<p>I thought of taking courses at a nearby community college on calculus or hopefully be able to carry out some research. </p>
<p>However, as my family resides in my home country Korea, my parents wants me to go back there, and take SAT tuition for the full 2 months as well as spending time with them. (ya, Koreans put heavy emphasis on tuition).</p>
<p>What do you think i should do?
i'm a sophmore and although it mite be pretty early to think about this stuff, I just want to make the best out of my holidays.</p>
<p>Or if there are any other suggestions, you can.</p>
<p>personally, I would recommend courses and research. I did that this past summer, and it was terrific. I took two classes, so I only worked about 5 hours a day, but it was still a great experience. I don't believe in sat classes (I'm assuming that's what you mean) or preparation. as long as you're stress-free the day of the test, you'll do extremely well. if you're really set on "studying", I'd just suggest reading, as that is actually a worthwhile activity, unlike memorizing vocab flashcards. the only thing I recommend doing before the test is taking a few practice exams, so you can get a feel as to what the test is like.</p>
<p>I don't know what you should do but I wouldn't mind going to Korea...</p>
<p>but uhh...I plan on taking Beginning Russian, Italian,or Arabic at the local community college...doing volunteer work at hospital...working part-time...and going on college tours...</p>
<p>spending 2 months in another country sounds pretty worthwhile to me too. If you don't want to take an SAT prep course, maybe you could compromise with your parents by taking some sort of course in an academic subject that interests you, maybe by distance learning.</p>
<p>well Korea is my home country.... I also personally think that SAT courses are rather meaningless or less effective than reading few pages of a novel every nite. I've researched some free, outstanding summer programs like RSI and MOSP, but are there any others? Prob not in the lines of RSI but somewhere near..</p>
<p>I understood that Korea is your home country. I still think that being bilingual and culturally comfortable in 2 different countries is a plus. There are plenty of peope who immigrated to the US as young children, or who are 1st generation, who would not really be able to function like a native in their original country.</p>
<p>here's a list of math and science camps:
<a href="http://www.ams.org/employment/mathcamps.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ams.org/employment/mathcamps.html</a></p>