying at a university, engaging in an internship, or even securing a paying part-time job. I’ve also read that costly programs don’t always “win out” over a simple internship or job. Bottom line: Spend your summer doing what you are passionate about, allowing your personality to shine through in these activities! That is what colleges want. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>They’re totally worth it. My friend who got accepted into every Ivy but Harvard did an internship the summer after his junior year where he was doing research on a new chemotherapeutic drug. I think it was at least mildly influential in all those acceptances. Also I just started the same internship that he did today.</p>
<p>if i take college courses/workshops, how would colleges know that? i just write it on my resume?</p>