<p>I'm a rising junior. So I'm free this entire month and the first week in July. Out of town for 2 weeks in July, then back for 3 weeks. Out of the country for 1.5 to 2 weeks. It's been kind of hard to find programs that fit my schedule. But right now, I have nothing to do. I thought about internships too late, and the deadlines arrived. The only significant thing I might do is SAT prep.</p>
<p>Well, it could be “bad”. All that not having a structure summer program means is that it’s up to you to make your summer productive. There’s still many things you can do.</p>
<p>Take me, for example. My acceptance into any of the programs that I applied for is, at this point, dubious.</p>
<p>So, I’ve assembled a sort of curriculum for myself: volunteering at my hospital, parish and school, prepping the school Science Bowl team, finding a job, self-studying AP Macro, HuG and Psyche, practice writing a personal statement (for when I apply for programs as a rising senior, heh), club planning, SAT prep, camping/ service with scouts, debate prep/ research, tennis (hope to do varsity next year), general enrichment in life-skills (gardening, etc.), anything else I can think of.</p>
<p>It’s up to you to make a summer program for yourself. If your summer is productive, it’s meaningless to a college whether or not you paid college X, Y or Z $1000 per week to make it that way.</p>