<p>Atrophicwhisper, were you a paid intern, and if so, how much?</p>
<p>Become a referee! If youāve ever played soccer or at least know the rules, take a certification class. It is very flexible, you choose the games you want, and you get paid extremely generously. For example, tomorrow I am reffing two 8 year old girls games. Each game is 50 minutes. I get paid 30 dollars for each game, thus 60 dollars for 2 hours of work!</p>
<p>Plus it looks great on college applications, as it shows āleadershipā.</p>
<p>agountant, that library is ripping you off! my library pays $7.15 (and doubletime 2x a month for 8 hours total) an hour!</p>
<p>My friend worked at the aquarium, and ended up writing one of her essays about it. She got to do a lot at her job and actually learned stuff.</p>
<p>Right now, you might be able to get a job with one of the campaigns, particularly Clintonās or Obamaās. Theyāre both desperate for the 18-25 vote, and I know that both have been offering paid internships.</p>
<p>Oh yeah. Referring seems like a really tight gig because you get paid a boatload for like, watching a game.
Find a family friend or someone who has their own buisness.
Actually you can search on monster .com and use an advanced search on the right hand side and put your job level as a high school student. You might need to look hard but you can find some really tight gigs.
Like I work for a weight loss delivery outlet and it is only on mondays and thursdays from 3-7 and $10 an hour. Plus since its small, I have a chance of getting promoted.</p>
<p>Actually I believe the monster terms and conditions say that you agree not to use their services if you are under 18.</p>
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<p>I wasnāt really paid- I made less than minimum wage. I received a stipend around 1000 dollars after 8 weeks (working 40 hours/week). Of course, I know some labs that DO ACTUALLY PAY interns.</p>
<p>Whats In-N-Out? Does that mean what it does in A Clockwork Orange?</p>
<p>Atrophicwhisper, do you mind pm-ing me or posting where you interned?</p>
<p>Yeah good luck finding a non-stereotypical job. I had friends who had great grades, heading off to a good college summer after senior year, a little work experienceā¦and they didnāt even get hired at B&N or the mall! They ended up scooping ice cream at an amusement park, working at a chain restaurant, etc. Even places like B&N and stores in the mall tend to hire current college students over the summer, and some have āover-18ā restrictions. Honestly, youāre lucky to find any job at all in high school, trust me. </p>
<p>Also, the ābetterā jobs all want work experience ā and if you donāt have any, youāre not going to get hired. Itās really best to start from the bottom up. Thatās how we all have to do it! Every HS students goes into the job search like āI want to make at least $10 an hourā and then realizes that itās probably not going to happen, unless you are very very lucky.</p>
<p>Itās hard to get a job with the presidential campaigns, even as an undergrad. The chances that theyāll hire a high school student are pretty low.</p>
<p>OP; my 17 year-old worked as a barista at Peetās. The summer before, at age 16, was an unpaid volunteer for a candidateās (unsuccessful) campaign for President.</p>
<p>You could always become a stripper.</p>
<p>bartender?</p>
<p>be an opera singer!
hehe. thatās what I did before collegeā¦and miss it :(</p>
<p>Oh and working at a summer camp is stereotypical, perhaps, but a great experience nonetheless! especially if itās the camp you went to as a kid or one for kids with dissabilities, etc.</p>
<p>Well, Iām getting my phlebotomy liscense at the end of senior year, so Iām planning to put that on my college appsā¦it seems unique (at least to me).</p>
<p>Iām planning on being a ākennel technicianā at a veterinary office when I have time some summer.</p>
<p>Iāll echo the other people saying that refereeing is a good way to go as a summer jobā¦ youāre outside, you get paid well to be around a sport you enjoy, and you have some control over the hours you work.</p>
<p>Minuses: Referees need to be good at controlling their tempers. The job is worse than retail as far as dealing with jerk ācustomersā. It wasnāt really a problem working the youth leagues, but I started to referee adult soccer after high school, and some people felt that paying their league fee gave them license to say whatever they wanted. I retired from refereeing to construction junior year of college after a particularly nasty encounter with a 35-year-old man with Napoleon complex. If players spoke to someone they met on the street the same way they talk to referees, there would be fistfights.</p>
<p>Anyway, my rant. Officiating is still an awesome job for someone in your situation.</p>
<p>^ Thats the reason I donāt refereeā¦ I coached rec soccer last fall though and one of the parents of the like 5th graders made one of the other coaches cry</p>
<p>Haha, soccer parents can be the worst. It truly does bring out the worst in several adults. However, most organizations (at least the ones Iāve been affiliated with), take several measures to ensure parents arenāt harassed by referees. In my area, parents are required to watch a video and complete a test on good sportsmanship. However, are always the parents who feel the need to complain about every call and berate officials.</p>
<p>If all else fails, kick them out! :)</p>
<p>But seriously, regardless of how admissions officers percieve refereeing, I think the experience is invaluable. It definately builds mental toughness and can take a toll on your confidence before you become used to the parents. It took a lot of encouragement from my dad to ignore the parents to prevent me from quiting at the initial stages.</p>