<p>I've lurked on here for a couple days so far, and I feel like I've learned so much from help you've already given to others. Anyway, here's my situation:</p>
<p>I'm a high school freshman in California. I'm taking a class this summer at UC Berkeley. However, I'm looking for more stuff that I can do. I'm interested in having a job or internship, but it seems like all those are only open to ages 16 and up. I'd like to do something related to either math, sciences, and/or government, law, something along those lines.</p>
<p>Anyone have ideas for things I could look into?</p>
<p>I'd also be interested in volunteering at places relating to the areas I mentioned above. Anyone have ideas?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help.</p>
<p>you're a freshman...go put those raging hormones to use, party, have fun</p>
<p>it's too early to sell your soul to the college application resume padding process, if you really plan on doing so at all, which most cc'ers do i guess</p>
<p>Go to sleepaway camp. Seriously.</p>
<p>I agree with Nate here.</p>
<p>Social lives are boring. /semi-joking</p>
<p>Na, I'm happy in that respect. In any case, I already know that I want to do something more this summer. So telling me to sleep is sort of pointless. And I don't kill myself during the year, so there's no sleep that needs catching up on. I am a freshman, after all.</p>
<p>While I appreciate the responses, I'd like suggestions that I can use. Keep the replies coming. Thanks.</p>
<p>I've done more searching of my own, and nobody seems to offer internships to high school freshmen. Is there some reason for this, or is this just an arbitrary rule?</p>
<p>In other words, does this have to do with labor laws or something? Or do organizations simply not want lower-classmen for maturity reasons or something?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>wel i would like to go to a soccer summer camp.</p>
<p>How about learning new languages? Now a days almost every good job requires at least three languages. There are a great variety of summer camps in different parts of the world that focus on teaching any language you wish to learn.</p>
<p>Learning a language is a good idea. I'm in 8th grade and I'm going to Andover Summer Session and am taking Accelerated First Year French and Speech and Debate. By taking French, I can start French II in the fall.</p>
<p>I also plan on studying Spanish I on my spare time so I can also start Spanish II.</p>
<p>Have you considered a program like JSA?</p>
<p>I agree with Nate and PP. Go to Buck's Rock camp if you like art (I went there for two years) or a traditional boys' camp! I loved going to an all-girls' camp when I was younger.</p>
<p>You are a touch too young for a job, yes, and DEFINATELY for an internship. You leave those juicy tidbits for your elders. =O Go have fun and enjoy your summer.</p>
<p>About two months ago I chose two schools that had the summer programs that most interested me. I wrote an essay and sent recomendations to both schools. You say you arte very interested in math and science so you should enroll in classes that have to do with these areas. About a month later you get a letter telling you if you got accepted and the school immediately sends the student the schedule.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I am actually interested in learning some languages, both spoken and programming. Perhaps I will dedicate a majority of my summer to that. Catch up on a massive reading list I have. Something like that.</p>
<p>I think I'm also going to look into volunteering sometime this summer, and one or two other things. I already have some idea of that, though.</p>
<p>However, I'll leave myself open to other suggestions if anyone else has any. Thanks again for your help, everyone.</p>
<p>Since youre in CA get involved in the entertainment industry. check out entertainmentjobs.com and look for unpaid internships or if youre a hottie submit your pic to all the reputable agencies for representation. All the other suggestions are typical nerd suggestions so why not break from the norm of CC and try something different</p>