<p>So, I applied to three summer programs, got rejected from all of them.
For anyone that's in the same boat as me, what are you going to do with your summer?</p>
<p>I might take some college classes either in a nearby university or online.
I'll for sure volunteer somewhere.
& I'll be working my minimum-wage job. I want to get an internship somewhere, but I think it's too late.</p>
<p>No matter what, I'm determined now more than ever to get into a good school. Rejection makes me competitive. My goal is to get into an Ivy League. Not necessarily go to one, just prove that I can.</p>
<p>ANYWAY, what are your plans?</p>
<p>Don’t tell me that I’m the ONLY one who didn’t get into a summer program?</p>
<p>You want to get into an Ivy just to prove you can? Sorry, but that just sounds arrogant. If you aren’t actually interested, you should leave them to the thousands of kids who are.</p>
<p>My daughter was rejected at 4 of the 6 programs she applied to. However, all 4 were highly competitive (eg, TASP, etc.), so not too surprised. Go for your Ivy acceptance, of course, but be sure you have likely/safety schools, too. You don’t want to end up in the same situation you are in this summer with no acceptances to college.</p>
<p>My kid plans to go to Quiz Bowl camp for a week, Operation Catapult at Rose-Hulman, and get a jump on her AP foreign language studying for next year and study for the one SAT subject test she wants to retake. Maybe also get a start on the senior service project her school requires.</p>
<p>Likewise, I’m looking for ideas, internships, camps, programs, and the like that are still available at this point, though it will most likely be local given the late date.</p>
<p>Rising sophomore:</p>
<p>SAT Prep</p>
<p>Self study AP’s (Macro, Micro, HuG, Chem)</p>
<p>Science Bowl Prep (Read and absorb APChem, OChem (Solomon text), Young’s University Physics, prep the A and B teams for the upcoming year as senior captain)</p>
<p>Robotics (VEX pre-season prep)</p>
<p>Usual school work, summer reading and assignments for APush and Honors Brit. Lit.</p>
<p>General club planning for clubs I’m in/ clubs I want to start</p>
<p>General skill building, ex. studying Japanese for fun</p>
<p>Volunteering (really need to find a place and cause that I’ll enjoy)</p>
<p>Community college classes?</p>
<p>I’m not sure how many of the above will push through, but I’m trying to throw a curriculum for myself together.</p>
<p>I only applied to TASP. By the time I realized I wasn’t getting an interview, the deadlines for everything else free has passed and I sure wasn’t going to make my mom pay thousands to go somewhere for a week. Instead, a friend and I decided last night to take a cross country road-trip. </p>
<p>Ivy League schools can’t truly care about summer programs that much. If they do, they’re stupid. Sure, some are prestigious and definitely look good… but it’s possible to have a much more enlightening summer without them. I think the point is that they want you to be productive. Explore opportunities. Whether you learn about yourself from a program or barely leaving your house, the summer should mean something to you. </p>
<p>That’s the philosophy I’m taking, anyway. College applications are going to hit hard in fall, and this summer is the last chance to prepare myself for either having my dreams come true or my heart completely shattered. Your plans sound pretty cool. Just remember to relax. Watch a pretty sunset and don’t worry about anything. Do what you want, not what you feel you “have” to do. </p>
<p>And now I’m going to stop procrastinating and actually study for finals… :P</p>
<p>My daughter applied to a few programs, and a few back ups. She got into her 1st choice and her backup. Had she not getting to any programs, she would have apply to study foreign language in Europe, there are still spots available. Either that or she probably would have taken a volunteer/small pay job and taking a course at a local university.</p>